Heard Around Town...
Who is the key White House official telling Congressional and industry energy bill negotiators that the Obama Administration is unwilling to die on the cap and trade hilltop?
At the same time, what about the big-time green group legal director who let it slip at a recent "private" dinner that there is a coordinated and "totally funded" litigation effort in the offing, purportedly by "fringe" environmental organizations, to gut the EPA's tailoring rule and extend CO2 permit requirements as far as possible, even to the neighborhood pizza shop? And that key players in EPA and the West Wing are covertly supporting and aiding this effort?
Stay tuned.
