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John E. Sununu, from today's aptly titled article "Sununu doesn't know enough about warming":
"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."
I admit, at first I thought he was talking about me. But now I see he is referring to some guy named John E. Sununu (from a recent constituent letter):
While average global temperatures have increased by one degree over the last century, it is difficult to determine how much of this increase is due to human influence.
"Very clear" indeed. Gary Hirshberg nails it: "He's such a parser."
Steve Marchand won't let such blatant hypocrisy weasle-esque word parsing stand. From a new press release:
In the face of growing bi-partisan consensus that human activity plays a meaningful role in climate change, John Sununu continues to deny the role of the human impact in climate change.
..."There is compelling evidence that human activity is a significant contributor to climate change," said Marchand. "We have a moral
responsibility to work aggressively to address this issue facing our children and grandchildren."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website states that "most of the warming in recent decades is likely the result of human activities."
And from the article cited above , comes this gem from Gary Hirshberg:
"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."
And Katrina Swett chimes in:
"Global warming is real, and most rational people understand that now," she said.
She said she Congress should reconsider a cap-and-trade program.
Cap and trade? Did somebody say cap and trade? I applaud Ms. Conaboy for journalism that goes further than recording statements and actually checks facts:
A program to cap power plant emissions but allow the generators to buy and trade carbon allowances is "a logical place to start" because it has worked for controlling other pollutants, he said.
But he voted down the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003, which would have created a cap-and-trade program. Gregg supported it.
Okay, that now makes two crucial issues where Sununu is to the right of Gregg (the other is stem cell research). In NH political calculus, "right of Gregg" = "Democratic Senator for 2008".
