Harper, Tory MPs challenge Kent on climate science, letters

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Harper, Tory MPs challenge Kent on climate science, letters reveal

By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News June 2, 2012 3:02 PM

Harper, Tory MPs challenge Kent on climate science, letters reveal
By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News June 2, 2012 3:02 PM

Environment Minister Peter Kent has had his hands full convincing members of his own caucus that human-caused climate change is real.

Environment Minister Peter Kent has had his hands full convincing members of his own caucus that human-caused climate change is real.
Photograph by: The Canadian Press files , National Post

OTTAWA — While scientists and environmentalists criticize him for doing little to fight climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent also has been questioned by his Conservative party colleagues, including the prime minister, about whether the scientific evidence is real and requires a government response.

A series of letters signed by Kent have revealed he has faced many questions from colleagues in recent months about whether Canada needs to take action to reduce consumption of fossil fuels such as coal and gasoline that produce heat-trapping pollution and other toxic emissions in the atmosphere.

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[Hodgson]

Kent is in on the theatre.

Optics. That's all they need and that's all Canadians demand.