TAKE ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
The Carbon Coalition, New Hampshire Citizens for a Responsible Energy Policy, is coordinating an effort to promote greater awareness in NH of the need for action on climate change. As the Coalition's website points out, "[g]lobal warming is local, it's here now, it threatens New Hampshire's economic and community health and ... the next president needs to have an effective plan. Because of the presidential primary, New Hampshire is in a unique position to set the terms of national discourse."
The Coalition's Town Meeting Campaign is a bipartisan grassroots initiative to bring a resolution to upcoming town meetings statewide that the town "go on record in support of effective actions by the President and the Congress to address the issue of climate change".
The Coalition has confirmed with 117 town offices that the NH climate change resolution has been added to their warrant for Town Meeting. Volunteers in 60 other towns are in the process. We in Walpole can call for action on climate change by joining their efforts and bringing the resolution to our Town Meeting as well.
The text of the petition follows. If you would like to sign it, please drop by the Walpole Village Market and Gas Station. The market was kind enough to agree to keep the petition at the check out counter. We would like to collect these signatures by Wed, Jan 31.
The petition:
We, the undersigned, being legal voters in the Town of Walpole, hereby petition the Board of Selectmen of said Town to place the following article on the warrant for the 2007 annual meeting.
New Hampshire Climate Change Resolution
To see if the town will go on record in support of effective actions by the President and the Congress to address the issue of climate change which is increasingly harmful to the environment and economy of New Hampshire and to the future well being of the people of Walpole.
These actions include:
1. Establishment of a national program requiring reductions of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions while protecting the U.S. economy.
2. Creation of a major national research initiative to foster rapid development of sustainable energy technologies thereby stimulating new jobs and investment.
In addition, the town of Walpole encourages New Hampshire citizens to work for emission reductions within their communities, and we ask our Selectmen to consider the appointment of a voluntary energy committee to recommend local steps to save energy and reduce emissions.
The record of the vote on this article shall be transmitted to the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation, to the President of the United States, and to declared candidates for those offices.