by David Safier
Here's my nominee for today's best quote in a daily newspaper. The Washington Post has an article about Obama's three top picks for environmental posts.
Many environmentalists are happy with the picks, while some think they're a bit too moderate. That tells me they're probably excellent choices.
But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce isn't sure if they like the people Obama has chosen.
Industry groups were more cautious. At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Vice President William Kovacs said the group worried that the new officials would use their power to limit greenhouse-gas emissions and impose painful new costs on energy use.
"I think that they could be aggressive, and we're hoping that they're really going to look at the circumstances" of the economic downturn, Kovacs said. "That is our biggest single concern, because literally all three of them have a regulatory bent." [bold/italics mine]
All three have a regulatory bent. I suppose industry groups were hoping at least one of them would say, "Just keep doing what you're doing. It's been great for the environment so far."
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