The 2012 Presidential Race
Where They Stand on Climate Issues

Click on any candidate to learn about their position on Climate.

 

 

 

The Candidates
Obama
Paul
Romney
Barack Obama
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Candidate Climate Position

Barack Obama:

President of the United States

 

 

 

 

"Few issues facing America or the world are more important than combating Climate Change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear. Sea levels are rising. Coastlines are shrinking. We've seen record drought spreading famine and storms that are growing stronger with each passing hurricane season. Climate Change and our dependence on foreign oil, if left unaddressed, will continue to weaken our economy, and threaten our national security."

But his climate policies are being attacked every day. He needs to hear from you that he must keep up the fight.

 

 

 

 

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Ron Paul:

Member of Congress, representing
Texas' 14th Cong. District

 

 

 

 

"The Copenhagen treaty on climate change can't help the economy. It has to hurt the economy and it can't possibly help the environment because they're totally off track on that. It might turn out to be one of the biggest hoaxes of all history, this whole global warming terrorism that they've been using, but we'll have to just wait and see, but it cannot be helpful. It's going to hurt everybody."

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Mitt Romney:

Former Governor, Massachusetts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which Mitt Romney?

Before 2009: "The world is getting warmer... I believe that humans contribute to that."

2009: "My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet," he said at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. "And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us. My view with regards to energy policy is pretty straightforward: I want us to become energy secure and independent of the oil cartels."

2011: Mitt appears to have switched back to his original acceptance of human caused climate change. What will he think tomorrow?

 

 

 

 

 

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