Los Angeles Times now claims that Palin has "reversed her stand on the cause [singular] of climate change"

The Alaska governor also [allegedly] reversed her stand on the cause of climate change, telling ABC News that she believes "man's activities certainly can be contributing to the issue of global warming." Less than a year ago, she said the opposite.

I think Palin basically agrees with huge numbers of climate realists who think that humans might be contributing to global warming, but that humans weren't the primary driver of the 1970s-thru-1990s warming. Her quote above and her quote below are consistent with each other.

[8/29/08]: Palin Not Convinced on Global Warming | The Trail | washingtonpost.com

In an interview released by Newsmax magazine today, Palin said that while she recognized her state would be affected by climate change, that didn't mean humans are responsible.

"A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location," she said. "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made."

Palin's comments [allegedly] stand in sharp contrast to those of McCain, who [allegedly] says at every campaign stop that he believes human activity is driving global warming,