[Vision2020] Society of Environmental Journalists: "Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith"

[Ted Moffett]

Reader discussion regarding this New York Times article quoted on the
Society of Environmental Journalists website is at first website
below:

http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/politics/21climate.html?sort=recommended&offset=3
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"Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith"

http://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-doubt-tea-party-article-faith

"ASPER, Ind. — At a candidate forum here last week, Representative
Baron P. Hill, a threatened Democratic incumbent in a largely
conservative southern Indiana district, was endeavoring to explain his
unpopular vote for the House cap-and-trade energy bill.

It will create jobs in Indiana, reduce foreign oil imports and address
global warming, Mr. Hill said at a debate with Todd Young, a novice
Republican candidate who is supported by an array of Indiana Tea Party
groups and is a climate change skeptic.

'Climate change is real, and man is causing it,' Mr. Hill said,
echoing most climate scientists. 'That is indisputable. And we have to
do something about it.'

A rain of boos showered Mr. Hill, including a hearty growl from Norman
Dennison, a 50-year-old electrician and founder of the Corydon Tea
Party.

'It's a flat-out lie,' Mr. Dennison said in an interview after the
debate, adding that he had based his view on the preaching of Rush
Limbaugh and the teaching of Scripture. 'I read my Bible,' Mr.
Dennison said. 'He made this earth for us to utilize.'"

John M. Broder reports for the New York Times October 20, 2010.

Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2010
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