Obama administration officials grateful for early spring

25 Nov 2009 7:41 AM

“The good news is spring is coming earlier and earlier [thanks] to climate change.”

– An anonymous White House official, on the prospect of the Senate debating a climate and clean energy bill in the spring of 2010.

Ashley Braun is Grist’s News Producer and (unofficially) its Official Puntificator. She’s also a science nerd, a lazy runner, an organic container gardener, and an accidental “expert” on topics like cross-country relationships and social media.