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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2016 court case: ‘The earth is warming. Humans are contributing. I understand the international impact and the problem of the commons. The pope’s involved’

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-trump.html

At a 2016 argument over Mr. Obama’s climate change regulations, he indicated that environmental policy should be decided by Congress rather than the courts.

“The policy is laudable,” he said. “The earth is warming. Humans are contributing. I understand the international impact and the problem of the commons. The pope’s involved. And I understand the frustration with Congress.”

But he added: “If Congress does this, they can account for the people who lose their jobs. If we do this, we can’t.”

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