The Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Group

Where’s the experts ? I admit I do not know a lot of the names on the list, but there appears to be a heavy weighting toward business.

With so much of the problem that needs to be solved needing research, why are there not more from the Universities ?  MSU-Mankato has an automotive program that should be included in the group.

Looks to me like, this is another advisory group that will look good on Pawlenty’s VP resume.

Pity Bill Grant, et al — they will have a hard time getting this group to move into the 20th Century much less the 21st.

Here are the experts… Unlike the stakeholder groups in other states that seem to be run by political  hacks and flacks, this one looks to be managed by folks with some serious experience and firepower.  Pawlenty has asked the Center for Climate Strategies to manage the stakeholder process, and here’s a link to the Center’s list of experts:

http://www.climatestrategies.us/team.cfm

Unlike the previous commenter, this looks to me to be a serious attempt at moving the ball forward on global warming in Minnesota.

concerns about the cast of characters I agree with the first commenter. Way too many folks from industry on the panel.

I’d love to know why Sierra Club isn’t on the list. Minnesota’s chapter did an enormous amount of work organizing for the very successful Global Warming Day of Action event in St. Paul and has been one of the leaders in the fight against the Big Stone II coal plant. (no slight intended here to the other groups who have also been working on those issues, just acknowledging how involved the Minnesota SC has been)

It will be interesting to see if the Center for Climate Strategies group resists industry attempts to greenwash. One of the people listed on the CCS site at the link, Terry Tamminen, was very well thought of by California environmentalists for his work protectng the coast. Then he went to work for California’s governor and was used for outreach to the environmental community to help Schwarzenegger get re-elected. I sat in a Sierra Club meeting in California and listened to Tamminen say things that just weren’t true about an energy project that involved major greenwashing. His heart was in the right place, but he didn’t look hard enough at industry claims.

Where's the experts ? I admit I do not know a lot of the names on the list, but there appears to be a heavy weighting toward business.

With so much of the problem that needs to be solved needing research, why are there not more from the Universities ?  MSU-Mankato has an automotive program that should be included in the group.

Looks to me like, this is another advisory group that will look good on Pawlenty's VP resume.

Pity Bill Grant, et al — they will have a hard time getting this group to move into the 20th Century much less the 21st.

Here are the experts… Unlike the stakeholder groups in other states that seem to be run by political  hacks and flacks, this one looks to be managed by folks with some serious experience and firepower.  Pawlenty has asked the Center for Climate Strategies to manage the stakeholder process, and here's a link to the Center's list of experts:

http://www.climatestrategies.us/team.cfm

Unlike the previous commenter, this looks to me to be a serious attempt at moving the ball forward on global warming in Minnesota.

concerns about the cast of characters I agree with the first commenter. Way too many folks from industry on the panel.

I'd love to know why Sierra Club isn't on the list. Minnesota's chapter did an enormous amount of work organizing for the very successful Global Warming Day of Action event in St. Paul and has been one of the leaders in the fight against the Big Stone II coal plant. (no slight intended here to the other groups who have also been working on those issues, just acknowledging how involved the Minnesota SC has been)

It will be interesting to see if the Center for Climate Strategies group resists industry attempts to greenwash. One of the people listed on the CCS site at the link, Terry Tamminen, was very well thought of by California environmentalists for his work protectng the coast. Then he went to work for California's governor and was used for outreach to the environmental community to help Schwarzenegger get re-elected. I sat in a Sierra Club meeting in California and listened to Tamminen say things that just weren't true about an energy project that involved major greenwashing. His heart was in the right place, but he didn't look hard enough at industry claims.