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Climate Groups Seek Direction After Demoralizing String of Defeats

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By Ross Gelbspan
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A year ago, these groups seemed to be at the peak of their influence, needing only the Senateโ€™s approval for a landmark climate-change bill. But they lost that fight, done in by the sluggish economy and opposition from business and fossil-fuel interests.

Now the groups are wondering how they can keep this loss from becoming a rout as their opponents press their advantage and try to undo the Obama administrationโ€™s climate efforts. At two events last week in Wisconsin, environmental groups seemed to be trying two strategies: defiance and pleading for sympathy.Neither one drew enough people to fill a high schoolย gym.

By Ross Gelbspan

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