New Jersey Assemblyman Fighting State’s Global Warming Response Act
August 26, 2008 · Print This Article
Michael Doherty is convinced that global warming is a sham, and the Assemblyman in the good old Garden State is trying to get New Jersey’s landmark Global Warming Response Act repealed. Doherty claims that various new ‘scientific’ reports questioning the concept of global warming back up his stance.
From PolitickerNJ.com:
“There are many credible members of the scientific community who have questioned the theory of global warming, and now we have some scientists actually suggesting the earth’s temperatures may be entering a period of dramatic cooling,” said Doherty, R-Warren and Hunterdon. “With this growing level of scientific uncertainty, it makes no sense to enact a new set of economically damaging regulations prompted by the global warming hysteria of recent years.”
The Global Warming Response Act was signed last year by Corzine, which requires the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050. The law required the state Department of Environmental Protection to release a report detailing how the state would meet the goals, with recommendations now expected to be issued this fall.
It’s not known whether Doherty’s misconceptions about global warming are caused by a defective gene, or the fact that he lives in New Jersey. Seriously though, New Jersey environmentalists should get together and show this guy the state bird. You know, the one on the third finger of their hands. Because, anyone with at least half of a functioning brain knows that there’s no credible bloc of scientists who dispute global warming.
Link [PolitickerNJ.com]
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Doherty is an idiot, but enough with the New Jersey jokes! Seriously, the part of NJ he represents has done more for farmland preservation and open space preservation than almost any other region of the country. Not with his help, of course.
So please direct your ire at him, not the rest of us who really care!
It’s all tongue-in-cheek, my dear! The fact that New Jersey jokes are so cliched is a joke in itself
[...] New Jersey Assemblyman Fighting State?s Global Warming Response Act By Stephanie Rogers Michael Doherty is convinced that global warming is a sham, and the Assemblyman in the good old Garden State is trying to get New Jersey?s landmark Global Warming Response Act repealed. Doherty claims that various new ?scientific? … - http://earthfirst.com [...]
See the problem I have with these people is this:
Is there something WRONG with not spewing gunk into our atmosphere? I understand that many people are just plain lazy, but heaven forbid that we actually do something we don’t absolutely positively HAVE to do.
All I’m saying is that even if global warming is fake (which I don’t think it is, although it would be nice), it might be nice to clean up our planet anyway.
RE: Pointy-Hatted Geek
Do you believe CO2 is “gunk”? If so do you believe Oxygen is gunk as well? O2 is the stuff you breath. CO2 is the stuff every living plant breaths/eats. Without it plants would die. Also, if you are reading this blog, you are exhaling CO2. Your body produces it. Do you see any issue with putting government regulations on the gas you produce when you exhale? CO2 is an intert gas that is necessary, vital, and fundamental to life on Earth. Can you understand the viewpoint that disagrees with classifying a gas fundamental to life on Earth as a pollutant?