Western governors to continue focus on global warming
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South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, right, outgoing chairman of the Western Governors' Association, talks with the association's new vice chairman, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, left, and the new chairman, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, center, Tuesday, June 12, 2007, in Deadwood, S.D. The association ended a three-day meeting that focused on western states' plans for dealing with global warming. (AP Photo/Chet Brokaw)
DEADWOOD, S.D. - The Western Governors' Association will focus on global warming, ways to produce cleaner energy and reducing the impact of climate change, the group's new chairman, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, said Tuesday.
The association wrapped up a three-day conference after hearing from two experts who explained some of the ways global warming will harm the environment and what can be done to reduce it. Much of the conference dealt with proposals for reducing the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
"I think it's clear to anyone who has been at this conference and other conferences that this is the issue of our time," Freudenthal said. "It makes no sense for us to ignore what is essentially a 900-pound gorilla on the public policy basis."
Posted in State-and-regional on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 7:00 pm Updated: 3:52 pm.
