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Re: U.N. Scientest warn of Global.....COOLING
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Originally Posted by Andrewl
Newt does indeed acknowledge the human contribution to climate change. Newt proposes incentives to lowering CO2 emissions, so why would he argue for ways to lower CO2 emissions in his book A Contract with the Earth if he did not think CO2 emissions were causing a problem for the environment?
Andrew
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I misspoke - What i meant to say was that he does not SOLELY blame humans. Also, when questioned about this very issue on Hannity and Colmes, Newt said he has serious doubts about the causes, but would rather err on the side of caution. I'd expect that sort of pandering from a politician.
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