CO2 and Congress
Leighton Steward, a scientist who used to back the man-made global warming theory is on Capitol Hill this week to convince lawmakers that global warming is more related to solar activity and that cutting CO2 levels in our atmosphere could actually have a negative effect on our planet. Mr. Steward advocates that higher CO2 levels can help plant growth and produce better crops (remember as a young kid in science class when you learned that humans inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide and plants do the opposite, creating a balanced system?) However, it seems that Mr. Steward in affiliated with the oil industry which makes some people question his motives.
Read more at the following sites:
http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/blog/plants-need-co2-(says-oil-lobby)