Lisa Jackson on Energy & Oil

Economic consequences aren't my jobq

Using greenhouse gas regulations to force Americans to replace these critical energy sources with more costly, less abundant, and technologically unproven and unreliable alternatives would undoubtedly slow the US economy and potentially lead to energy shortages--with lines stretched around the block at gas stations, brownouts, and air-conditions that wouldn't work on the hottest days of the year because of blackouts.

But the Obama administration didn't care about the economic consequences. In fact, the Obama-appointed EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, said openly: "Economic consequences aren't my job."