Excerpt (url below) "west coast and north-eastern states" are banding together in regional agreements to tackle emissions."
What about the Minnesota? Minnesota politicians are doing nothing to tackle emissions. Instead, they're efforts are focused on tackling road and airport congestion, by pushing for expansions in airports and highways... without talking about emissions, air pollution, and greenhouse gas driven rapid global warming. People with "minnesota nice" don't talk about global warming! I found that out... the hard way. Pat Neuman Chanhassen, Minnesota http://profiles.yahoo.com/patneuman2000 --- US responds coolly to Blair call for action on climate change ...Excerpt... "Mr McCain said that environmental advocates had to stress the possible opportunities and rewards for US business. He said there was a growing environmental movement in the country and at state level, with west coast and north-eastern states banding together in regional agreements to tackle emissions. While respected scientists questioned global warming as recently as a decade ago, the overwhelming majority of US scientific opinion now agreed it was a real phenomenon, caused by the emission of greenhouse gases - as declared by the National Academy of Science. He added that he would employ the same persistent campaigning tactics that pushed campaign finance reform through Congress." http://news.ft.com/cms/s/703bc21a-70d1-11d9-b572-00000e2511c8.html _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
