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Faux Outrage.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
Energy: The Bush policy has been reported in dark tones -- officials took counsel from industry lobbyists and ignored environmentalists.
In a gasping editorial, The New York Times said the Bush White House treated "environmental groups like skunks at a picnic." Documents from the Energy Department, the Times moans, indicate Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham met "last year with dozens of industry representatives directly involving the energy plan between late January and May 17, when the White House released its energy report."
But "he did not meet with conservationists or consumer advocates."
As far as we can tell, the first part is true. So are similar reports throughout the media. But charges that the White House simply rejected input from the skunks, uh, the environmental lobby -- a charge led by the lobby itself -- don't have the same veracity.
Those same documents that reveal the White House met with industry representatives also show that the administration solicited input from the green lobby, only to be rebuffed in some cases.
Even more interesting is that the Natural Resources Defense Council seems to have been undone by its own game. It led a suit against the White House for disclosure ...
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