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UNITED STATES - JUNE 01: Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., conducts a news conference on the Virginia side of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, June 1, 2015, to talk about corrosion to the bridge and call for infrastructure improvements across the country. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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House Democrat Fact-Checks Science Committee’s Climate Nonsense
By Chris D'Angelo
Rep. Don Beyer calls on experts to correct the bad info pushed by the Republican majority.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 07: Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), questions Attorney General Eric Holder, during a hearing at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. Oversight members will be hearing testimony on the initiatives of the U.S. Department of Justice. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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The House Science Committee Doesn't Seem To Understand The Concept Of Winter
By Nick Visser
Why bother NASA when you can get your climate news from Breitbart?
ENVIRONMENT
'Green News Report' - September 15, 2016
By Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, Contributor
Co-hosts of the radio’s nationally syndicated ‘Green News Report’
Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail? Drop us a line at GreenNews@BradBlog.com or right here at the comments link
FILE - In this June 7, 2012 file photo, House Science Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Escalating a political fight over global warming, Smith issued subpoenas Wednesday, July 13, 2016, to two Democratic state attorneys general, seeking records about their investigation into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors about global warming. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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House Republicans Will Investigate Their Ability To Investigate Investigations
By Kate Sheppard
All in the interest of protecting ExxonMobil from state probes.
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Congress Subpoenas Climate Scientists In Effort To Hamper ExxonMobil Fraud Investigation
By Ariel Conn, Contributor
Writing about science and existential risks.
ExxonMobil executives may have intentionally misled the public about climate change – for decades. And the House Science
POLITICS
Survival of the Unfit
By Raymond S. Bradley, Contributor
Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massac...
U.S. science and technology is not well-served when scientists are harassed by unqualified bullies in Congress.
ENVIRONMENT
'Green News Report' - November 19, 2015
By Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, Contributor
Co-hosts of the radio’s nationally syndicated ‘Green News Report’
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: House Republicans double-down in their ongoing war against climate scientists; October 2015 was
ENVIRONMENT
Tweet This and Risk a Subpoena
By Raymond S. Bradley, Contributor
Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massac...
The latest tirade from Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology sheds light on the real reason for his demand that NOAA employees make available all email correspondence about their recent study on global warming.
POLITICS
The House Committee on Science and Intimidation
By Raymond S. Bradley, Contributor
Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massac...
Political intimidation to suppress scientific studies poses a grave danger to any society. Ironically, despite all the efforts of the Congressional Luddites, it is becoming abundantly clear to all Americans that global warming is an undeniable fact, and something that we need to deal with.
POLITICS
Captain Pope on the Titanic
By Jeff Schweitzer, Contributor
Scientist, former White House Senior Policy Analyst, Ph.D in n...
The Pope, by the way, is not bringing religion to the debate; he is simply acknowledging that the science is overwhelming and compelling, and given that, there is a moral obligation to act.
POLITICS
This Is What Happens When You Elect Climate Change Deniers
By Kate Sheppard
Democrats on the committee have also criticized the cut. "It’s hard to believe that in order to serve an ideological agenda
ENVIRONMENT
Federal Dysfunction Continues to Underfund Science and Infrastructure
By Steven Cohen, Contributor
Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, Columbia Universi...
Funding ports and scientific research should be ideologically neutral pieces of consensus in American politics. But in the toxic environment of the American Congress we can't even do the easy stuff.
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Refueling America's Research
By Sen. Ed Markey, Contributor
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
If we don't strengthen our support of scientific research, the engine of innovation that gave our nation a competitive edge in the last century may lose steam. A "refuel" is in order to keep our job-stimulating innovation engine on pace. America's economic competitors are moving to increase their own investments, and it would be incredibly short-sighted to fall behind.
POLITICS
House Science Chair Says Latest Climate Report Is 'Clearly Biased,' But He Only Read The Summary
By James Gerken
There is near unanimity among active climate scientists that climate change is happening and that humans are causing it. Several
POLITICS
Obama Finds An ISIS Strategy While Congress... Privatizes Asteroids? Really?
By Jason Linkins, Arthur Delaney, and Zach Carter
Obama's brief address left a lot of things unclear, not the least of which are questions such as: "Hey, does he have the
POLITICS
The House Science Committee Is In A State Of Climate Change Denial
By The American Independent Institute, The American Independent Institute
Michael McCaul of Texas “Whereas recent events have uncovered extensive evidence from the Climate Research Unit at the University
POLITICS
Republicans Wage Anti-'Secret Science' Campaign Against The EPA
By The American Independent Institute, The American Independent Institute
The FIRST Act not only calls for funding that doesn’t even keep up with inflation, it intends to cut funding for the social
POLITICS
How One GOP-Controlled Committee Is Waging A War On Science
By The American Independent Institute, The American Independent Institute
Yet despite two years worth of letters to EPA administrators, Smith said, President Obama and the EPA were "unwilling" to
POLITICS
House Republicans Pick Climate Skeptic To Head Environment Subcommittee
By Kate Sheppard
POLITICS
As Rim Fire Rages, California GOPer Repeats Claim: Wildfires Aren't Connected To Global Warming
By Kate Sheppard
Rohrabacher, a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, has a long history of making bizarre claims about
ENVIRONMENT
Is Governor Brown Playing 13 Tzameti With the Climate?
By Jordan Haedtler, Contributor
Campaign associate, Forecast the Facts
With each pipeline that is approved, each greenlight given to coal and natural gas exports, we're putting more bullets in the chamber, and doubling down on our dangerous game of 13 Tzameti.
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Steve Stockman Hopes James Hansen's NASA Retirement Will Encourage Climate Change Denial
By Nick Wing
At the same time, retirement will allow Dr. Hansen to press his cause in court. He plans to take a more active role in lawsuits
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