Virginia’s AG’s already making headlines!
Posted by Chelsea on 17 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Virginia, climate change
Today was another day for Virginia to make headlines. Like most headlines of late, this wasn’t a good one either. Our new Attorney General has made the environment one of his top priorities. Shouldn’t this be a GOOD thing you ask? In some instances, yes, but not when his goal is to make every federal law regulating greenhouse gas emissions illegal in our state.
After sending out an email to his listserv last week disputing global warming all together, our AG, Ken Cuccinelli held a press conference today, announcing his petition to the EPA to reconsider its finding that global warming threatens our livelihood. His reasoning for this petition? Climategate. Remember that little mole hill climate deniers successfully made into a mountain? Our state government has decided this is such an important issue that we should spend staff time and taxpayer money on it. Meanwhile, we’re looking at a $1.2 billion budget shortfall. Great idea guys. Let’s spend money on this.
So let’s recap here. While our new Governor is backroom wheeling and dealing over serious budget cuts, including a $730 million cut to K-12 education programs over 2 years, and more Virginians are out of work and without health care, the new AG is spending money on frivolous lawsuits against the EPA because he is concerned that the EPA is finally going to do its job. Whew, we are not off to a good start.
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4 Comments »
on 19 Feb 2010 at 12:14 am 1.PJ Park said …
The Department of Defense recognizes climate change is a threat to national security. NASA clearly explicates the science. Are they practicing bad science? Don’t think so. Face the facts. Get creative. Support cap and dividend–the CLEAR Act.
on 19 Feb 2010 at 2:37 pm 2.Virginia’s AG’s already making headlines! said …
[...] Reposted from The Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s Blog. [...]
on 21 Feb 2010 at 10:51 am 3.AJ said …
I think even the repubes from Hampton Roads would have to disagree with him.
on 22 Feb 2010 at 10:33 pm 4.Stephen Vandivere said …
All I can say is Cuccinelli was my Senator. I expected this. The only good thing I can think of to say about him is that he keeps his promises (regardless of how idiotic they are). I still can’t figure out how he got elected. Are Virginia voters really that stupid?