Christie On Climate: Alone Again, Naturally
“Reality Came Around”
Those aren’t solar panels Christie and DEP Commissioner are standing on
This could be Gov. Christie’s theme song:
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to, but who wouldn’t do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces ~~~ Alone Again (Naturally) (Gilbert O’Sullivan (1972)
Pick your reality: Climate change. Bridgegate. Jeb Bush. Sit Down Shut up.
Most recently, Governor Christie has engaged in another lonely act of sabotage on the climate change issue, this time attacking an already weak Obama EPA proposed rule to reduce emissions of existing power plants, see today’s AP story:
Bill Wolfe, founder of New Jersey Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the DEP’s letter is troubling partly because he believes Obama’s proposed rules are too weak and cede too much control to state governments in the first place.
He also said it’s the latest in a string of actions Christie has taken on environmental issues.
“He doesn’t deny science,” Wolfe said. “He’s willing to acknowledge the problem, but he’s not willing to do anything about it.”
[for the wonks out there, here is the Christie DEP letter to EPA, h/t TJ.]
Christie is completely out of touch with NJ folks, who understand the science and have demanded action.
See: Christie embraces climate denialism, a national story we broke and told here in NJ many months before, see:
- Christie Deep-Sixed Climate Change Prep
- Gov. Christie: Climate Change An “Esoteric” Issue that “People Don’t Give a Damn About”
But Christie just can’t seem to get with his fellow Republican’s program: just deny the science! It’s all a hoax!
Instead, perhaps even worse, Christie admits the science, but just refuses to do anything about it.
Which puts him in a very lonely place. Alone again, naturally.