Two days before Christmas the Obama administration moved unilaterally toward two go-it-along policies little noticed by the public and most likely timed to be missed by most Americans pre-occupied in preparing for Christmas Day:  1) Directives on greenhouse emissions and 2) the repeal of the Bush era's policy limiting wilderness protection.  It was EPA administrator Lisa Jackson who on December 23 issued a directive for new power plants and oil refinery emission standards over the next year to better cope with pollution contributing to climate change.  Claims were made by Jackson that power plants and oil refineries were constituting about 40% of greenhouse gas pollution in this nation.While the new EPA directive is of great concern and represents a back-hand approach to getting what the administration wants without Congressional approval, it was not at all surprising.  in 2007 the U.S. Supreme...(Read Full Post)