McKibben: Mr. President, lead now on fossil fuels

Bill McKibben — counder of 350.org, long-time guest blogger, and the author most recently of the must-read book Eaarth — has an op-ed in the LA Times on the spill-to-bill pivot:

Here's the president on March 31, announcing his plan to lift a longstanding moratorium on offshore drilling: "Given our energy needs, in order to sustain economic growth and produce jobs and keep our businesses competitive, we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel even as we ramp up production of...