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Inhofe says he opposes emission standards

by The Associated Press | December 9, 2009 | 11 comments

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This 2003 file photo released by Subhankar Banerjee, shows a polar bear walking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Since an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution was signed in Kyoto, Japan, in Dec. 1997, the level of carbon dioxide in the air has increased 6.5 percent. Officials from across the world will convene in Copenhagen next month to seek a follow-up pact, one that President Barack Obama says "has immediate operational effect...an important step forward in the effort to rally the world around a solution." (AP Photo/Subhankar Banerjee, File)

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Jim Inhofe says he opposes a government proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020.

The Oklahoma Republican says he plans to travel to a climate conference in Europe next week to tell participants the proposal has little support in the U.S. Senate.

The Environmental Protection Agency has said scientific evidence shows greenhouse gases threaten public health and that the pollutants should be reduced. But Inhofe says he believes emissions, mainly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, have little effect on the climate.

Inhofe has called for an investigation into allegations that some scientists manipulated data to provide proof of global warming. A climate change skeptic, Inhofe says e-mails leaked from climate scientists indicate researchers suppressed data.

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TheJR 2 years, 5 months ago

For what it's worth, if you read the literature he's written, he does have a very well-constructed argument.

Having said that, I hate the guy.

dio 2 years, 5 months ago

@williamcombs

Hey William, Obama is president now. Why don't you go ahead and leave this country?

williamcombs 2 years, 5 months ago

I love Jim Inhofe and I'm so glad he represents my state. If people don't like it they can leave. This state is only getting more red every year, and that is a wonderful thing.

freak197 2 years, 5 months ago

what a surprise. worst senator ever!

acsooner 2 years, 5 months ago

"If people don't like it they can leave."

Or they could show up to the polls and vote these crazy wingnuts out of office.

Cambrian 2 years, 5 months ago

Senator Inhofe is an idiot! No disrespect. Denying that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas is like denying the existence of gravity. It doesn't matter if carbon dioxide is put into the atmosphere by natural causes, humans, or the freaking flying spaghetti monster, it still traps heat from the sun if it's in our atmosphere.