143 Towns Support Resolution
March 19th, 2007 by Carbon CoalitionDespite last weekend’s nor’easter and 15 Town Meeting cancellations, the Climate Change Resolution has had overwhelming success across the state. As of right now 143 towns have passed the resolution, 8 have not, and 5 have chosen to “table” it. Granite Staters have made it clear–we want action at a national and local level on global warming and we are ready to send this message to the 2008 presidential candidates.
In fact, Carbon Coalition volunteers have already begun to inform the candidates about the success of the resolution. On Saturday the volunteer in Plainfield had the opportunity to meet Barack Obama in Claremont. She wrote an email about her experience:
“I had the opportunity to ask Barack Obama a question on Friday when he came to speak at the Earl Bourdon Center in Claremont, NH. I told him my town, along with nearly 200 other towns, would be voting on a climate change resolution and asked him to lay out his priorities to address climate change. I also expressed concern that he had re-introduced a bill that focuses on converting coal to liquid fuel. Hopefully, others will refer to these resolutions as they question presidential candidates as well.”
Another volunteer from Barrington accompanied me to the McCain event at the Exeter Town Hall yesterday. We handed out “Stop Global Warming” stickers and pins as people entered the hall. I was called crazy by one man and a few people sniped “you actually believe in that stuff.” I managed to bite my tongue and smile which I was thankful for later because during McCain’s opening remarks he actually addressed these comments. He pleaded to those in the room who are climate change “skeptics” to hear him out, and then he proceeded with the “suppose that we are wrong” spiel: basically, what harm is there if all we do is leave our children a cleaner world? At the end of the end of the Town Hall Meeting the Carbon Coalition volunteer managed to push his way through the crowd, shake hands with McCain, and hand him a Carbon Coalition pin that McCain happily accepted.
