Global warming forgotten in 2012 race

Since the last election, the science surrounding global climate change has been tainted by scandal, while economic realities have become all too clear. We need an environmental policy that is no longer connected to global weather maintenance. Pursuing the global remedies that the left wants includes giving money to other countries and raising American families' power bills. We can't transfer green technology money to Solyndra, much less to foreign countries.

By Ed Rogers, Washington Post
One interesting phenomenon of the 2012 race has been the disappearance of global warming as a campaign issue. Not surprising among the Republicans, but not even President Obama is talking about it.
When President Obama was running during more flush economic times, he promised to raise everyone's power bill in order to save the planet. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board on January 17, 2008, President Obama stated that, "Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." Any such utterance today would be political suicide.
Even this year's worldwide confab of climate change zealots and anti-growth fanatics in Durban, South Africa is very low key. Representing the U.S. at the conference is Todd Stern, the State Department Special Envoy for Climate Change (Todd Stern is an able public servant -- they should give him a job where his talents could be put to good use), and Jonathan Pershing, the Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change. Expect a dry written statement from the Obama administration, with empty phrases like "progress made" or "a deepened understanding among nations is developing."
Since the last election, the science surrounding global climate change has been tainted by scandal, while economic realities have become all too clear. We need an environmental policy that is no longer connected to global weather maintenance. Pursuing the global remedies that the left wants includes giving money to other countries and raising American families' power bills. We can't transfer green technology money to Solyndra, much less to foreign countries.

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