House Republicans Pick Climate Skeptic To Head Environment Subcommittee

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/16/house-science-schweikert-_n_4613145.html

House Republicans Pick Climate Skeptic To Head Environment Subcommittee
Kate Sheppard
Posted: 01/16/2014 8:12 pm EST | Updated: 01/17/2014 10:37 am EST


WASHINGTON -- House Republicans selected Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), who is on the record questioning whether humans are causing climate change, to head of the Science Committee's environment subcommittee.

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A main component of the Obama administration's environmental work is new limits on power plants' greenhouse gas pollution. Schweikert has argued that the idea of man-made global warming may be "folklore."

"Understanding what part of climate change is part of a natural cycle and what part has human components is the first step," he said as a candidate in 2008. "Our elected officials must be careful to react to facts and not folklore."

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Schweikert will have good company in Science Committee leadership. Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is also a climate change denier.

Democrats criticized the appointment.

"Every time we think congressional Republicans have proven they’re completely out of touch with reality, they go and outdo themselves," said Josh Schwerin, press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "By putting a climate change denier in charge of a subcommittee on the environment, congressional Republicans are further cementing the fact that their only real priority is protecting special interests and their big oil backers."

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1. Damn, that's about as stupid as considering Michele Bachmann for the House Intelligence Committee.

Oh ... wait ... never mind.

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2. Of course they did. Of. Course. They. Did.