From Condescendingly Ineffectual To Napalm Loony - All 17 GOP Candidates On Climate

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Just a sample . . .

With her private-sector experience, Carly Fiorina engages with climate change from an economic perspective. “Companies shouldn’t cave in to the demands of climate change scientists,” she has said. Fiorina blamed “liberal environmentalists” for the historic, climate-related drought in California on Glenn Beck’s radio show this year. But even if she were to accept the idea that climate change played a role in her state’s drought, she is skeptical that anyone should do anything about it.

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As far as doing something about climate change, Christie is a true skeptic. He has said that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a Northeast cap-and-trade program that aims to collectively reduce carbon pollution from power plants, was a “completely useless plan.” He withdrew New Jersey from the plan in 2011, and said that he would “not think of rejoining it.” He also cut his state’s renewable energy target.

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While still a state legislator, Rubio thought action on climate change, including “emissions caps and energy diversification,” led to economic and technological trends that meant “Florida should become the Silicon Valley of [the energy] industry.” He also voted for a bill that would regulate greenhouse gases. Once he reached the national level, he changed his tune. Rubio was one of the first politicians to attempt the “I’m not a scientist” tactic to deny the reality of mainstream climate science. He has since moved to more outright denial.

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Walker has thus far kept quiet on his views about climate science.

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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/26/3683808/gop-field-climate-energy-ranked/

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1. Having denied the science, it's perfectly logical

to blame the people who saw it coming. After all, it has to be somebody's fault