While George Bush was in office, progressives (or so I mote) deluded themselves that the problem was one of evil leadership that didn’t care about the environment. Now that Barack Obama is coming in, that belief has become insupportable. Either Barack Obama, too, is evil and doesn’t care . . . or it is not politically possible for any American leader to take serious action on global warming.

The French have been reprocessing nuclear fuel since the 1970s — about the time we gave it up. The French now recycle all the spent fuel from their 65 reactors — which provides them with 75 percent of their electricity. They do it so well they are also recycling for other countries. They are even buying enriched uranium from old Soviet weapons stocks, "blending it down" with uranium mine tailings (another "waste" product) and selling it to us as reactor fuel. Although few people seem to realize it, one out of every ten light bulbs in America is now powered by a former Soviet weapon.

In a letter to Kennedy earlier this month, Singer accused Kennedy of using his “political connections” to take control of the [wind] project.

“If you are honestly committed to helping communities such as ours, please stop interfering with the Cameron Chapter so that we can move forward with the development of our Navajo Wind Project,” Singer wrote. “Instead, we suggest you support wind development elsewhere, including the Cape Wind Project in Massachusetts.”