Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists

Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists:

By David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet Eilperin

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 12, 2010

"this year, the worst oil spill in U.S. history -- and, before that, the worst coal-mining disaster in 40 years -- haven't put the same kind of drive into the debate over climate change and fossil-fuel energy.

The Senate is still gridlocked. Opinion polls haven't budged much. Gasoline demand is going up, not down."