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Environment	
  &	
  Energy	
  Under	
  Obama
POLITICS,	
  POLICY	
  AND	
  POSSIBILITIES	
  EAST	
  OF	
  EDEN
There	
  is	
  a	
  Kansas	
  character,	
  and	
  its	
  roots	
  are	
  found	
  in	
  the	
  midwestern rural	
  
traditions	
  of	
  hard	
  work,	
  struggle	
  in	
  the	
  face	
  of	
  adversity,	
  frugality,	
  
practicality,	
  individualism,	
  democracy,	
  and	
  environmental irresponsibility.
Leo	
  E.	
  Olivia,
‘Kansas:	
  A	
  Hard	
  Land	
  in	
  the	
  Heartland”	
  (1988)
“The	
  Environment”
AS	
  OPPOSED	
  TO…
“The	
  Economy”?
“Humanity”?
“Technology”?
“The	
  Built	
  Environment”?
“Energy”?
“Agriculture”?
“Public	
  Health”?
RELATIVE	
  TO…
“political	
  possibility”?
“political	
  history”?
“the	
  financial	
  cost”?
“the	
  identifiable	
  need”?
“the	
  impacts”?
“doing	
  nothing”?
“business	
  as	
  usual”?
American	
  
“Environmentalism”
Pick	
  either	
  end.
National	
  Democratic	
  
Party	
  /	
  Organizing	
  For	
  
Action
2012
Center	
  for	
  American	
  
Progress
Jan.	
  9,	
  2013
https://www.americanprogress.
org/issues/green/report/2013/0
1/09/49187/president-­‐obamas-­‐
clean-­‐energy-­‐progress-­‐how-­‐the-­‐
top-­‐10-­‐energy-­‐priorities-­‐fared-­‐
during-­‐his-­‐first-­‐term/
Center	
  for	
  American	
  
Progress
Jan.	
  17,	
  2013
https://www.americanprogress.
org/issues/green/report/2013/0
1/17/49979/building-­‐on-­‐
president-­‐obamas-­‐clean-­‐energy-­‐
successes/
Other	
  sample	
  sources:
DAILY	
  KOS	
  11/23/13
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/23/12
57892/-­‐Obama-­‐accomplishments
LIBERALS	
  UNITE	
  7/19/12
http://samuel-­‐warde.com/2012/07/obamas-­‐
conservation-­‐and-­‐green-­‐energy-­‐
accomplishments/
Coral	
  Davenport	
  recently	
  observed	
  in	
  the	
  New	
  York	
  Times	
  that	
  Obama	
  will	
  
likely	
  "leave	
  office	
  with	
  the	
  most	
  aggressive,	
  far-­‐reaching	
  environmental	
  
legacy	
  of	
  any	
  occupant	
  of	
  the	
  White	
  House"	
  even	
  though	
  "it	
  is	
  very	
  
possible	
  that	
  not	
  a	
  single	
  major	
  environmental	
  law	
  will	
  have	
  passed	
  during	
  
his	
  two	
  terms	
  in	
  Washington."	
  The	
  Clean	
  Air	
  Act	
  of	
  1970	
  simply	
  turns	
  out	
  
to	
  be	
  a	
  very	
  powerful	
  tool	
  crafted	
  by	
  very	
  ambitious	
  legislators,	
  who	
  
wanted	
  to	
  make	
  sure	
  future	
  administrations	
  would	
  be	
  able	
  to	
  address	
  not-­‐
yet-­‐foreseen	
  environmental	
  problems.	
  He's	
  used	
  that	
  law	
  to	
  issue	
  a	
  
"series	
  of	
  landmark	
  regulations	
  on	
  air	
  pollution,	
  from	
  soot	
  to	
  smog,	
  to	
  
mercury	
  and	
  planet-­‐warming	
  carbon	
  dioxide."
The	
  New	
  York	
  Times,	
  11/26/14,	
  Obama	
  Builds	
  Environmental	
  Legacy	
  with	
  1970	
  Law	
  by	
  Coral	
  Davenport
“Obama’s
Regulatory	
  
Overreach?”
“Obama’s	
  
Environmental	
  
Legacy?”
C2E2 Strategies, LLC 3
“The	
  Obama	
  Strategy?”
Reflects	
  how	
  Federal	
  environmental	
  policy	
  was	
  intended	
  to	
  be	
  developed	
  and	
  deployed.
Reflects	
  what	
  is	
  political	
  possible	
  in	
  the	
  current	
  cultural	
  and	
  political	
  reality.
Perhaps	
  reflects	
  Obama’s	
  priorities	
  and/or	
  focus	
  for	
  policy	
  and	
  political	
  authority,	
  his	
  leadership	
  
style	
  and	
  core	
  competency,	
  and/or	
  his	
  political	
  sensibility.
Perhaps	
  the	
  difficult	
  reality	
  is	
  that	
  the	
  energy	
  and	
  environmental	
  challenges	
  we	
  face	
  are	
  
