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Article: New Groups Revive the Debate Over Causes of Climate Change
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- The Washington Post
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- September 25, 2009
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Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) may be grappling with health care, but
in Montana a new advocacy group opposed to climate legislation
called C02 Is Green is taking aim at the next big battle for
Congress.
The group is already running television ads: "This will cost us
jobs," one says. "There is no scientific evidence that CO2 is a
pollutant. In fact higher CO2 levels than we have today would help
the Earth's ecosystems." It urges voters to contact Baucus, who in
the past has backed bills to cap emissions and allow companies to
trade pollution allowances.
The man behind the latest entry to the climate legislation wars
is H. Leighton Steward, a veteran oil industry executive, co-author
of the ...