From Politico:
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.
About a dozen environmental groups took out a full page ad in the Washington Post Tuesday ? not to fault Obama over the ecological catastrophe but to thank him for putting on hold an Alaska drilling project. ?We deeply appreciate your decision. …? the ad says to Obama.
President Obama is the best environmental president we?ve had since Teddy Roosevelt,? Sierra Club chairman Carl Pope told the Bangor Daily News last week. …
Some say there?s little doubt that if a spill like the one in the Gulf took place on former President George W. Bush?s watch, environmental groups would have unleashed an unsparing fury on the Republican in the White House. For their liberal ally, Obama, they seem willing to hold their tongues.
These guys have bet the farm on this administration,? said Ted Nordhaus, chairman of an environmental think tank, the Breakthrough Institute. ?There has been a real hesitancy to criticize this administration out of a sense that they?re kind of the only game in town. ? These guys are so beholden to this administration to move their agenda that I think they?re unwilling to criticize them. …
