It’s Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who may be a bit uncomfortable by the fact that Republicans were competitive in West Virginia this year. He’s suddenly going to fight tooth-and-nail to block global warming regulations that could harm his state’s economy.

Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) is pressing forward on his drive to vote this month on his plan to delay Obama administration climate regulations for two years, threatening to go directly to the Senate floor and force a vote to include it in a catch-all spending bill.

Rockefeller has told Senate leadership “that he will insist on a vote” on his measure to block the Environmental Protection Agency global warming rules set to take effect next month.

“If left with no other option, Senator Rockefeller will seek to suspend the rules on the Omnibus Appropriations bill to bring up his legislation,” his office said in a statement. Such a maneuver would require 67 votes, which he is unlikely to get.

Originally he wanted to attach the measure to the $1.1 trillion omnibus monstrosity. But, of course, that legislation was killed last night when Harry Reid conceded Republicans would be successful in blocking it. So the question becomes which legislation will be the next carrier for his amendment.

And as Ed says, Rockefeller may want to move fast. The Obama Administration has apparently decided that “environmental justice” is the new job for Homeland Security. Can make this crap up.

Five Cabinet secretaries and senior officials from a wide range of federal agencies and offices participated in the first White House Forum on Environmental Justice today, illustrating the Obama administration’s commitment to ensuring all Americans have strong federal protection from environmental and health hazards.

More than 100 environmental justice leaders from across the country attended the day-long event, which featured White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

Environmental justice. Good Lord.