The Political Climate: an ongoing commentary on the NH Primary and Climate Change

Zogby International and the National Wildlife Federation released the results of a poll conducted this month and the  attitudes it captures regarding global warming are interesting. Seventy-four percent of respondents had become more convinced of global warming over the past two years and nearly three-quarters believed that global warming can be addressed without harming the economy. The report is here.

UNH’s Ross Gittell argues in the Washington Post that New Hampshire will continue to be crucial in the nominating process…The Nashua Telegraph reports on an exciting partnership between New England Wood Pellet and a Texas company called Zilkha that has developed a better way to use wood to produce electricity…NASA climatologist James Hanson and UNH’s Barry Rock (also a Carbon Coalition Steering Committee member) testify in support of Vermont’s vehicle emissions standards.