NH Republican Leaders & Activists Concerned About Party's Stance On Science, Climate

[hatrack]

Well, it's a little late guys, but hey, thanks for playing!

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Russman is one of a number of Republican voters who will vote in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary but are dismayed at the candidates’ treatment of the environment.

On Thursday, Farrell Seiler, a Republican-leaning independent, and Republican Antonius Blok will host a workshop in Portsmouth, N.H., examining the impact of climate change on the Seacoast. They also will officially launch a new group, “New Hampshire Republicans for Climate.” The subject line of their e-mailed press release says it all: “NH Republicans Hosting a Climate Conference? Really.”

Seiler said: “There needs to be an opportunity for enlightened conservative Republicans to raise their hands and say you can’t deny what the science is telling us. We don’t share the anti-science denial-ism of six and a half of the eight Republican candidates who are in New Hampshire running in the primary.”

Former Republican EPA officials – including the agency’s first administrator, Bill Ruckelshaus, and former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman – have begun to respond to use their national platforms to rebut the candidate criticism. Rubens said he does not know of any environmentalists in New Hampshire coordinating with national officials, but Seiler hopes his new group will eventually become part of a larger effort “to stem the tide of this rancorous criticism of the EPA.”

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http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/11/environmentalists-lament-epa-bashing-lack-science-support-within-gop-field/BUZ3zeBoIKxsQX4ZV5MczJ/index.html

[Ship of Fools]

1. Little late is right, with just about 5 years to turn it around ...

[EC]

2. Who's the half repub?

We don’t share the anti-science denial-ism of six and a half of the eight Republican candidates who are in New Hampshire running in the primary.”

[catgirl]

3. Probably the Flip flopper

He's probably a believer and a denier- depends on who he's talking to.

[Viking12]

4. Mittens

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5. Yeah, it's Willard

From the article:

Seiler referred to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as the “half.” Romney says he believes the world is getting warmer but is uncertain how much humans have contributed.

As governor, Romney launched negotiations on a regional agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, but then pulled out.

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6. Enlightened Conservative Republicans

OxyMorons.