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http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/06/pawlenty-cap-and-trade-apology/

As ThinkProgress has reported, Pawlenty has an extensive record of actively supporting cap and tradeand other climate change initiatives. He signed multiple pieces of legislation calling for greenhouse gas reduction, including one that called for an 80 percent reduction in Minnesota's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In 2008, he recorded a radio ad in which he declared, "Cap greenhouse gas polution now!" It wasn't until 2009, when Pawlenty was busy trying to make a name for himself on the national scene, that he backed away from his support for the policy.