Dive Brief:

• Environmental groups are pressing the Obama administration to abandon its “all of the above” energy strategy because they say it undermines efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
• Obama should adopt a “carbon-reducing clean energy” strategy, according to the groups, which include the Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Environmental Defense Fund and Natural Resources Defense Council.
• The letter from the environmental groups comes as the oil and gas industry is urging Obama to take steps that would help expand domestic fossil fuel production.

Dive Insight:

What to do about greenhouse gas emissions will probably be the biggest energy policy fight of the year. Straddling a fence with “all of the above” won't cut it for Obama in this debate. Environmentalists and others want the government to take steps that will cut back on the use of fossil fuels. Not surprisingly, the oil and gas industries are pushing back.