Biggest Climate Denier in Congress will run Senate Environmental Committee

[RiverLover]

The Climate Lost Big-Time in Tuesday's Election
Climate deniers are officially in charge of Congress, and other bad news.

1. The Senate's environment committee will be run by the biggest climate denier in Congress. With a Republican majority in the Senate, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) will likely become chairman of the Environment and Public Works committee, which handles legislation on air pollution and the environment. Inhofe is an outspoken climate denier. Two years ago, he published a book titled, The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future. He's also a big opponent of the Obama administration's proposed rule to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, describing it as the "definitive step in the administration's war on fossil fuels."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/climate-change-election-inhofe

[orpupilofnature57]

1. What's the predominant message " Make them squeal "

[pscot]

2. He'll make headlines

But climate change has it's own compelling logic, which will not be denied.

[Bigmack]

3. Well....reality won't deny it

but the Republican senate will. Ms Bigmack

[pscot]

4. The Democrats have never shown

much sense of urgency. Time is of the essence, as every realtor knows. Obama thinks we have decades
to work the problem. Maybe. And maybe Mother Earth will force the issue. I got a bad feeling about the New Year. The weather lately is beyond strange.

[Nihil]

5. The sooner the better.

> And maybe Mother Earth will force the issue.

That is something to toast on New Year's Eve.

[orpupilofnature57]

6. He has decades, we have to be like the ancient people of Alexandria

and challenge every fact THEY ( government on both sides of the aisle ) spew or we'll be like the people of Paris in the 1790's

[ellenrr]

7. really, why the hysterical reaction?

First of all, had you ever heard of the Environment and Public Works committee before?

What has it done?

Second, given the US role in thwarting every global effort toward mitigating climate disaster, for decades, I think it is appropriate that a climate denier head the committee.