Earth Month
April 12th, 2007 by Carbon CoalitionSen. John Edwards may have officially claimed April as “Global Warming Action Month,” but this declaration is really only a statement of the obvious. April is already on the calendar as “Earth Month,” and being an environmental issue that has become an international policy priority, it is only fitting that any month dedicated to the earth be dedicated to climate change (the U.S. has some serious catching up to do). Climate change continues to make headlines–from Sheryl Crow’s global warming spotlight concert tour to the latest IPCC report–but this month it has gained even more attention (and I don’t think this is due to John Edwards). In this week’s issue of Newsweek Gov. Schwarzenegger makes the cover with the caption “Save our Planet-or else.” Time Magazine ran a special double issue of “The Global Warming Survival Guide: 51 Things You Can Do to Make a Difference,” and Vanity Fair features Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover of it’s latest issue the “Green Issue.” Speaking at Georgetown University this past week, Schwarzenegger said “We have to make it mainstream, we have to make it sexy, we have to make it attractive so that everyone wants to participate.” We seem to be well on our way to doing that, but now how can we make it a governmental priority?
Yesterday Mitt Romney gave his first major address on foreign policy. He’s calling for greater resources for national defense, including higher military spending, and he’s also calling for “government investment in an ‘energy revolution’ to make the country more self-sufficient.” That’s as far as he got, but an energy revolution? Now that’s sexy.Eart
