John Barrasso
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‘Objective’ political media helps Inhofe lie about EPA
Photo: Nicco MelesSens. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and John Barrasso (R- Wyo.) have each introduced bills that would eliminate EPA authority over climate pollution. That represents a legitimate policy position, albeit one I disagree with profoundly. In the process of pushing their bills, however, both Inhofe and Barrasso have claimed that greenhouse gas regulations represent an […]
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Senators support polluters over asthmatic children
National health organizations are not scoffing at the link between pollution and asthma.Cross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. As my colleague David Doniger explained, there’s a new pollution promoter on the scene, and his name is Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.). Barrasso has introduced a bill (S. 228) that would allow unlimited carbon dioxide pollution […]
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Is blindness on clean air, climate change, and public health contagious?
Some 123 members of the House of Representatives have cosponsored bills to strip the EPA of its authority on the Clean Air Act.
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Scientists fight Inhofe attack on climate fund
Climate scientists are fighting back against assertions that the threats posed by climate change are too uncertain to justify any action.
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Final (ironic) notes on the fake “OMB memo” story
In my post on the development of the fake “OMB memo” story, I speculated wildly — as is my responsibility as a blogger — that some sort of sneaky dirty-energy lobbyist fed the story to Dow Jones’ Ian Talley, the first “real” reporter to do a story on it. It seems the truth may be […]