There's a hilarious, if obvious irony, about the events chronicled in this Salon article about how a group of Northeastern governors have finally become exasperated by the Bush-Cheney stance on the environment (which, last time I checked, followed the program articulated by the Trammps in 1976).

Despite right-wing barking to the contrary, a number of even Republican governors see evidence that our environmental reckoning-days are approaching -- or, at least, they are savvy enough to realize that they weren't, on the whole, elected by people who think global warming is a myth. With the federal government continuing to pursue rollbacks in already inadequate environmental management, it seems that state governors have no choice but to take matters into their own hands.

Hence the irony:this is a conservative, states-rights dream come true! Big government steps back and devolves power on the individual states, just like it's supposed to (except in matters of Homeland Security, natch!) Perhaps this is the hidden strategy the Bush administration means to take -- to assign the responsibility for environmental regulation where it can be most effectively undertaken -- yes?

Um...no.