WASHINGTON
— Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday said that he was ready to be president,
becoming the second potential Republican candidate recently to drop big
hints about 2016 as he vies for early attention in a crowded field of
maybes.
In
a wide-ranging interview on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on
ABC, Mr. Rubio, of Florida, also disagreed with accepted scientific
wisdom that humans were having an effect on what he called the “always
evolving” climate. “I do not believe that human activity is causing
these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are
portraying it,” he said. “And I do not believe that the laws that they
propose we pass will do anything about it, except it will destroy our
economy.”
His
comments challenged a major scientific report released Tuesday that
found the effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in
every corner of the United States, from dry regions where water is
becoming more scarce to historically wet regions that are seeing
increases in torrential rains.
The report, the National Climate Assessment,
stated that the sweeping changes have been caused by an average warming
of less than 2 degrees Fahrenheit over most land areas of the United
States in the past century. If greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and
methane continue to escalate at a rapid pace, the scientists said, the
warming could conceivably exceed 10 degrees by the end of this century.
“Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present,” they declared.
Asked how big a threat he regarded climate change, Mr. Rubio replied: “Our climate is always changing. And what they have chosen to do is take a handful of decades of research and say that this is now evidence of a longer-term trend that’s directly and almost solely attributable to man-made activities.”
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Al Gore blames the Koch brothers
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97 to 3
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The one Republican (there's always one in the crowd)
WASHINGTON -- You probably have no idea who Jim Rubens is. Nor should you, really. Even the most politically savvy observer would struggle to name every obscure candidate running in a primary for a U.S. Senate seat. And that, certainly, is what Rubens is as he embarks on his long-shot campaign -- obscure.
But Rubens, who is running against former Sen. Scott Brown in the GOP primary in New Hampshire, does hold a remarkable distinction that could –- perhaps, should -– make him a more familiar name. Of the 107 Republicans currently running for Senate as of this week, he is the only one whose website declares that global warming exists and is caused by human activity.
Rubens is used to being non-conventional. He says he was ousted from his role as platform committee chairman for the national Independence Party in a Ross Perot-organized coup in 1992. He started his own political party the next year –- an offshoot of the Independence Party of New York –- and ran for New Hampshire governor in 1998.
But he's hardly a wacko. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in chemistry and made his living investing in high-tech startups, which fed his belief in the importance of scientific research.
Asked how big a threat he regarded climate change, Mr. Rubio replied: “Our climate is always changing. And what they have chosen to do is take a handful of decades of research and say that this is now evidence of a longer-term trend that’s directly and almost solely attributable to man-made activities.”
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Al Gore blames the Koch brothers
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97 to 3
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The one Republican (there's always one in the crowd)
WASHINGTON -- You probably have no idea who Jim Rubens is. Nor should you, really. Even the most politically savvy observer would struggle to name every obscure candidate running in a primary for a U.S. Senate seat. And that, certainly, is what Rubens is as he embarks on his long-shot campaign -- obscure.
But Rubens, who is running against former Sen. Scott Brown in the GOP primary in New Hampshire, does hold a remarkable distinction that could –- perhaps, should -– make him a more familiar name. Of the 107 Republicans currently running for Senate as of this week, he is the only one whose website declares that global warming exists and is caused by human activity.
Rubens is used to being non-conventional. He says he was ousted from his role as platform committee chairman for the national Independence Party in a Ross Perot-organized coup in 1992. He started his own political party the next year –- an offshoot of the Independence Party of New York –- and ran for New Hampshire governor in 1998.
But he's hardly a wacko. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in chemistry and made his living investing in high-tech startups, which fed his belief in the importance of scientific research.
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