essentially	
  unprecedented	
  in	
  scope,	
  intensity,	
  convergence,	
  and	
  integration	
  – all	
  policies	
  to	
  date	
  
have	
  been	
  insufficient	
  as	
  measured	
  against	
  the	
  challenges	
  they	
  are	
  meant	
  to	
  address.	
  Perhaps	
  
this	
  is	
  not	
  an	
  “Obama”	
  problem	
  or	
  an	
  “Obama”	
  shortcoming,	
  but	
  a	
  “human”	
  and	
  “industrial”	
  
problem.
And	
  let	
  us	
  not	
  forget	
  the	
  opposition…
Groundhog	
   Days:Utilities Wrong	
  Again	
  About	
  Pollution	
   Safeguard	
  Costs	
  By	
  Daniel	
  J.	
  Weiss	
  and	
  Miranda	
  Peterson	
  March	
  19,	
  2014,	
  Center	
   for	
  American	
  Progress.
Government	
   Regulation:	
  Costs	
  Lower,	
  Benefits	
  Greater	
  Than	
  Industry	
  Estimates,	
  May	
  26,	
  2015	
  Clean	
  Energy	
  Initiative	
  Fact	
  Sheet,	
  PEW	
  Charitable	
   Trusts.
…the	
  other	
  priorities…
WNY	
  Labor	
  Today,	
  July	
  1,	
  2012.
…the	
  actual	
  results…
Benefits	
  and	
  Costs	
  of	
  the	
  Clean	
  Air	
  Act:	
  Second	
  Prospective	
  Study,	
   1990-­‐2020,	
  US	
  EPA,	
  updated	
   April	
  2011.
Six	
  Principal	
   Pollutants:	
   The	
  Latest	
  Findings	
  on	
  Air	
  Quality,	
   US	
  EPA,	
  2008.
…or	
  what’s	
  at	
  stake.
2014	
  On	
  Track	
  to	
  be	
  the	
  Hottest	
   Year	
  on	
  Record	
  by	
  Andrea	
  Thompson,	
   Climate	
  Central,	
   9/18/14.
An	
  Excellent	
  Return	
   on	
  Investment:	
  Protecting	
   Human	
  Health	
  Through	
  the	
  Clean	
  Air	
  Act,	
  Russell	
  Meyer,	
  Center	
  for	
  Climate	
   and	
  Energy	
  Solutions,	
   3/3/11.
The	
  Assault	
  on	
  EPA
Current	
  economic	
  and	
  political	
  climate	
  are	
  being	
  used	
  as	
  cover	
  for	
  an	
  
unprecedented	
  assault	
  upon	
  public	
  health	
  and	
  environmental	
  protections
EPA	
  and	
  implementation	
  of	
  the	
  Clean	
  Air	
  and	
  Clean	
  Water	
  Acts	
  coincide	
  
with	
  extraordinary	
  growth	
  in	
  U.S.	
  GDP	
  and	
  economic	
  growth,	
  as	
  well	
  as	
  
quality	
  of	
  life
Opposition	
  to	
  carbon	
  &	
  climate	
  change	
  regs	
  =	
  Trojan	
  horse	
  to	
  roll	
  back	
  40	
  
years	
  of	
  health	
  and	
  enviro	
  protections
“Obama	
  regulations”	
  misleading	
  -­‐ decades	
  of	
  bi-­‐partisan	
  development
Without	
  EPA	
  regulatory	
  authority,	
  U.S.	
  transition	
  to	
  a	
  clean	
  energy	
  economy	
  
is	
  impossible,	
  certainly	
  in	
  time	
  to	
  prevent	
  incalculable	
  climate,	
  health,	
  and	
  
environmental	
  damage
Slide	
  from	
  a	
  November	
  2011	
  presentation	
  deck.
Thank	
  you.
allegrooch@me.com

