"Obama Ducks and Covers on Climate"

"The 'C-word,' climate, appears to have become to the Beltway what  the 'P-word,' population, has been in climate treaty negotiations for a long time — unmentionable.

It’s one thing to cave to a wave of naysaying climate rhetoric and build a new American energy conversation on points of agreement rather than clear ideological flash points like global warming.

It’s another to duck and cover entirely on climate, as President Obama did in his State of the Union message. (Mind you, climate hawks shouldn’t feel too personally dissed; keep in mind that Obama didn’t mention any of the many other reasons for expanding the cleaner energy menu — including reducing dependence on Middle Eastern oil — either.)"

Andrew C. Revkin reports for Dot Earth January 26, 2011.

SEE ALSO:

"Climate Change: Barack Obama Less Interested Than Bush, Analysis Reveals" (Guardian)

"Is Energy Really 'Non-Partisan'"? (Mother Jones)

"Obama Was Wrong Not To Mention Climate Change in His State of the Union" (Grist)

"How Clean Is Obama's Clean Energy Standard?" (AP)