Even Facing Reelection Next Year, Sununu (R-NH) Wants More Climate Studies, Plus More Studies

[hatrack]

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"At this point, there's only about three people on the planet who are denying that humans are heating our planet. Two of them are in the White House, and the other one is Sen. Sununu," said Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm. "If he's made progress, I'm thrilled to hear it. But he's late, and he's certainly not leading." Hirshberg had considered running for Sununu's seat because of what he saw as the senator's silence on climate change.

Sununu, who is up for re-election in 2008, said opponents' portrayal of him as a naysayer is inaccurate. "I have always said that the average temperature is increasing and that there is a human component to that," he said. "I think that's very clear, and I'm sure there are always going to be people out there who are trying to score partisan points that are going to be misrepresenting my statements."

A recent Science article backs up Sununu's contention that there are problems with the climate models. But many of the climatologists interviewed said that, even with the growing error margins they see, global warming is happening and should be addressed. Sununu said Congress likely will have to pursue legislation to control carbon because a recent Supreme Court ruling regarding auto emissions effectively said carbon dioxide is a pollutant that must be regulated. While Gregg has made sweeping statements about the dangers of climate change, calling himself "a strong advocate" for regulation of greenhouse gases and saying "the overwhelming scientific data and other evidence about climate change cannot be ignored," Sununu focuses on finer points.

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Hirshberg said his conversations about climate change with the senator have always left him frustrated with Sununu, whose family was once a shareholder in Stonyfield Farm. "He's such a parser," the chief executive officer said.

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http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/REPOSITORY/704170320/1043/NEWS01

[phantom power]

1. Hey, they forgot Inhofe. He's still holding out too!

[damntexdem]

2. Now that's going too far! It;s more than three!

There's also Sen. Inhofe from Oklahoma.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. The Cool Kids also think Global Warming is for chumps

Penn (Jillette) and Teller

Michael Shermer (until May 2006)

Trey Parker and Matt Stone

John Stossel

Dennis Miller

Here's the whole list.

--p!

[Judi Lynn]

4. Sununu's only pretending. He needs to clean up his image after he won his seat from criminal acts

by the New Hampshire Republican campaign workers when they tied up the Democratic phone lines so they couldn't communicate with the voters who needed rides to the polls.

He knows a lot of people would never vote for him knowing now what they didn't know then. He's gotta pull something BIG outta his hat this time, so he's going to pretend to be a concerned citizen. FAT CHANCE.

[silverweb]

5. Stossel's got a special coming up soon.

I guess it's premature to ask if anyone's taking this on before it even airs, but I can't wait.

I want to see Stossel stomped on this.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3061015&page=1

[depakid]

6. I would fine ABC and if they chose to repeatedly put that liar on

I'd take action against their licenses. After all that POS has done over the years, the fact that he's allowed on the public airwaves is a national disgrace.