Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was on Capitol Hill yesterday to take part in a one-day symposium on climate change, along with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, senators, fellow governors, business leaders and academics.
"We know that the issues around global warming and climate change reach across party lines and across national boundaries, across state borders and communities," Kaine said in a statement.
"That's why we must work together on global solutions as well."
The symposium, "U.S. Climate Action: A Global Economic Perspective," was organized by three Washington think tanks and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Kaine's Renew Virginia agenda met with mixed results in the recently concluded General Assembly session.
Also yesterday, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling urged the federal government to move forward with the lease sale for offshore oil and gas development off the coast of Virginia.
Last month, Kaine had urged Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to put off the lease sale, writing that: "our policies do not support exploration for oil or production of gas or oil."
In his own letter to Salazar, Bolling wrote that: "proceeding with this lease sale is essential to furthering Virginia's efforts to develop our offshore energy resources." -- Andrew Cain
Email
Facebook
Google
Twitter
Favorites
More
Advertisement