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

The National Center for Atmospheric Research released information from a climate change report that is due in December.  The study, published in this article in the Chicago Tribune, relied on international, multiyear efforts that used 9 of the world’s top computer models to predict future climate patterns.  The results, once again, reaffirm predictions made in numerous other studies: “the world will likely suffer more extended droughts, heavy rainfalls, and longer heat waves over the next century.” 

Vermonters concerned about global warming have a win-win situation in November.  Both Peter Welch and Martha Rainville have pledged to fight global warming.  Candidate Peter Welch has taken this stand for a while, but for candidate Martha Rainville the position is relatively new.  This article in the Rutland Herald reports on Rainville’s recent change of heart, where three months ago she was saying, “what is global warming,” and now she says “the issues of global warming impact the economy, future job creation, agriculture and tourism.”

The rumor mill may have actually been accurate when speculating about Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s intentions to run for presidency in 2008.  Yesterday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Obama announced that “given the reponses that [he’s] received over the last several months, [he] has thought about the possibility.”  Obama will make a formal announcement after elections on November 7th (click here to read the article in the Union Leader.)