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The Management

Many words were exchanged in Washington yesterday during a heated discussion on climate policy and budget with U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson. Arguably the most inane were those offered by California Representative John Doolittle: “I don’t think the scenario in the movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is an established fact.” Of course it isn’t, and we’re glad that Rep. Doolittle isn’t getting his science from a summer blockbuster (wouldn’t that be like President Bush getting his science from novelist Michael Crichton).

We’re not sure what else Rep. Doolittle doesn’t think. We are sure that his district, from East Sacramento into the Lake Tahoe region and north, is suffering from increases precipitation in the form of rain, decreased snowfall, and a diminished Sierra snowpack. We are sure that Rep. Doolittle’s agriculture interests stand to be impacted by these changes in rain and snow patterns. We are also sure that if this is what debate has come down to in Congress – “I don’t think the scenario in the movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is an established fact” – then this country is going to be incapable of enacting an effective policy response to any problem.

Rep. Doolittle also cited the fact that colder temperatures in some part of the world could dispute the validity of global warming. Whether or not he actually believes this, it is clear that the Representative is trying to live up to his name. Source: E&E Daily (Subscription required)