TRENTON — In case anyone had any doubts on where Gov. Chris Christie stands on climate change, he made his position crystal clear this afternoon: It's real and it's a problem.

In vetoing a bill (S2946) that would have required New Jersey to stay in a regional program intended to curb greenhouse gases — a program Christie plans to leave by the end of the year — the governor said "climate change is real."

He added that "human activity plays a role in these changes" and that climate change is "impacting our state."

Christie's words are his strongest to date in regards to climate change, a hot-button issue among the same conservatives nationwide who are clamoring for the governor to enter the 2012 presidential race.

Christie's come full circle on the issue. Last year, he told a town hall audience in Toms River he was skeptical climate change is the result of human activity. He backed off those comments at a conference of environmentalists in May and agreed to meet with climate scientists for a lesson in global warming.

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Read more:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08...climate_ch.html

After all he has a Left wing base to win over

FUCC!

Great. Now I guess he'll get completely behind nuclear power /s.

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Christie's words are his strongest to date in regards to climate change, a hot-button issue among the same conservatives nationwide who are clamoring for the governor to enter the 2012 presidential race.

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What Conservatives are clamoring for this toad? I don't see or read them. All I see pimping for this lard ass are the typical GOPe types who told us we needed McCain and Romney or we would lose big.

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Well he warned us that "And so I am going to do anything I need to do to win".

That would include rotating like a top on issues.

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Christie's words are his strongest to date in regards to climate change, a hot-button issue among the same conservatives nationwide who are clamoring for the governor to enter the 2012 presidential race.

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What Conservatives are clamoring for this toad? I don't see or read them. All I see pimping for this lard ass are the typical GOPe types who told us we needed McCain and Romney or we would lose big.

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100% correct Frank, no conservatives want him to do anything but explode in a diner!

I share the dismay with this guy. The problem that with this one issue he will do as much damage as is possible. I know you guys don't like gay marriage, but I feel if he was liberal on that instead, it wouldn't be as bad.

He will be hailed as the Republican that "gets it", and it will weaken resistance to AGW, a non-existant problem, which will ruin the economy.

We need to take this fat bastard out. :)

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I share the dismay with this guy. The problem that with this one issue he will do as much damage as is possible. I know you guys don't like gay marriage, but I feel if he was liberal on that instead, it wouldn't be as bad.

He will be hailed as the Republican that "gets it", and it will weaken resistance to AGW, a non-existant problem, which will ruin the economy.

We need to take this fat bastard out. :)

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If Christie really believed in AGW he'd understand the dangers caused by methane emissions and would be much more careful about what he eats and what he says.