AZ-1 field discusses environment; Hay a no-show

Past president of the National Academy of Science Dr. Fred Seitz noted in the Wall Street Journal 1996 (http://tinyurl.com/2w2ru9), serious problems with the Third Assessment Report (TAR), by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A second brief IPCC document entitled the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM), did not match what the hundreds of scientists had stated in the TAR. The SPM had misrepresented what the scientists had said without their knowledge or approval.
Dr. Seitz wrote: “This IPCC report, like all others, is held in such high regard largely because it has been peer-reviewed. That is, it has been read, discussed, modified and approved by an international body of experts. These scientists have laid their reputations on the line. But this report is not what it appears to be -- it is not the version that was approved by the contributing scientists listed on the title page. In my more than 60 years as a member of the American scientific community, including service as president of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society, I have never witnessed a more disturbing corruption of the peer-review process than the events that led to this IPCC report.”

Notes on the above: The above was taken from a Hawaii Reporter column written by Michael Fox, PhD. To read the article in full, check out the Hawaii Report website.

Wow what a field of candidates! i cant believe some are still questioning the science behind climate change, kudos to jeffrey brown for standing up and telling it like it is. This guy has guts and integrity give him a chance! Vote for Jeffrey! he's not afraid and is the right choice for CD1

Finally a real race in CD1 after years of Republicans and the courtroom bound Renzi. BTW, can you identify the forum candidate who was quoted June 9 in an article earlier this week? I just read it after googling because of Fox and Joe's comments.

"$1 billion a day are going to foreign countries for oil. Achieving energy independence can and must be done. In Tennessee and Oklahoma they are leading the way in production of biofuels with non-food items. In Massachusetts MIT is leading the way in exploring new materials and systems that could dramatically accelerate the availability of solar energy. Woodchips from New York State are being shipped from the port in Newark, NJ in the first ever American based trial shipments of woodchips for power generation to Germany. New wood biomass plants are coming on-line throughout Europe at a rapid pace."

"Americans have always risen to the challenge. Now it's time for Americans to set aside their partisan differences and get to work with meeting the challenge of achieving energy independence."

It was Maupin. Does this sound like a global warming head-in-sand type? Come on, Fox and Joe, get off the Party Train and let's have an intelligent dialogue here. Maupin and Hansen, as engineers, are the two with science and math backgrounds, fields of study underutilized by Americans. All the other candidates continue to mouth Party-gate platforms, and 15-second soundbite TV beliefs, not Maupin. (Check out MIT think tanks on global warming; not cap and trade lobbyists.) Maupin made it quite clear during the forum, that whatever is global warmings cause, our country must deal with its effect, and deal with it now. (Another political chicken and egg discussion that keeps this country from taking action?) Maupin said it was our personal responsibility to handle it. By the way, Maupin was the only candidate who received applause at any time during the forum, and he received it twice. Research has shown that solar and wind have engineering issues to overcome before being viable alternatives. Check out the Fossil Creek question. It was the question everyone else didn't know, or gave weak cover answers for not knowing, and Maupin tossed out the legislative information and discussed in depth and detail Fossil Creek issues. So maybe it's time to realize that Evan Brown did a good job of covering the forum in this article, and some of the posted "commentators" are doing a good job of trying to get face-time for candidates who did not earn it themselves. Seems to me that Maupin is making headlines, while others are making lines to the head. Keep up the good work, Evan.

I usually enjoy your reporting, but I was surprised that your report on this debate ignored the two most prominent candidates who were present, Ann Kirkpatrick and Mary Kim Titla. I would have liked to hear what they had to say on the issues.

Maupin is not any different than any of the nay-sayers on global warming. Even if we are wrong, why take the chance. Go home Maupin and start reading facts instead of Fox soundbites.

Maupin sides with Corn that humans are not the cause? Give me a break! So typical. Let's study it some more. Let's wait and see. Let's stick our heads in the sand and it will all go away.
We need real change. We don't need more of the same. With Howard Shanker you get passion, honesty, integrity, compassion, intelligence, experience, and most of all, you get someone who cares about AZ, the environment, this country, and our future. He understands the impact we have and how alternate energy will help reduce the impact we have. We WILL NEVER ELIMINATE our dependence on foreign oil. But, with the increasing use of fossil fuels by China and other fast developing countries, we are in a competitive race for fossil fuels. The only alternative is to lessen our need for oil. Hey, solar, hydrogen, and wind energy can give us this while creating sustainable jobs. Who is behind these concepts? Howard Shanker. He is the one for Arizona Congressional District One. Why waste a vote on anyone less?

Amazing an independent candidate who does better than the "seasoned" politicians. Based on what I've seen on this site and a couple of articles about him I think he just might pull this off. Go Maupin!