Gloucester Times/ June 9, 2010

To the editor:

I called Scott Brown a couple of weeks ago to voice my support for the American Power Act, the landmark climate and energy bill introduced by Senators Kerry and Lieberman.

He responded by saying he supported reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to clean economy, but, “I believe that if we are going to take any dramatic actions in imposing a hard cap on carbon dioxide emissions, we must ensure participation by other high-emitting nations, such as China and India, so that well-intentioned U.S. efforts won’t just send jobs overseas where low standards could cause even greater harm to our global environment.”

I didn’t think U.S. Sen. Brown took his leadership queues from China and India. These are fast-growing economies, working to pull hundreds of millions out of poverty.

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