Daily Briefing - 3/19/07: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Investment Firms, The Simpsons, and Global Warming

Roughly the whole state of New Hampshire sees global warming as an urgent threat that needs to be dealt with. Not coincidentally, the lovely state of New Hampshire is also a big player in the Presidential primary. Sooooo, maybe the '08 hopefuls will get the message??

MW

PS - A brief search of the websites of the top candidates from each party shows that so far only Sen. John Edwards has made fighting global warming a prominent part of his platform. I imagine Sen. John McCain will do so as well, but it is certainly not prominently displayed on his website. The same goes for Sens. Obama and Clinton.

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Daily Briefing – 3/19/07
595 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- Climate Crisis Action Day is tomorrow at the Capitol
- A weapon of mass destruction
- U.S. disagrees with G8 over trees and a global trading program
- Large investors to urge Congress to accelerate passage of climate change legislation
- In New Hampshire, towns putting climate on the agenda
- I’m sure most females will read this and say, “Well, of course it’s all their fault”
- NYT: Taming fossil fuels
- World’s most important crops hit by effects
- Locals combating global warming
- Gore trainees take on Kansas City
- Nothing says “I care about your carbon footprint” like a flatulence card
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- Iraq war’s statistics prove fleeting
- Sen. Leahy’s going after Rove and Miers over the attorney firings
- A Southie tradition
Potential ‘08ers…
- Gore (the un-campaign trail), Obama (draws 10,000 in Oakland), Obama again (buries the hatchet with Sharpton), Clinton (a rare appearance with Bill), McCain (older than dirt, more scars than Frankenstein), Sanford (denying a run), Richardson (touring Texas), Thomson, Fred (the case for), Romney (getting money from a Swift Boat guy), Giuliani (America needs him), McCain again (conservatives aren’t a big fan), Romney again (too Mormon?), Obama again again (working for Jewish support)
- The candidates and their pets
Other News from the Media
- Wildlife refuges across the country lose staff due to budget cuts
- Building for a green future
- All creatures great, small… and endangered
…and the Blogosphere
- MYDD: The end of apathy?
- Chris Mooney: Waxman’s “one hell of a hearing”
- TomPaine: Dems going lukewarm on global warming?
- Grist:
o Philip Cooney (former COS of CEQ) speaks
o The warming of global opinion
o Canada moving in the right direction
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- An unexpected fissure between the Bush Administration and the religious right… over “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”
- Low seed means low level hotel… bummer
- Congressmen fight over Homer Simpson
Quotes O’ the Day
“Oil dependence is America's achilles heel, and it's allowed our foreign policy to go weak in the knees.” ~ Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM)