Margaret Fletcher

This bill is calling for policymakers locally and nationally to fully consider all relevant information and factors pertaining to climate change before pursuing courses of action that could adversely affect any economy or environment. The title makes it sound laudible. However, the bill itself is misleading and goes against clear, globally-recognized evidence of human-driven climate change. We need to accept the scientific consensus about global warming from fossil fuel pollution as identified in the 2022 NH Climate Assessment Report and at the federal level, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)'s Fifth National Climate Assessment. We need science-based policy, not ideology-driven irresponsibility. Ignoring the evidence sets us up for increasingly high costs of climate pollution, damages to NH resources and property, and adverse effects on health and nature in our state and makes us the perpetrators of the same on a global level. We must take responsibility for the effects our actions have on people all over the globe.