Nick Smith said "I think it is fair to at least mention the tremendous political influence that some of the environmental community has. We all want a cleaner environment. We are all going to move ahead to develop renewable-type resources that can minimize the CO2 emissions, but a tremendous political influence that I think has caused maybe some in the previous administration to agree to these kinds of protocols because it was so strongly supported by a strong political group. I think the bottom line is that if we are going to make reasonable policy decisions, we are going to have to get emotion away from that policy table and scientific evidence on the table to make the kind of decisions that are going to have a tremendous impact on the economy of this and other countries." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I think it is fair to at least mention the tremendous political influence that some of the environmental community has. We all want a cleaner environment. We are all going to move ahead to develop renewable-type resources that can minimize the CO2 emissions, but a tremendous political influence that I think has caused maybe some in the previous administration to agree to these kinds of protocols because it was so strongly supported by a strong political group. I think the bottom line is that if we are going to make reasonable policy decisions, we are going to have to get emotion away from that policy table and scientific evidence on the table to make the kind of decisions that are going to have a tremendous impact on the economy of this and other countries.

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Nick Smith

Republican · Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the influence of environmental groups on policy decisions regarding emissions and renewable resources.

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