By The Huffington Post News Editors
Climate change denial is getting some bipartisan support in the Kentucky Legislature following President Barack Obama‘s landmark climate change speech last month.
During a committee meeting on natural resources and the environment on Tuesday, the state’s leading energy official warned that Obama‘s climate change plans could mean higher energy prices. Several state lawmakers seized the opportunity to criticize the widely accepted and scientifically proven environmental changes, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
“The climate’s always going to change,” Republican state Rep. Stan Lee said. “We’re not in control of this world. … There is one who is in control but it ain’t any of us. And to think that we can change what he created I think is short-sighted and foolish.”
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