BillingsGazette.com :: Carbon capture bill tabled by lawmakers

Black also said some committee members don't believe the debate is settled on whether CO2 is the major cause of climate change.

"Until there is verifiable scientific evidence that CO2 is the culprit, the committee feels that we should proceed with caution," Black said.

Erickson, a retired professor of environmental sciences at the University of Montana, said the question was settled by Nobel [Peace] Prize-winning scientists.

McCain Adviser Holtz-Eakin Blasts Bush Administration on Editing Climate Change

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, most recently the senior policy adviser for the McCain presidential campaign, made an interesting comment about the Bush administration's practice of rewriting, for example, climate change-related documents: "I don't think there's anything with the Bush administration's censoring of documents that has helped them make their case for their stance on climate change," Holtz-Eakin said. "It's a disgrace. Have the information out, have the debate, and win on the merits. Don't win on the editing process."