Is Senate candidate Charlie Crist moving to the right on climate change? <a href=”http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/08/is-charlie-crist-cooling-cooling-on-climate-change.html“>The St. Petersburg Times “Buzz” blog reports:

It looks like Gov. Charlie Crist might not hold a climate-change summit this year and he’s voicing concerns about so-called “cap-and-trade” legislation to crack down on carbon dioxide emissions, though he initiated a state version of the federal legislation. . . .
Q: What about the cap-and-trade legislation that many, such as Republican Senate opponent Marco Rubio, criticize as a hidden tax on energy consumption?
Crist: “Well, it may be. That may be accurate. As with anything, any proposal, you want to try to do it right and not be over oppressive if you will as it relates to how you implement things.”
Q: Your climate-change summit decision has nothing to do regarding the attacks on you regarding your support of climate change?
Crist: What attacks?
Q: From your opponent.
Crist, smiling: Yeah

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