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WMUR = UGH (or, what’s the 3 letter word I’m looking for?)

January 23rd, 2008 by Carbon Coalition

Well, WMUR television finally steps to the plate with a global warming story today.   It is sad, but believable that the station would waste 1-2 minuts of airtime on this tripe. 

 Too bad all the candidates are gone; I imagine this would be the only way Scott Spradling would engage a candidate on TV on the global warming issue.  What a maroon.  Sure, they’re fair and balanced because the station did FINALLY- after months of ignoring requests -  put climate change into the mix of candidate comparisons

He’s engaged:   NH Governor Lynch included climate change in his remarks today in his State of the State address:

Left unchecked, global climate change will dramatically change our environment in New Hampshire. That’s why I’ve created a Climate Change Task Force to develop a comprehensive strategy for continuing to address this critical issue. In addition, New Hampshire has joined nine other states, stretching from Maine to Delaware, to develop the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, a leading cause of climate change.  We must work together to develop the best possible legislation for New Hampshire. But we must also make sure New Hampshire does not get left behind. The rest of the Northeast is already implementing RGGI. According to the University of New Hampshire, if we do not join RGGI, New Hampshire will see higher costs and job losses. By joining RGGI, and investing its proceeds in energy efficiency, New Hampshire ratepayers will save money and our state will add jobs. That’s why we must join together to pass the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative this year.—————–> Note that the Task Force is well-balanced, and includes no fewer than five members of the Carbon Coalition Steering Committee. The Task Force met for the first time January 18, and is charged with delivering recommendations for a comprehensive state plan to the Governor in September 2008.  Would that be before or after the state primary election?

—————–> Note that the Task Force is well-balanced, and no fewer than members of the . The Task Force met for the first time January 18, and is charged with delivering recommendations for a comprehensive state plan to the Governor in September 2008.  Would that be before or after the state primary election? 


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