US election Vs World & Environment

In addition to the victory of Democartes, Scientists, researchers and environmentalists are also celebrating. How? Let's read...

Democrat representative Nancy Pelosi, who is set to become speaker of the House, has already promised to broaden the types of stem-cell research allowed with federal funds in the first 100 hours of her majority leadership, which is set to begin in January 2007. ____________________________
In Massachusetts the race for governor was won by Deval Patrick (Democrat), who believes the state should join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an effort to bring the north-eastern states of the US together along with eastern Canada to fight global warming by capping emissions.
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Seven-term Republican incumbent Richard Pombo lost his seat in the House, an outcome celebrated by watchdog groups that say he has an abysmal record on protecting wildlife habitat. “Pombo’s loss was a tremendous victory for the environment,” says Jamie Clark of the Washington DC-based Defenders of Wildlife.
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Voters in South Dakota rejected the toughest abortion ban in the US by a 55% majority. The law, which had been signed by Governor Mike Rounds in March 2006, would have prohibited abortions at all stages of pregnancy and did not make exceptions in cases of rape, incest or poor maternal health.
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But a win by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger also has a similar impact. He has gained the support of environmentalists by campaigning for the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions from factories, utilities, refineries and other industrial sites. ___________________________________________