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Senator Chris Dodd meets South Carolina’s conservation community

-- John -- 03/02/2007

Senator Chris Dodd sat down today with members of South Carolina’s conservation community to talk about global warming and energy policy.  In a wide-ranging discussion that lasted nearly an hour, the Senator addressed a number of themes, including his support for the Boxer-Sanders “Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act” (which is the strongest current emissions-reduction bill in the Senate); the importance of national leadership on answering climate change; increasing CAFE standards; and promoting the fight against global warming in ways that enhance personal lifestyles and quality of life.  Said Dodd, “It is really important that we empower people with the notion that we can solve this.”  In that respect, framing the answer to global warming as a struggle between the free market and government regulation leads to a “superficial debate”; according to Dodd, legislation can provide incentives to make green alternatives financially attractive to the business community:  “With marketing techniques, you can move people in the right direction.”