Betrayed by corrupt and hypocritical politicians, whorish media, criminal oil companies, and inept enviros.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR TIME.
With significant majorities in Congress, a president promising action and favorable public opinion all on their side, many environmentalists believed their political stars had properly — and finally — aligned.
Sensing the unique opportunity to address global warming on a national scale, environmental interest groups poured considerable capital into federal lobbying expenditures in an effort to topple their significantly more wealthy foes in the energy industry whose political standing appeared uncharacteristically wobbly.