The Montana Environmental Quality Council Is Surveying Public about Climate Change Plan. What do you think?
| February 4, 2008 |  View for printing |
The Environmental Quality Council wants to know what Montanans think about climate change and a proposed state plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
The bipartisan council made up of lawmakers and citizens is reviewing the 54 recommendations included in a "Montana Climate Change Action Plan" released last November by the Governor's Climate Change Advisory Committee. After a thorough analysis of the report, the council may suggest legislation based on some of the recommendations.
Montanans are invited to take part in a survey about the report on the Legislative Branch Web site at http://www.leg.mt.gov/css/climate_survey.asp.
Legislative staff will compile the results and share them with the council during a meeting March 10-11 in Helena.
"The survey is lengthy," said Sen. David Wanzenried, D-Missoula, and chair of the council. "But the topic of global warming and its many causes and possible solutions is extremely complex. We wanted to make sure the format of this survey offered the public the opportunity to thoroughly address the subject and provide feedback on potential solutions."
Other lawmakers on the council are Reps. Norma Bixby, D-Lame Deer; Sue Dickenson, D-Great Falls; Julie French, D-Scobey; Carol Lambert, R-Broadus; Chas Vincent, R-Libby; and Craig Witte, R-Kalispell; and Sens. Bob Hawks, D-Bozeman; Christine Kaufmann, D-Helena; Dan McGee, R-Laurel; Jim Shockley, R-Victor; and Robert Story, Jr., R-Park City.
Also on the council are Brian Cebull, Billings; Diane Conradi, Whitefish; Douglas McRae, Forsyth; Jeff Pattison, Glasgow; and Mike Volesky, of the Governor's Office.
For more information, contact Sonja Nowakowski, legislative research analyst,
at 444-3078 or snowakowski@mt.gov.
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