Bush Environment Chief Joins Power Company
EmailJames Connaughton, who chaired the White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Bush administration, has joined Constellation Energy, a major power company that also specializes in the shipping and selling of coal. He’ll be executive vice president for corporate affairs, public and environmental policy. He actually started last week, but the company only e-mailed a staffer of ours today. The release is HERE. Peter Dykstra, who once worked for Greenpeace before becoming a science producer for CNN, writes on Mother Nature News that this is business as usual in Washington. Being President Bush’s top environmental advisor, he says, "was a little like being Tony Soprano’s nonviolence advisor." He goes on to list where other Bush environment/energy appointees have gone — Interior Secretary Gale Norton, he says, is at Shell Oil; Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham is CEO of a French nuclear company. See his full post HERE. And this is equal opportunity, says Dykstra: former Democratic Rep. Dick Gephardt, who missed his chance to be speaker of the House and tried to run for president, is now registered as a lobbyist for Peabody Energy. Mr. Connaughton, says Constellation, "will lead a comprehensive public and environmental policy agenda as the company leverages the strength of its low-emitting merchant fleet, expanding renewable portfolio and energy efficiency services, and its position as a leader in advancing the critical renaissance of emission-free nuclear energy."
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Well thats a good thing he found a job. I was kind of wondering how easy it would be for people that were part of the Bush Administration to find jobs after the Inauguration, seeing as how they were part of the Bush years and all the negativity that comes with that.
Posted by: Lawrence | March 5, 2009, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm
One needs to look WHERE the fellow got the job ……. a “pay back” job. As much as we hate it, negativity to some is music to the others. That is why most politicians enter public service …. for their own benefits.
Posted by: jbrownski | March 6, 2009, 10:29 am 10:29 am
It was a revolving door when he came IN to the government (from industry), so of course it would keep reovling on his way out.
Posted by: jock59801 | March 6, 2009, 11:58 am 11:58 am
Well thats a good thing he found a job. I was kind of wondering how easy it would be for people that were part of the Bush Administration to find jobs after the Inauguration, seeing as how they were part of the Bush years and all the negativity that comes with that.
Posted by: Lawrence
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In other words, a person who was on the Bush team has a Scarlet letter. I truly doubt this.
As to the innaugration, I couldn’t help but notice YOUR party “booing” the outgoing President AND the first lady as they7 exited the White House. I thought THAT was rather low-brow
In both the Paul Welstone funeral and the Coretta Scott King funeral, rather than paying respects to the deceased, the Democatic congressmen who were there decided to shout anti-Republican slogans right in the same room where the coffins were.
If I personally were an employer, I have a little trouble hiring THESE characters.
Posted by: marco | March 6, 2009, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
Well, isn’t that special?!
Posted by: Heather | March 7, 2009, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm
Classic un-American corruption.
Posted by: Fargon | March 7, 2009, 10:09 pm 10:09 pm
From what I saw of Bush’s policies on Global Warming I did not agree with it……. However, his stance on the issue may not be that simple and easily deciphered, especially considering the Era & Situation he had to operate in. A few months into his presidency (before 9/11) he said he thought Global Warming was a serious problem and it needed to be studied more. He did not totally dismiss it (like many conservatives would have), and many conservatives thought he was saying it was a real concern. Rush Limbaugh even called him “George Bush /Al Gore” (implying they were ‘one in the same’, on this issue anyway). …..This said to me that Bush was at least willing to consider the issue objectively (one of the reasons many conservatives said he was not a real conservative). After Limbaugh’s comment he did not speak about it again in such a fashion (that I know of anyway), but he (Bush) did not have to make the comment in the first place.
Bush also made another comment during one of his ‘State of the Union’ speeches (about 06) that he did not have to make. He said that “We are addicted to Oil”. That doesn’t sound like a Texas Oil Man to me (as SO many Liberals have accused him of being). He didn’t have to say anything along those lines. The US Presidency is the biggest Bully Pulpit in the world and the State of the Union is the biggest Bully Pulpit opportunity that any president has. A true Texas Oil Man would have said nothing along those lines……..His stance on the issue may be More complex than many know and 9/11 sure did not make it any easier.
He made some other pro-environmental comments, or took some stances but I do mot have time here to cover them all here.
Posted by: Mr Reality | March 12, 2009, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm
Yeah, mr reality, it’s called reverse psychology. As Chris Titus said at the time “Our President is a Texas oil man, and we’re paying $4 a gallon. Enough said.” Granted, every politician starts out saying they’re there for the public, but they almost invariably end up doing what they have to do to maintain their status quo.
Ahh, the corrupting influence of power!! Go America!!!
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Posted by: jester1976 | April 1, 2009, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm