Al Gore raps New Hampshire lawmakers for climate vote that 'ignores science'

Al Gore is wading into a fight over whether the state of New Hampshire should pull out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which is an emissions cap-and-trade program composed of northeastern and mid-Atlantic states.

Gore, in blog post Thursday evening, chided the state’s House of Representatives for its vote last week to leave the program, claiming the action “ignores science.”

“Members of the legislative chamber made a number of statements that were especially disturbing,” Gore wrote, citing a post on the Center for American Progress-hosted Wonk Room blog that included quotes from several state lawmakers who question climate science.

Protecting state-based climate programs has taken on a new urgency among climate activists following the collapse of global warming legislation on Capitol Hill last year.