SacredScoop.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Inhofe Says Listing of Polar Bear Based on Politics, Not Science! With John McCain jumping on the ‘man-caused’ global warming train, we’re seeing the stage set for intrusive governmental control as the Department of Interior listed the polar bear as an ‘endangered’ species. Folks, the cult of global warming has ridden high and mighty on the backs [...]
Melissa Rogers (Free subscription) | yesterday
... National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C. -- May 15, 2008PARTICIPANTS: Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla.; Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga.; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council; E. Calvin Beisner, founder and national spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance and Environmental Stewardship; James Tonkowich, president of the Institute on...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | yesterday
You know, this is the type of politically correct decision that our (insert your own word here) eunich politicians make when they bow to the enviro-global-warming-we’re-all-gonna-die crowd. The fact that there are more polar bears now than ever seems to escape them. One politician who stood up against this decision, James Inhofe, (shock- a Republican) came out with some numbers that are...
Jennifer Marohasy (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today expressed disappointment with the U.S. Department of Interior's final decision to list the polar bear as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. “Unfortunately,...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... not wait until the entire GOP congressional contingent consists of a few idiots from Alabama and James Inhofe. *** Update *** Unintentional comedy at Red State : That doesn't explain why McCain is running 15 points ahead of a generic Republican, and in fact has a decent chance to win the election. McCain has benefited mightily from RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU WINGNUTS FOR SEVEN YEARS ....
Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... Los Angeles Times reported. Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., did not vote, the Hill said. "Democrats today led the charge against one of the root causes of skyrocketing oil and gas prices," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., following the vote. "Instead of hiding barrels of oil in the nearly full Strategic Petroleum...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) “No. I don't cut ribbons well or give eulogies at funerals.” Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) “No. I enjoy life too much.” Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) “If I were asked, I would say, ‘You're out of your mind.’ ” Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) “Of course. Big house, big car, not much to do. Why not'” Subscribe.
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The climate-change issue has divided conservatives, with presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain leading the charge for a cap-and-trade energy-rationing scheme and Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe spearheading the opposition — which includes my group, Americans for Prosperity, and most movement conservatives. Building a consensus on the issue looks complicated, but it's as simple...
It's Getting Hot In Here (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... press for this “maverick” break from President Bush and some notorious Republicans like Senator James Inhofe (R-OK/Exxon). Considering how low his fellow Republicans have set the bar over the last eight years, McCain does deserve credit for talking about the climate challenge, proposing mandatory emissions reductions, and using the stump to highlight his policies. The reality though,...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... crisis. “The political climate has radically shifted,” said Matt Dempsey, a spokesman for Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., a staunch oil-industry supporter and one of the senators asking the EPA to use the authority Congress gave it to halt the ethanol mandate. As it stands, oil refiners are required to mix 9 billion gallons of ethanol into the nation's gasoline supply this year and 15...
RenewAmerica columns (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... facetious wisecrack that Americans are safer when Congress is out of session. As usual, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), is doing much of the heavy lifting in the name of down-to-earth sanity in citing the monstrosity's many flaws.S-2131, the Lieberman-Warner "cap and trade" bill (scheduled...
Waldenswimmer (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
More good news from James Hansen, America's foremost climatologist: "Our conclusion is that, if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to the one on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, CO2 must be reduced from its present 385 ppm (parts per million) to, at most, 350 ppm. " Thus, from an upcoming issue of Science magazine . I think Mr. Hansen , that valiant...
Later On (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... being protected. To make a long story short, there was an initial Senate hearing in which Senator James Inhofe and a carefully chosen “ expert ” did their best to confuse the issue ; there was a follow-up hearing investigating the Bush administration's foot-dragging (to which a senior official didn't even bother to show up ). Finally, a federal judge put her foot down and ordered...
warming (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... his "forecasts" to say that polar bears are doing just fine. He alluded to his research when Sen. James Inhofe called him as an "expert" to testify before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee regarding the proposed endangered status of the polar bear; now, Armstrong has released an official statement advertising his paper. Here's the link (warning, slow website): Research...
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
A spokesman for Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla: “The political climate has radically shifted,” commenting on attitudes on ethanol, but Mark McMinimy, an agribusiness analyst at Stanford Group Co., said “Congress has made a strategic decision to support the building up of a biofuels industry” and won't make a “highly disruptive” about-face. The Washington Post, in an [...]
