From Deseret News archives:
2 parties, Utah warm to climate issues
"I'm sure that there will be some who will be surprised to find out that there are Republicans here," GOP Mayor Scott Avedisian of Warwick, R.I., said.
After all, the big names present former Vice President Al Gore, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson are all Democrats.
Given the politics, Utah which according to presidential election tallies is the most Republican state in the union isn't likely to be considered a global-warming hot spot.
But a recent poll shows Utahns are sold on climate change.
Even among Utah Republicans, 65 percent said the Earth is getting hotter.
Robert Redford, who along with Anderson and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives organized the Sundance Summit, stressed that global warming has to move beyond politics.
"The public is fed up with the bickering. They've had it with the political bickering," he said. "This issue is way beyond being treated like a political football."
Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory, the other Republican mayor at the summit, said he sees much political hypocrisy on both sides of the aisle when it comes to climate change. The left, for instance, doesn't talk much about nuclear power as a clean energy alternative to fossil fuels. The right, in turn, often shies away from funding mass transit and looks to build more roads.
In the minds of McCrory and many at the summit, local leaders and citizens will be the ones making changes that will reduce the warming effect that burning fossil fuels has on the environment.
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