Pacheco drinks the Kool-Aid

A panel of political leaders and a famous oceanographer advised students at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth to make the best of a bad situation and embrace global warming.

“The world is literally your future,” state Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, told a crowd of about 200 students assembled in the school library Wednesday.
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Pacheco received a hearty round of applause for sponsoring the Global Warming Solutions Act, one of the most aggressive state laws to mandate reductions in carbon dioxide emissions.

“Climate change to me is not just an environmental issue,” Pacheco said. “I see it as a public health, national security and the economic development issue of the century.

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Meanwhile, Agence France Presse reports that EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas expects the U.S. to open its wallet to help lead the fight against climate change, which will require some 175 billion euros annually until 2020.