The World’s Warmest Winter
March 16th, 2007 by Carbon CoalitionAccording to this article in the New York Times, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that this winter, between December and February, was the warmest winter season world-wide ever recorded. The next warmest winter on record was 2004 and then 1998. In fact, since 1995 we’ve seen the ten warmest years ever recorded.
Fortunately, the Granite State will be buzzing with presidential candidates this weekend, providing a perfect opportunity for us to ask them how they plan to address these warming trends. Sen. Barack Obama, who’s called global warming “one of the major tests of our generation,” will be in Keene and Claremont tonight. Sen. Chris Dodd will visit Bedford, Hampton, and Concord this weekend. Dodd has said “the critically important challenges of global warming, and threats to our rivers and air can’t be ignored and need to be addressed.” Sen. Joe Biden will be in Manchester on Saturday. Last week he told an audience in South Carolina “If I could wave a wand, and the Lord said I could solve one problem, I would solve the energy crisis. That’s the single most consequential problem we can solve. It’s what you have to do to get greenhouse gases under control.” And Sen. McCain will make his first visit to the state since he officially declared his candidacy. McCain has said, “Americans solve problems. We don’t run from them. We all know that greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere and the effects of this change are already being observed today. The consequences of inaction pose a serious and unacceptable threat to our environment, our economy, and U.S. national security.”
Agreed. So how do you plan to address these challenges?
