President Obama takes environmental action

My first entry examines an article I read concerning one of this blogs primary topics, the environmental policies of the Obama administration. If you are interested in the new administration's environmental policy you might find this article stimulating. Daniel B. Wood's contribution, "Obama stalls Bush drilling" in the Christian Science Monitor, is an informative article about how President Obama is delaying the Bush administration's last minute attempt to rush new plans for drilling the outer continental shelf. The article also explores the new administrations move ordering the EPA to reconsider allowing California to set the standards controlling green house gas emissions from automobiles. It then discusses the Justice Department dropping a Bush administration's appeal to the Supreme Court in a major air pollution case. Reports of the Bureau of Land Management canceling seventy-seven oil and gas leases on land near national parks in Utah, and of the Department of the Interior's decision to consider renewable energy in its offshore energy plan are described as well.
"Obama stalls Bush drilling", is a comprehensive article describing the quick action President Obama is taking on environmental issues. The author presents important information received from various governmental agencies regarding this issue. He also includes comments from Interior Secretary, Kenneth Salazar; president of the Center for Governmental Studies, Robert Stern; and Sierra Club press secretary, Kristina Johnson. This article is essential reading for those who care about the state of environmental policy in America today.