The strange case of the disappearing environmental disaster

Pelosi blocks investigation of Gulf Oil Spill

The latest version of the CLEAR Act is slated for a floor vote in the House this week as Democrats look for ways to use the Gulf oil spill as a means to pass elements of their unpopular energy agenda.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stripped out authorization for an independent investigation into the Gulf disaster.

You'd think that environmentalists would be clamoring for a full-scale Congressional investigation of the BP blowout, but apparently the administration thinks doing so would be embarrassing to its agencies and appointees.