Oklahoman says steps to limit carbon emission based on erroneous report
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BY CHRIS CASTEEL
Published: February 24, 2010
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Inhofe on Tuesday continued to try to discredit a major climate change report, as a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget became a partisan debate on policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Inhofe, R-Tulsa, told EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that her agency’s steps to limit greenhouse gases were based on a report by an international climate change panel that made major errors and was driven by politics.
But Democrats said Republicans were the ones driven by politics and were doing the bidding of the energy industry in trying to cast doubt on climate changes that had been confirmed by numerous scientific bodies.
"We have national leaders who are rejecting basic scientific work,” Sen. Bernard Sanders said at an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. "I find it incredible ... There is no doubt about global warming.”...
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