Comments on: Ten Midwest Leaders Sign A Regional Climate Agreement

By: Juliana

Juliana — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:40:26 +0000

Just a quick correction: my mention of North Dakota should in fact be South Dakota. My apologies for the mistake.

By: sustainablog » Blog Archive » Midwestern Governors (Except Missouri’s) Sign Climate Change Accord

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:35:13 +0000

[...] green blogosphere in general has been quiet on this news (thank you Grist, Sightline Institute, and It’s Getting Hot in Here!): on Thursday in Milwaukee, governors from nine Midwestern states and the Canadian province of [...]

By: Jay Alt

Jay Alt — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:20:40 +0000

It is encouraging news but the proof is in the pudding. The states must all pass legislation and revise rules to make the goals official. And it is premature to dismiss the role of any green technology. Give carbon a realistic price and let the market chose. Biofuels will never replace gasoline at today’s levels but they can help. Switchgrass and other non-corn feedstocks can reduce carbon footprints. We still need high energy intensity power sources in the foreseeable future, either nuclear or carbon sequestered power stations.

By: mattreitman

mattreitman — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:28:37 +0000

Heck yeah, this is a good indicator that we’re winning. Thanks for posting this.

I’m not surprised, however, to see that Governor Strickland from Ohio didn’t join…We’ll have to do some research to see whether to pressure him to join the effort, or to prevent him from getting involved in yet another compromised climate initiative (obviously, promoting biofuels and carbon capture and storage is not okay).