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ObamaEnvironmentDCD

  • 1. Environment  &  Energy  Under  Obama POLITICS,  POLICY  AND  POSSIBILITIES  EAST  OF  EDEN
  • 2. There  is  a  Kansas  character,  and  its  roots  are  found  in  the  midwestern rural   traditions  of  hard  work,  struggle  in  the  face  of  adversity,  frugality,   practicality,  individualism,  democracy,  and  environmental irresponsibility. Leo  E.  Olivia, ‘Kansas:  A  Hard  Land  in  the  Heartland”  (1988)
  • 3. “The  Environment” AS  OPPOSED  TO… “The  Economy”? “Humanity”? “Technology”? “The  Built  Environment”? “Energy”? “Agriculture”? “Public  Health”? RELATIVE  TO… “political  possibility”? “political  history”? “the  financial  cost”? “the  identifiable  need”? “the  impacts”? “doing  nothing”? “business  as  usual”?
  • 5. National  Democratic   Party  /  Organizing  For   Action 2012
  • 6. Center  for  American   Progress Jan.  9,  2013 https://www.americanprogress. org/issues/green/report/2013/0 1/09/49187/president-­‐obamas-­‐ clean-­‐energy-­‐progress-­‐how-­‐the-­‐ top-­‐10-­‐energy-­‐priorities-­‐fared-­‐ during-­‐his-­‐first-­‐term/
  • 7. Center  for  American   Progress Jan.  17,  2013 https://www.americanprogress. org/issues/green/report/2013/0 1/17/49979/building-­‐on-­‐ president-­‐obamas-­‐clean-­‐energy-­‐ successes/
  • 8. Other  sample  sources: DAILY  KOS  11/23/13 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/23/12 57892/-­‐Obama-­‐accomplishments LIBERALS  UNITE  7/19/12 http://samuel-­‐warde.com/2012/07/obamas-­‐ conservation-­‐and-­‐green-­‐energy-­‐ accomplishments/
  • 9. Coral  Davenport  recently  observed  in  the  New  York  Times  that  Obama  will   likely  "leave  office  with  the  most  aggressive,  far-­‐reaching  environmental   legacy  of  any  occupant  of  the  White  House"  even  though  "it  is  very   possible  that  not  a  single  major  environmental  law  will  have  passed  during   his  two  terms  in  Washington."  The  Clean  Air  Act  of  1970  simply  turns  out   to  be  a  very  powerful  tool  crafted  by  very  ambitious  legislators,  who   wanted  to  make  sure  future  administrations  would  be  able  to  address  not-­‐ yet-­‐foreseen  environmental  problems.  He's  used  that  law  to  issue  a   "series  of  landmark  regulations  on  air  pollution,  from  soot  to  smog,  to   mercury  and  planet-­‐warming  carbon  dioxide." The  New  York  Times,  11/26/14,  Obama  Builds  Environmental  Legacy  with  1970  Law  by  Coral  Davenport
  • 12. “The  Obama  Strategy?” Reflects  how  Federal  environmental  policy  was  intended  to  be  developed  and  deployed. Reflects  what  is  political  possible  in  the  current  cultural  and  political  reality. Perhaps  reflects  Obama’s  priorities  and/or  focus  for  policy  and  political  authority,  his  leadership   style  and  core  competency,  and/or  his  political  sensibility. Perhaps  the  difficult  reality  is  that  the  energy  and  environmental  challenges  we  face  are   essentially  unprecedented  in  scope,  intensity,  convergence,  and  integration  – all  policies  to  date   have  been  insufficient  as  measured  against  the  challenges  they  are  meant  to  address.  Perhaps   this  is  not  an  “Obama”  problem  or  an  “Obama”  shortcoming,  but  a  “human”  and  “industrial”   problem.
  • 13. And  let  us  not  forget  the  opposition… Groundhog   Days:Utilities Wrong  Again  About  Pollution   Safeguard  Costs  By  Daniel  J.  Weiss  and  Miranda  Peterson  March  19,  2014,  Center   for  American  Progress. Government   Regulation:  Costs  Lower,  Benefits  Greater  Than  Industry  Estimates,  May  26,  2015  Clean  Energy  Initiative  Fact  Sheet,  PEW  Charitable   Trusts.
  • 14. …the  other  priorities… WNY  Labor  Today,  July  1,  2012.
  • 15. …the  actual  results… Benefits  and  Costs  of  the  Clean  Air  Act:  Second  Prospective  Study,   1990-­‐2020,  US  EPA,  updated   April  2011. Six  Principal   Pollutants:   The  Latest  Findings  on  Air  Quality,   US  EPA,  2008.
  • 16. …or  what’s  at  stake. 2014  On  Track  to  be  the  Hottest   Year  on  Record  by  Andrea  Thompson,   Climate  Central,   9/18/14. An  Excellent  Return   on  Investment:  Protecting   Human  Health  Through  the  Clean  Air  Act,  Russell  Meyer,  Center  for  Climate   and  Energy  Solutions,   3/3/11.
  • 17. The  Assault  on  EPA Current  economic  and  political  climate  are  being  used  as  cover  for  an   unprecedented  assault  upon  public  health  and  environmental  protections EPA  and  implementation  of  the  Clean  Air  and  Clean  Water  Acts  coincide   with  extraordinary  growth  in  U.S.  GDP  and  economic  growth,  as  well  as   quality  of  life Opposition  to  carbon  &  climate  change  regs  =  Trojan  horse  to  roll  back  40   years  of  health  and  enviro  protections “Obama  regulations”  misleading  -­‐ decades  of  bi-­‐partisan  development Without  EPA  regulatory  authority,  U.S.  transition  to  a  clean  energy  economy   is  impossible,  certainly  in  time  to  prevent  incalculable  climate,  health,  and   environmental  damage Slide  from  a  November  2011  presentation  deck.