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"Romney & Obama: Carbon Copies" +
0:59 web video from Oct. 7, 2011.
[Music]
TEXT: Romney & Obama: Carbon Copies
Romney audio clip: I will
not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people, and that plant, that
plant kills people.
[SFX]
TEXT: Romney then implemented job-killing carbon
caps
TEXT: Sound familiar?
Obama (Jan. 17, 2008):
Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would
necessarily skyrocket.
TEXT: Romney & Obama: Carbon Copies
Notes: The press release:
Romney and Obama: Carbon
Copies
Romney’s environmental policies and
advisors now being used by President Obama
Mitt Romney and President Obama are
carbon copies when it
comes to environmental policies, as evident in the video “Romney and
Obama: Carbon Copies,”
available
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?
“Mitt Romney and President Obama are carbon copies,” said Perry spokesman Mark Miner. “In
addition to designing the blueprint for Obamacare, Mr. Romney has
provided President Obama with environmental policies and advisors.
Americans cannot afford another four years of job-killing policies
inspired by Mitt Romney and implemented by President Obama.”
The Wall Street Journal recently investigated Mr. Romney’s liberal
environmental record:
Just
days after his 2002 election, Mr. Romney hired Douglas Foy, one of the
state's most prominent environmental activists, and put him in charge
of supervising four state agencies. … With Mr. Foy by his side, Mr.
Romney joined activists outside an aging, coal-fired plant in 2003 to
show his commitment to the emissions caps. "I will not create jobs or
hold jobs that kill people, and that plant, that plant kills people,"
he said. [1]
Mr. Romney later implemented job-killing carbon
caps for Massachusetts:
On Dec. 7, 2005, the Romney administration unveiled the final
orders. "These carbon
emission limits will provide real and immediate progress in the battle
to improve our environment," then-Gov. Romney said in a press release
touting Massachusetts as "the first and only state to set CO2 emissions
limits on power plants." [1]
Two former Romney environmental advisors are now members of the Obama
Administration.
Gina McCarthy, the Environmental Protection Agency’s top air pollution
official, was Mr. Romney’s “green quarterback.” [2]
John Holdren, Obama’s science czar, advised Romney on implementing his
greenhouse gas policy and was highlighted in the 2005 press release
announcing Massachusetts’ carbon caps. [3, 4]
Sources:
[1] Romney Environment Push Is Fresh Target for His Rivals, Wall Street
Journal, 10/6/11, http://online.wsj.com/article/
[2] EPA Official Was Romney’s ‘Green Quarterback,’ National Journal,
9/22/11, http://www.nationaljournal.
[3] Romney Announces Strict New Clean Air Regulations To Take Effect
January 1, Press Release, 12/7/05, http://www.scribd.com/doc/
[4] Obama's Science Czar Considered Forced Abortions, Sterilization as
Population Growth Solutions, FoxNews.com, 7/21/09, http://www.foxnews.com/