Talking With the Left About Climate Change

Two Frum Forum posts I wrote recently about climate politics — " How the GOP Should Explain Climate Change " and " Newt, Your Ad With Pelosi Wasn't Dumb " — netted me an appearance on "The Green Front," a program of the Progressive Radio Network. This was thanks to fellow F F contributor D.R. …

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Written by Kenneth Silber on Wednesday December 21, 2011

How the GOP Should Explain Climate Change

The GOP nomination race has proven to be a hostile environment for concerns about, or even an acceptance of the reality of, anthropogenic global warming. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have made statements that they don’t know what’s causing climate change, in contradiction of earlier …

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Written by Kenneth Silber on Wednesday December 7, 2011

So Crazy it Just Might Work

The Ontario government's competitiveness task force--chaired by the dean of the University of Toronto business school--has proposed lower tax rates for business investment, offset by a new carbon tax.

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Written by David Frum on Friday November 18, 2011

Confessions of a Climate Change Convert

I used to join the right in dismissing concerns about climate change. But then I was defeated by the facts. I was defeated by facts. It wasn’t all that long ago when I joined others on the right in dismissing concerns about climate change. It was my firm belief that the science was unsettled, …

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Written by D.R. Tucker on Tuesday April 19, 2011