What Can We Expect from Obama's Plan to Address Climate Change?

I’m in Washington D.C. this morning, a bit early for my first meeting of the day, and finding myself with a  few minutes that I thought I’d use by writing this short post.  It’s hard to read an article like this one on ConocoPhilips and its burgeoning oil reserves without thinking about U.S. President Obama’s upcoming unveiling of his plan to address climate change.  I hate to sound cynical, but what can we rationally expect in terms of a progressive energy policy from a government that actively encourages all forms of fossil fuel extraction?

There comes a time when even the politicians, accustomed as they are to speaking out of both sides of their mouths, need to show some spine and lead an orderly transition to clean energy — even if the oil companies whine like babies.