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To: combjelly who wrote (359272)	11/18/2007 7:39:18 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576159

Clinton Heckled During Forum on Global Warming in Los Angeles Last Edited: Sunday, 18 Nov 2007, 8:41 AM PST Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was heckled by a member of the audience during a forum on global warming on Saturday. It was the first ever presidential forum on the topic, with three Democratic contenders presenting their plans to address the issue. Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio detailed their positions on global warming, energy conservation and other environmental issues -- and occasionally talked about other issues, including the war in Iraq -- before an invitation only audience at the Wadsworth Theater in Westwood. The forum was sponsored by Grist, an environmental journalism magazine and Public Radio International's Living on Earth. Candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties were invited, but only Kucinich, Edwards and Clinton accepted. Clinton was interrupted by a Code Pink antiwar demonstrator shouting that she had voted for the war in Iraq. "Excuse me, were you invited to speak here this afternoon?" Clinton responded. The man, identified as Tigh Berry by Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans, was quickly surrounded and taken outside by uniformed Los Angeles police officers. He was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car, but it was not clear whether he was arrested. Clinton said she would create a group of representatives from the world's biggest carbon-emitting nation's to address global warming. "As president, I'd say `Go Green,' and I think Americans will respond," Clinton said. She said she wants to cut energy consumption by 20 percent by 2020 and use renewable energy to generate 25 percent of the nation's electricity by 2025. She said her global warming solution would cost $150 billion over 10 years and that one-third would be financed from the establishment of a $50 billion Strategic Energy Fund paid for by oil companies. Like the other two candidates, Edwards said he supports a 15 percent decrease in electricity consumption by 2018 and an 80 percent reduction in carbon-based energy sources by 2050. He said the United States should take the lead addressing global warming and vowed that if elected president he would modernize the country's electric grids, cut subsidies to oil companies and reinvest the money to develop renewable energy sources. Edwards said he would pay for his energy policy by capping carbon emissions and auctioning off pollution permits to companies that want to exceed the cap. "This is way off subject, but we've got to end this mess of a war in Iraq," Edwards said later to applause. "The notion that we're having a debate in America about what kind of torture is permissible ... this is not our America and we need to take it back. " Kucinich, a committed vegan who drives a hybrid car, spoke passionately about his vision for a "works green" administration in which all government agencies and trade agreements would be environmentally conscious and promote sustainability. He said the Department of Energy should provide disincentives for using fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil, and incentives to use renewable resources like solar and wind. He also said the North American Free Trade Agreement should be rewritten to include provisions for clean air and water, and NASA should develop green technologies. He also said America should stop using coal because "clean coal" is an oxymoron. He advocated closing all coal mines and paying displaced coal miners a guaranteed annual income. myfoxla.com.