I just can't get the thought of James Inhofe as Environment and Public Works Chair out of

[cali]

my head. Replacing Barbara Boxer.

4 Ways the New Top Environment Senator Disagrees With Science

Meet Jim Inhofe

Sen. Jim Inhofe is widely expected to take over the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee now that Republicans have won control of the Senate, putting one of Washington’s most strident climate change deniers in charge of environmental policy.


In his 2012 book, The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, the Oklahoma Republican argued that climate change science has been manufactured by liberals to scare the American public, push through anti-business regulations and sell newspapers, and that humans should do nothing to regulate greenhouse gases.

Problem is, Inhofe’s opinions are deeply at odds with the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community, both in the U.S. and abroad. Here’s just a few ways how.

Human activity

Inhofe: The Senator says hundreds of scientists dispute the idea that global warming is the result of human activity.

Science: 97% of international scientists working in fields related to the environmental sciences agree that current global warming trends are the result of human activity. No U.S. or international scientific institutions of any caliber dispute the theory of anthropogenic climate change.

Consequences

Inhofe: He says global warming, if it’s happening at all, could be beneficial for humanity. “Thus far, no one has seriously demonstrated any scientific proof that increased global temperatures would lead to the catastrophes predicted by alarmists,” he said in a 2003 speech. “In fact, it appears that just the opposite is true: that increases in global temperatures may have a beneficial effect on how we live our lives.”

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http://time.com/3558611/jim-inhofe-global-warming-climate-change-2014/

[arcane1]

1. Indeed, we're going to keep the "That Stupid Country" title for a while longer :(

[Egnever]

2. Nothing like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

Inhofe has been a travesty in the senate for a long time. I shudder at the thought of the stupidity he is about to embark on.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. No kidding.

And McCain chairing armed services. Yikes.

[Archae]

4. Inhofe will run the committee the way he flies his plane.