Environment

Environmentalists Give Obama Pass On Oil Spill

June 12, 2010
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Environmentalists Give Obama Pass On Oil Spill

As the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history has played out on Obama’s watch, the environmental movement has essentially given him a pass — all but refusing to unleash any vocal criticism against the president even as the public has grown more frustrated by Obama’s performance.

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Taking Advantage of an Oil Crisis

May 4, 2010
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Taking Advantage of an Oil Crisis

Days after being elected in November 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, spoke to a Wall Street Journal gathering of business leaders and stated that the economic crisis facing the United States is "an opportunity to do things you could not do before."

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