Mitt Romney's shifting views on climate change

[TomCADem]

Source: CBS News

The longer he runs for president, the more doubts Republican front-runner Mitt Romney seems to have about the science behind global climate change.

Speaking at a closed-door fundraiser Thursday in Pittsburgh, Romney's position on the causes of global warming continued the rightward shift that has been underway for several months. "My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us," he told donors at the Consol Energy Center.

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At the fundraiser, Romney was asked by a member of the audience to explain his position on man-made global warming and asked further whether he would reject a cap-and-trade bill to limit carbon emissions linked to climate change.

Romney replied, "Man-made global warming and cap and trade and so forth - I actually had in Massachusetts a consortium of states that came together with a cap and trade program. It was called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. And all the governors, Governor Pataki and so forth, signed it. I refused to sign. I do not believe in a cap and trade program."


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20127273-503544/mitt-romneys-shifting-views-on-climate-change/

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I guess in his most recent campaign appearances this week, Romney is doubling down on his new persona as champion of climate change denial. So, he is strongly defending his credentials as an anti-environmentalist this week.

However, with the corporate media pushing the climate skeptic narrative, perhaps Romney's anti-science message will play well with the electorate as Republicans continue to push the new meme that the lousy economy is caused by unions and environmentalists.

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2. I would think the fact that he just said it again would be enough to qualify as news

Sure, he might have said it before, but in the face of all his flip flops, you need latest updates to keep track of Romney's position de jour on whether climate change is caused by humans.

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4. I didn't think you were...

I just think you raise a good point, so I am trying to emphasize that the story is in reference to something that Romney just a day or two ago in which he was once again pushing the climate change skeptic angle.