Romney On Cap And Trade In 2003: ‘I Am Making Good On My Pledge’ To Clean Up Carbon

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Romney On Cap And Trade In 2003: ‘I Am Making Good On My Pledge’ To Clean Up Carbon Pollution ‘Harming Our Climate’
A new document has surfaced showing Mitt Romney’s strong support for regulating carbon dioxide in 2003, when he called cap and trade “an effective approach” to combating climate change.

The comments were made in a letter from Romney to New York Gov. George Pataki about a regional cooperative system for regulating greenhouse gases. In the letter, Romney agreed with Pataki on the need to “reduce the power plant pollution that is harming our climate.”

But today, in trying to align himself with conservative political backlash against climate science, Romney says “we don’t know” whether humans are warming the planet, and that doing something about the problem “is not the right course for us.”

Here’s the full letter from Romney to Pataki:
more at link
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/04/02/456701/romney-cap-and-trade-2003-i-will-make-good-on-my-pledge-to-clean-up-pollution-harming-our-planet/

[Cali_Democrat]

1. He flip flopped?

I find this hard to believe. Romney isn't the type of person to stick his finger in the air, feel where the wind is blowing and change his positions in order to advance his political career.

That's just not him.

[dkf]

2. Etch a sketch is so appropriate.

Nothing he says is of any bearing whatsoever.