House Republicans are applying a search-and-destroy tactic to international funding for global warming this budget season. It goes like this: Ax any line items with the words "climate change." Their primary targets are a pair of crucial United Nations initiatives designed to slow warming worldwide and educate policymakers about the evolving science of climate change. --Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News, 26 August 2011
Hours after being called "mushy on environmental issues" by a Republican senator, Mitt Romney has tweaked his position on global warming. Asked Wednesday at a Lebanon, N.H., town hall meeting whether he believed in global warming and if humans contribute to rising temperatures, Romney said he doesn't know. Just two and a half months ago in New Hampshire, Romney expressed concern about climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. --Dan Berman, Politico, 24 August 2011
