Lawmakers weigh views in climate-change debate - Salt Lake Tribune

Utah lawmakers continued their fact-finding exploration of climate change on Wednesday.

They heard from a metals scientist, a lawyer, a politician, businessmen and more -- a chorus of critics who decried the heavy price they say Utahns will pay in lost jobs and high energy costs for Washington's climate change policy. They also heard how the science behind the policy is dubious.

But, in the hours of testimony on Wednesday, one voice was notably absent: that of an actual climate scientist.

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