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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
It’s a regional effort that other Northeastern states have signed onto, and it's aimed at reducing Global Warming. Governor Lynch made it a big priority in his recent State of the State speech, and now it’s being debated in the legislature. We’ll learn more about REGGI…and see how it may fly in the Granite State.
Guests
- Martha Fuller Clark, Democratic State Senator from Portsmouth, Majority Whip, Chairwoman of Energy, Environment, and Economic Development and primary sponsor of the RGGI bill in the State Senate
- Ted Gatsas, Republican State Senator from Manchester and Senate Minority Leader.
We'll Also Hear From
- Dave Juvet, Senior Vice-President for the Business and Industry Association
- Jim O'Brien, Executive Director of the Granite State Conservation Voters Alliance
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I was sorry to hear that after a caller mentioned "the Jewish-owned American media," while challenging the guest on a topic only tangentially related to the program, Ms. Knoy continued to entertain his question and to comment on the question without addressing this as an anti-Semitic comment (from a crank, no less).
I find it incredible that our representatives are arguing about preserving profits for the power industry when our health and the health of the planet are at stake.
The argument that home furnaces are creating more Carbon Dioxide than power plants is almost beside the point. Power plants, especially those burning coal, create more Nitrogen Dioxides and Sulfer Dioxide than any other source. That those gases are killing our forests, ruining our atmosphere and directly causing a rise in lung disease.
I have a comment for them: Stop it and stop whining about profits.
Sydney Lavigne
The discussion is not over profits for the electric industry. It's about rate level. RGGI, as proposed, will not change PSNH's earnings; rather, it will only increase costs to customers because the higher costs associated with RGGI compliance will be included in energy rates.
While power plants emit greenhouse gasses, the largest source of CO2 emissions is the transportation industry. It's extremely hypocritical for someone to complain about power plant emissions while driving an SUV at 75+ mph on our highways. If you really want to reduce emissions, get a smaller vehicle, drive more slowly, or forego driving altogether. That's what's "killing our forests, ruining our atmosphere and directly causing a rise in lung disease." Stop the whining about power plant emissions unless you are willing to take steps that significantly reduce your own carbon footprint. To simply place all of the blame on the electric industry is the height of hypocrisy.