Whoops, he did it again: In June, Mitt Romney said he believed humans contributed to global warming and that we needed to reduce carbon pollution. Yesterday, he changed his position, saying "we don't know" what causes global warming but that it would be a mistake for America to reduce carbon pollution.
Video transcript:
ROMNEY IN JUNE: I don’t speak for the scientific community, of course, but I believe the world’s getting warmer. I can’t prove that, but I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that.
ROMNEY IN OCTOBER: My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us.
ROMNEY IN JUNE: I believe that humans contribute to that. And so I think it’s important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you’re seeing.
ROMNEY IN OCTOBER: My view with regards to energy policy is pretty straightforward [...] let’s aggressively develop our oil, our gas, our coal, our nuclear power. [...] We have massive energy resources. Let’s grant the permits to let the drillers start drilling.
Brad Johnson has more details over at Think Progress, including a full transcript of yesterday's comments.