BARTON CLIMATE INQUIRY DRAWS CRITICISM FROM KEY SCIENTIFIC GROUPS

Efforts by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) to investigate the findings and funding sources of three prominent climate scientists are prompting strenuous objections from the leaders of key scientific groups, other lawmakers and a prominent GOP committee chairman. In late June, Barton sent letters to three climate scientists seeking background data and their funding sources for research which has backed a broadly cited finding from a key United Nations (U.N.) climate report that 20th century temperature increases...