Obama is kowtowing to the affluent environmentalist many who are big contributors and provide a great campaign network for his re-election. Environmentalist are liberals but in their environmental quest, not liberal, and in fact deter growth. These are people who like the environmental status quo As the Forest Service use to say "the person who built his mountain cabin last year is an environmentalist. The person who wants to build one this year is a developer." Environmentalist have spent 30 years trying to hide this simple truth william Tucker, American Spectator Jan 20th