Obama Indicates a Piece-Meal Approach to Climate Policies. ClimateWire, 9/29/10. "President Obama's newest pledge to resume an 'urgent priority' on climate change next year could mark a new direction by Democrats that veers away from the politically hazardous effort to cut the bulk of national carbon emissions in one sprawling measure. An umbrella carbon policy failed despite a two-year attempt by the Democratic majority. Bite-size bills on electric cars, natural gas trucks and utility carbon caps might be reflective of a new strategy by Obama as he approaches midterm elections that promise to add Republican muscle to Congress.
"'One of my top priorities next year is to have an energy policy that begins to address all facets of our overreliance on fossil fuels,' Obama said in a wide-ranging interview published online Wednesday by Rolling Stone. 'We may end up having to do it in chunks, as opposed to some sort of comprehensive omnibus legislation,' he added. 'But we're going to stay on this because it is good for our economy, it's good for our national security, and, ultimately, it's good for our environment.'"
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