"Biggest Applause Of The Night" For Romney's Mockery Of Responding To Climate Crisis; Business Green

[hatrack]

Mitt Romney officially launched his bid to become president yesterday with an attack on President Obama's environmental and energy policies that openly mocked efforts to tackle climate change.

In a speech that was described by critics as "pedestrian" and "workmanlike", Romney secured some of the biggest applause of the night from the Republican Convention for contrasting his economic priorities with Obama's attempts to address environmental challenges. "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet," he said, adding after a long pause: "My promise ... is to help you and your family."

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In a wide-ranging speech that drew heavily on Romney's life history and made few policy pledges, the Republican candidate repeatedly criticised the Obama administration's economic and energy policies, accusing it of overseeing an increase in fuel prices and leading an "assault on coal and gas and oil", which "will send energy and manufacturing jobs to China".

In the one section of the speech focused on policy Romney again talked up his energy strategy, pledging that "by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coal and gas and nuclear and renewables". The reference to renewables could offer some succour to America's clean energy sector, but the detailed energy plan revealed last week confirms that Romney's strategy is focused almost entirely on increasing domestic fossil fuel production.

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http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2202045/romney-speech-mocks-climate-crisis?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=Romney+speech+mocks+climate+crisis

[mopinko]

1. my family lives less than a mile from the beach.

i am told that lake michigan is not going to rise, but i don't see how that is gonna work, water seeking its own level and all that. so, my family is a little worried about the rising of the seas, thanks.
many more families, even here, gasp, in america, are in big trouble if/when the seas rise, you twit.

[FBaggins]

2. Lake Michigan isn't going to rise.

Water does seek its own level... but that's why the water flows out of the great lakes and (eventually) into the ocean. Lake Michigan wouldn't rise even if all the ice in the world melted. The only thing that would do it would be if ongoing rainfall exceeded Niagara's outflow capacity... and then only marginally.

[mopinko]

4. thanks, reassuring, but

where i live used to be lake, so.....

[phantom power]

3. "stuff we think would upset liberals" is always a sure winner