Pawlenty: The science is ‘bad’ when it comes to global warming

Before going off to the Council on Foreign Relations to give a speech on foreign policy, former Minnesota governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty appeared on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning. Asked about his stance on cap and trade, he acknowledged that he had changed his mind. He added, “I denounced it for a variety of reasons, one of which is the science is bad and it’s in great dispute,” repeating once more that there is a “scientific dispute” about the issue of climate change.

Pawlenty: America was founded under God

In an interview released in Christianity Today Thursday, Tim Pawlenty asserted that the United States was “founded under God” and that the founding fathers put that into the nation’s founding documents. In the wide-ranging interview, Pawlenty talked about his faith, his reversal on cap and trade, and the possibility of running against Rep. Michele Bachmann for the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

Demmer targets Walz in first round of radio ads

GOP candidate Randy Demmer has released three radio ads in the First Congressional District targeting second-term Democratic Rep. Tim Walz. In the first two ads, Demmer attacks Walz for voting for health care reform and for supporting cap-and-trade. The final…

China to institute cap-and-trade system

The same day that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced that he did not have the votes to pass a cap-and-trade bill, even a scaled-down utility-only version, news broke that China has decided to institute its own cap-and-trade…

Science (like T-Paw himself) ‘unsettled’ on climate change, he says

Minnesota has settled into climate-appropriate winter weather, but Gov. Pawlenty, just back from summer in South America, opined Monday that the science behind global warming is “unsettled” and cap-and-trade carbon controls are “the wrong direction.” On that…

Sierra Club targets Bachmann’s oil ties in ‘Stain’ ad

The national chapter of the Sierra Club has launched an ad attacking Rep. Michele Bachmann for what the group says are close ties to the oil industry. The ads are in their second week of a two-week run on…

Capitol Catchall: Back to work for most, first day for Franken

This week Minnesota’s members of Congress went back to work after the July 4 break, except for Sen. Al Franken who was showing up — finally — for the first time. Rep. Keith Ellison put forward a credit reform bill, Rep. Betty McCollum announced her plan to expand the Peace Corps, and Republicans criticized the Democrats’ energy and stimulus policies. Here’s how the week shook down…

Climate-change bill needed Peterson’s vote too, not only his okay as ag chair

Proponents in the U.S. House of Representatives needed every Democratic vote they could get Friday evening – and even a few from Republicans — to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) by a vote of 219–212 to cheers on…

Bachmann wants Minnesotans ‘armed and dangerous’ against Obama energy policy

During a radio show on Saturday, Rep. Michele Bachmann described herself as a “foreign correspondent on enemy lines” in Washington, D.C. The Republican congresswoman went on to tell WWTC-AM:

I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this

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