Mitt Romney flip-flops on climate (again)
When he wanted to be president, CO2 was not a pollutant.
When he wanted to be president, CO2 was not a pollutant.
Well, better Mitt than Ed Markey.
Apparently still can’t find a conscience for sale.
William Tucker laughably argues in the American Spectator that Romney should have embraced a carbon tax to win the election and that millions of [presumably voting] Americans care about Mayor Bloomberg’s views on climate. [American Spectator]
It’s hard to believe that John McCain got more votes in 2008 than Mitt Romney did in 2012. McCain 2008 may also have beaten Obama 2012.
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is signaling that fealty to former President George W. Bush’s administration does not guarantee a potential senior nominee a clear path through Senate confirmation. Vitter told Greenwire last week that James Connaughton, Bush’s former head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, would not get his support to be Environmental … Continue reading GOP senator would likely oppose potential Romney EPA chief nominee
The general counsel of green energy rent-seeking, cap-and-trade-loving, and USCAP-founding member General Electric is reportedly a leading candidate to head the EPA in a Romney administration.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is reportedly being considered by Mitt Romney to be EPA administrator. We endorse this pick for the reasons described in this Dallas Morning News article.
A 5-minute podcast from Pat Michaels. [Cato Institute]
A petition drive to con Lehrer into bringing up the issue with the presidential candidates appears to be banking on the flip-flops of Governor Romney’s position, but this could backfire in the most spectacular way if Romney issues a mea culpa on who gave him advice on global warming when he was governor, and if … Continue reading Gore’s Climate Reality Project begs Debate Moderator Jim Lehrer: Ask Romney and Obama about Climate Change
At a London fundraiser last night, Mitt Romney said,