More Raw Story Comedy: CPAC Attendees Show "Division" On Climate Policy
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At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), held through Saturday in suburban Washington, exhibit stands offer blue pamphlets calling on people to refute the idea that climate change is caused by humans. "We know that climate is changing, but at this catastrophic level, we kind of debate that in our organization," said Gabriella Hoffman, a spokeswoman for CFACT, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow.
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Kilbourn, a nuclear engineer with a group called the CO2 Coalition that was taking part in the convention for the third time, argues that carbon dioxide -- released by the burning of fossil fuels, or the decay of organisms, for instance -- is good for the planet. "More CO2 is good for the planet. It helps plants grow," said Kilbourn, standing by a table offering koozies -- cushion-like holders for keeping beverages cold -- that read "Chill out. Polar bears are not going anywhere."
His coalition has been known to make false statements but Kilbourn is nonetheless defiant. "We're the only scientific booth here. Everybody else is politics and policy and we like to stress the science," Kilbourn said.
"It's clear we have sort of our opposing viewpoint on the other side down there," said Morgan Chrisman, a 24-year-old Republican who says she has no doubts about the dangers of climate change. She is at a stand representing the idea that fighting climate change should be a priority. That is a minority opinion at CPAC, which features panel discussions that praise oil as the world's main energy source. "The environmental cause has been very much driven by the left for pretty much the entire time and that has sort of alienated a lot of young people and made them think that, you know, the GOP doesn't have solutions for that," Chrisman said of the Republican Party.
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