Debunking the Bunk
March 20th, 2007 by Carbon CoalitionThe rumor mill began turning as discussions of the Climate Change Resolution began at Town Meetings last week. We thought we’d take this opportunity to lend our voice to the discussion and clear up some of this gossip.
At the Town Meeting in Hancock someone stood up and announced that the Carbon Coalition is a national organization that is putting the resolution on ballots all over the country. Hmm, we didn’t know that. It just so happens that one of the co-chairs of the Carbon Coalition is also the town volunteer in Hancock, and he was able to address this falsehood. The Carbon Coalition was founded by state conservation organizations in 2003 and the resolution was written by people in NH for NH communities. The Carbon Coalition’s tag line is even “NH citizens for a responsible energy policy.” I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t go over well in most other states.
Rumor: the Climate Change Resolution is in part a plan to ban campfires. Because campfires generate energy using a renewable resource this is not something the resolution is calling for.
Rumor: This a ploy to get the US to ratify the Kyoto agreement. No. We want a new plan with US leadership that will also protect our economy.
Rumor: Polar Bears will actually thrive in warming waters. Not that we’ve heard, but that would be great.
Rumor: The science is bunk. According to the overwhelming majority of scientists around the world, the science on global warming is sound.
On another note, last week Sen. Chris Dodd became the first presidential candidate to endorse the resolution. Read about it here.
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March 29th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
[…] A week ago TPC clarified some rumors that made the rounds during Town Meeting. This article in The Cabinet Press reported on another rumor that hopefully doesn’t need any clarifying. A resident in Lyndeborough spoke out against the Climate Change Resolution claiming if the government were to do what the article suggests then “it might ration gas or impose a carbon tax” or even “follow China’s path and limit the number of children people have to cut down on carbon emissions.” Apparently (and fortunately) not everyone was on the same page as this resident and in the end “the Earth won by 14 votes.” […]