Forum: Sportsmen urge passage of climate act

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_148094719.html?keyword=secondarystory

Published: May 27, 2008 09:47 am

Forum: Sportsmen urge passage of climate act

BY BRENDA ARCHAMBO

Sportsmen and women in Michigan and across the country speak up for conservation, alternative energy and green jobs. Together, we can pave the way for our children's future.

A survey of licensed hunters and anglers conducted by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Michigan United Conservation Clubs revealed that the majority of Michigan hunters and anglers are upset with energy policy and want the government to invest in alternative energy sources that create green jobs, protect wildlife and that combat climate change.

As a result of national and statewide sportsmen surveys, the Climate Change Campaign is in full swing. The campaign is very grassroots based in which the NWF are building a coalition Michigan hunter, angler and conservation organizations to show support on the issue of addressing climate change, with one unified voice, and to stand up and protect fish and wildlife habitats against climate change.

There are over 700 clubs across the nation that have signed on to the campaign representing several hundred thousand sportsmen and women.

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[Kutjara]

1. It'll be a pretty sad situation...

...if one of the major motivations for preserving the environment is so these people will still have something to kill in the future. But hell, I guess you have to take your allies where you find them.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Good Deal. And The Sixty Four Dollar Question.

Good deal. I'm glad to see outdoor sportsmen and sportswomen making common cause with other environmentalists. It's good to see people seeing past the disinformation-and-division campaigns waged by so-called "wise-use" development stooges.

My sixty-four dollar question is whether the NRA, an organization ostensibly founded to help hunters, will line up to support this coalition or whether the NRA will choose to continue to act as part of the anti-environmentalist, pro-development right-wing Republican political machine.

[OKIsItJustMe]

3. If I had to guess

I'd assume the latter.

[pscot]

4. The NRA has never helped anyone

but themselves. Why would they suddenly develope a sense of social responsibility.