2009-03-15
Utah Governor, Legislature at Odds Over Climate Change. By John Daley, KSL.com, March 15, 2009. "The battle to combat global warming is a top priority of Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, but that position is in the crosshairs of most Utah lawmakers, revealing yet another sharp rift between moderate and conservative Republicans. In 2007, Huntsman and California's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Western Climate Initiative, a regional pact to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 'More than anything else, we're setting the stage for our future. This is all part of the legacy that we're handing down to the next generation,' Huntsman said... This year, fellow Republicans in the Legislature passed a resolution calling on Utah to get out of the climate deal. The bill's sponsor said he didn't believe in human-caused climate change; other lawmakers worry about new regulation hurting Utah's coal industry."
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