Southern lawmakers cool on climate change

The Southern Political Report mentions the Center for a Better South's new book on environmental policy in a Monday column on how Southern lawmakers seem to be chilly on climage change. According to Tom Baxter:

"This has been a sizzling August in the South, with triple-digit temperatures afflicting states across the region for days on end. But at this year’s annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Boston earlier this month, Southern states formed the core of the opposition to the states getting more involved in the issue of climate change."

Also in the column:

"Because of its high growth rate and environmental sensitivity, the rest of the country will be looking to the region to see how it deals with these issues in the years ahead, said Andy Brack, president of the Center for a Better South, which this week is releasing a book with an assortment of suggestions for both policy makers and consumers, called “Getting Green: Progressive Environmental Policy Ideas for the American South.” The book’s first two recommendations call on each state to designate a climate change commission and develop a plan for cutting emissions."