The October 22 presidential debate, the last of three meetings between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney, bookended a campaign marked by silence on climate change during all four debates. In fact, the 2012 campaign is the first in a generation in which climate change was not addressed at a presidential or vice presidential debate.24 years before Obama and Romney failed to adress climate change and Republican vice presidential nominee Representative Paul Ryan labeled the Obama administration's energy stimulus programs as "green pork," climate change was being discussed at a campaign debate on the national stage.Chicago Tribune reporter Jon Margolis asked the 1988 vice presidential candidates, Senators Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen, what they would do to deal with global warming and whether they would support "substantial reduction in the use of fossil fuels which might be necessary down the road." Read More... More on Climate Change
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