Authentically Newt-ered

As a Tea Party courtier, he rails against carbon taxes. His political action committee has raised $250,000 from an Oklahoma natural gas and oil producer and $100,000 from Arch Coal of St. Louis, Politco.com reported.

Two years ago, however, the Newter was seated on a loveseat next to Speaker Nancy Pelosi starring in TV ads for Al Gore's global warming campaign. Quoth Gingrich, "We do agree, our country must take action against climate change." And: "If enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need."

NOY  CANCELS BRUSSELS TRIP

CEBU CITY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 (STAR) By Delon Porcalla – As part of austerity measures, President Aquino yesterday canceled his scheduled Oct. 3-5 trip to Brussels, Belgium, saying that the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) might not yield any benefit to the Philippines.

“A lot of the principal heads of state that we… hoped to be able to meet have not confirmed... their attendance. Then it’s not worth the expense at all,” Mr. Aquino told reporters at Marriott Hotel here where he attended the Regional Economic Managers’ Briefing and Dialogue with local officials and businessmen.
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The President hinted to Palace reporters earlier though that he was bent on going, but for as long as it would redound to the country’s benefit, especially because the Philippines needed to seek more investments that would help mitigate effects of climate change.
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“One thing, personally that I want to be able to source from them is the global climate change mitigation efforts... (particularly) assistance... from members of the European Union,” he said.