This is old news but from the British Independent... independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zealot-of-us-climate-change-sceptics-jim-inhofe-to-determine-environmental-policy-9852459.html Ever since he became a US Senator in 1994, Jim Inhofe has been among the most prominent climate-change sceptics in Washington. The Oklahoma Republican, who turns 80 next week, once compared the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Gestapo. Now, the man who also compared the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to “a Soviet-style trial, in which ideological purity trumps technical and scientific rigour”, is in line for one of the most important environmental jobs in Congress. After last week’s midterm elections handed them control of the Senate, Republicans will also take a majority stake in each of the Senate’s specialist committees. Thus, in January, Senator Inhofe is set to become the new chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, giving him a firm grip on US environmental policy.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:15:28 +0000
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