My girlfriend's parents want to like Ron Paul, probably mostly because I talk about him all the time, but the environment is a big issue to her mom.

She asked me today if Ron Paul was environmentally friendly, and I totally blew the answer. Basically telling her straight up that Ron Paul wasn't exactly an environmentalist. The environment is a big deal to a lot of people who might otherwise take a look at Ron Paul's other stances, so does anyone know how to respond to this?

Please, no advice on how to tell people that global warming is not true.