Like his boss, EPA administrator Stephen Johnson is “all hat and no cattle” on climate — he talks tough but ultimately does nothing.
Johnson told the House special committee on global warming “he would not decide whether to issue regulations controlling greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles until late next year.” He also refused to say “when he would decide whether to grant California the permission to enforce its own, more stringent tailpipe emissions standards.”
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) had the quote of the day:
This is like saying we’re going to have a meeting next year about getting Osama bin Laden
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Late next year, meaning just before he leaves his office in 2009?
Bingo!