OBAMARAMA

The AP reports today that “Sen. Barack Obama vowed Thursday to restore environmental protections the Bush administration has rolled back through executive orders, especially at the Environmental Protection Agency.”

He called the EPA under Bush “demoralized,” primarily through executive orders that didn’t require congressional approval.

From the article:

“I think the slow chipping away against clean air and clean water has been deeply disturbing. Much of it hasn’t gone through Congress. It was done by fiat,” he said. “That is something that can be changed by an administration, in part by reinvigorating the EPA, which has been demoralized.”

Obama added: “When you’ve got folks at the top who are not serious about enforcing environmental laws, then all through the civil service people get discouraged.”