I should stop reading Drudge. The main story, “Obama grasps for climate legacy as second-term agenda crumbles”. The most momentous and most calamitous president is not actually seeing his agenda brought to a halt but the media like to pretend. Which part of his agenda is not going forward even in the teeth of massive opposition? But that’s the meme from which we find this:

But there’s one thing that’s going right for Obama: Executive action on climate change is moving full-speed ahead at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

‘He may be able to do more through climate change [rules] because the EPA has the authority,’ Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told The Hill on Thursday.

The most far-reaching piece of Obama’s climate plan is carbon emission standards for the nation’s fleet of existing power plants, by far the largest single source of industrial carbon emissions. The EPA is also writing standards for new plants.

The story indicates there are still obstacles – such as common sense – but as his agenda moves forward on the Middle East, health care, unilateral arms reduction, the economy, here is one more area in which he can leave his lasting legacy.