Posted on 03/12/2012 5:22:30 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother
General Electric has brushed aside the doubts leading Republican presidential contenders have raised about climate science.
The US industrial and financial conglomerate said it had long seen climate change as a valid concern after an internal evaluation of the scientific case in 2005.
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Observers have attributed the party’s shift since the last election to a range of factors, including the rise of the anti-regulatory Tea Party and fears about unemployment. Others suggest the change is due to fossil fuel interests using so-called super PACs – the new generation of political action committees empowered by a 2010 Supreme Court ruling allowing businesses and unions to spend much more on political campaigns than previously permitted.
The Republicans’ stance puts them at odds with politicians from many other countries, especially in Europe, home of some of the world’s most ambitious climate legislation.
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Newt and Romney are global warming supporters. Rick Santorum is not.
Ping.
I realize that GE stands to lose a lot of money, but what could they set free (loose) that could have any effect on you and I?
Is it just me or has anyone else heard not a peep from Gore? He has lined his pockets rather well with this swindle and has now gone into hiding. Just as GE has.
Stating the obvious, it’s all about the money or more precicely your money.
FDR is quoted as saying, “The only thing we have to fear. is fear itself.” Turns out fear can be a real money maker when it creates false market demands.
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