Mitt Romney Embraces Climate Denial: 'We Don't Know What's Causing Climate Change'

WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney broke with Republican orthodoxy this summer, telling a crowd in Manchester , N.H., that humans are at least somewhat responsible for climate change. Now Think Progress reports he's reversing his position , arguing "we don't know what's causing climate change."

"My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet," he said at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. "And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us. My view with regards to energy policy is pretty straightforward: I want us to become energy secure and independent of the oil cartels."

Think Progress' Brad Johnson has the video :

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