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

The Terminator and “Maverick,” aka Gov. Schwarzenegger and Sen. McCain, teamed up yesterday in what they called a “nonpolitical” event to call for tougher action on climate change.  Could McCain be looking for an endorsement?  Probably.  But the point of yesterday’s visit was supposedly to talk about global warming.  McCain said he “would assess this administration’s record on global warming as terrible” noting the lack of “cooperation from the administration” at Senate hearings on climate change.  McCain also said that California’s actions to combat climate change should be used as a model for Congress to take action: “I’m here, because I think that California leads the nation.”  Maybe McCain should schedule a trip to the Granite State sometime soon.  He might find that NH citizens feel equally as strong about the issue.  (Read the entire article from the LA Times here.)

In fact, yesterday the University of New Hampshire held a panel discussion for raising awareness of the issue.  One of the panelists, NH congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, explained “we need to take the next decade, throw our weight around and put this at the top of our list as if (our) lives depend on it, because they do.”  Tom Kelly the director of UNH’s Office of Sustainability said we can no longer ”look at the science to tell us to put in good energy policies.  It’s got to swell at the grassroots to make the kind of changes we need.”  Sounds like a great idea!  (Read the article from Foster’s Daily Democrat here.)

Also, according to the Union Leader’s Granite Status Mitt Romney will visit GT Solar in Merrimack tomorrow.  Is he trying to indicate a commitment to alternative energy sources?