INHOFE EYES COMMITTEE HEARINGS TO CHALLENGE CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-OK) -- the leading Senate opponent of climate controls -- is planning to hold a committee hearing questioning climate change science after two other Senate committees held recent hearings where scientists backed mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) limits. Congressional sources view the move as an attempt by Inhofe to aggressively assert his committee's jurisdiction over the issue and build a public record opposing climate controls. At the same time, committee Democrats...