Latest dodge from EPA’s Johnson
Despite a Court-issued directive to develop a plan for regulating greenhouse gas emissions, Johnson goes back to square one, writes Robert Sussman. Read more from the Center for American Progress here.
Even for a do-nothing Administration, Johnson is a standout!


March 31st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Joe, you are far too kind in calling it a “do-nothing Administration”.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I’m not going to defend Johnson, but shouldn’t this be in the Congress’s portfolio? Neither the Judicial nor the Executive branch is supposed to make law.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Paul K, there is a law. It is called the Clean Air Act. It tells the EPA to act. Even the Supreme Court, with all those Republican appointees, agreed that the EPA was supposed to act.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Earl Killian,
Point taken, however I think it would be better if these regulations were codified in law and not subject to the whims of individual administrations and bureaucrats.
Joe,
This is your area of expertise. How about a model set of regulations that we could compare to what this or the next administration proposes?