REPUBLICANS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Perry and Romney split on global warming
Phillip Rucker, August 17, 2011 (Washington Post)

"A sharp divide has emerged between two leading Republican presidential candidates on the issue of climate change. While apparent front-runner Mitt Romney believes the world is getting warmer and that humans are contributing to that pattern, Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called that ‘a scientific theory that has not been proven.’

"Taking questions…[in New Hampshire], Perry was asked about a passage in his book “Fed Up!”, in which he expresses skepticism of the science behind global warming…writes that there has been ‘doctored data’ and accuses former vice president Al Gore, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his call to action on climate change, of being a ‘false prophet of a secular carbon cult.’"

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"…With his beliefs, Perry stands in stark contrast to Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who repeatedly has said on the campaign trail that he believes the science behind global warming."

Governor Mitt Romney, June 3: “…I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And…I believe that humans contribute to that. I don’t know how much our contribution is to that, because I know that there have been periods of greater heat and warmth in the past, but I believe we contribute to that.”