Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Is Tim Pawlenty slowly coming to his senses?

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's latest "State of the State" speech is here.

He evidently doesn't believe that carbon dioxide is going to kill us all, because I don't see "global warming" or "climate change" anywhere in there. (Note that he is still touting ethanol).

A key paragraph:
We should also take further steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But it's important that our efforts ensure jobs are not lost as a result and that Minnesota does not place itself at a competitive disadvantage.
A related post is here.

2 comments:

John M Reynolds said...

He may be, but BC and Quebec are not according to this CP story:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/02/13/4844218-cp.html

John M Reynolds said...

If you want some more links, here is an AP story about lake mead:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/02/13/4843901-ap.html
"But because of a combination of climate change and strong demand, it could be completely drained by the year 2021."



And another AP story titled, "Small nations seek help with global warming at UN."

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/02/12/4842781-ap.html
"Tuvalu issued a cry for help Tuesday on dealing with the impact of global warming on its 10,000 people.

They live on nine low-lying coral atolls in the South Pacific that are being lapped at by rising seas."