However, even before close contests could be decided, President Obama announced that he will be "looking for other means" besides cap-and-tax to address the "problem" of carbon emissions and what the White House now calls "global climate disruption." His top priorities include using the "lame duck" session and administrative actions to implement his "climate control" and renewable energy agenda:
- Environmental Protection Agency regulation of hydrocarbon energy, based on the assertion that carbon dioxide "endangers human health and welfare,"
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules that will force all consumers to subsidize new transmission lines from wind and solar projects;
- millions of dollars in last-minute grants to scientists, companies and activist groups that support the Administration's agenda; and
- supporting state and regional legislative, tax and regulatory actions to restrict hydrocarbon use and mandate "renewable energy standards" and "greenhouse gas" reductions.