Deseret News | Utah Governor Gary Herbert questions whether climate change debate is 'over'
PARK CITY — Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert challenged the reality of climate change during a Western Governors' Association panel discussion Monday on combating global warming.
Herbert, who sat quietly through most of the discussions over the past two days, spoke up after presentations that included the statement that the debate on climate change was over.
"I've heard people argue on both sides of the issue, people I have a high regard for," Herbert said. "People says man's impact is minimal, if at all, so it appears to me the science is not necessarily conclusive."
His comments drew a smattering of applause from the audience at the association's three-day meeting, which ends Tuesday. The governors, who have backed a resolution urging regional and national efforts to deal with global climate change, did not join in.
Herbert is not yet a member of the association, but he will be after Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Barack Obama's ambassador to China and resigns.
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What does it say about Obama that he picks a key Democraic governor to an ambassadorship, who in his state was the roadblock to energy development, vetoing energy bills of the GOP controlled Utah legislature on a regular basis?
In effect what Barry did was remove a thorn from the side of domestic natural gas exploration.
Very interesting.
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