newyorker: Read Elizabeth Kolbert’s response to the oil spill, in which she urges Obama to use the spill as an opportunity to to set higher standards for energy legislation. whitehousephotostream: P052410PS-0239: President Barack Obama discusses the response to the BP oil spill, during a phone call with Gulf Coast governors in the Oval Office, May 24, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for […]