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"CA Gov. Brown Calls Doubters of Climate Change 'Political Lemmings'"

"SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Jerry Brown railed Thursday against politicians who doubt climate change, calling them 'political lemmings' and the chief obstacle in the fight against global warming."



"'The main thing we have to deal with in climate change is the skepticism, the denial and the cult-like behavior of the political lemmings that would take us over the cliff,' the Democratic governor said at a high-profile conference on climate change at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

At a conference that included Brown's predecessor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Brown said climate change has lengthened the state's fire season and quickened its snowmelt, affecting agriculture and taxing public infrastructure."

David Siders reports for the Sacramento Bee/McClatchy December 15, 2011

SEE ALSO:

"Jerry Brown Leads Climate Change Conference At The California Academy Of Sciences" (Huffington Post)

"Ralph Hall Speaks Out on Climate Change" (ScienceInsider/AAAS)

Source: McClatchy, 12/16/2011