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Greens blast GOP climate hearing as ‘buffoonery’

By John Siciliano

Published August 31, 2016 4:04pm ET

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Greens blast GOP climate hearing as ‘buffoonery’ — NIST is "going to have to step up," Rep. Lamar Smith said, even though the team out in Gaithersburg, Md., has been perhaps the most effective federal government player on cybersecurity. (AP Photo) | Charles Dharapak

A leading environmental group says House Republicans have “zero” authority to investigate them or the 17 Democratic state attorneys general who are pursuing a case against Exxon Mobil over climate change.

House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, announced Tuesday that he will hold a hearing Sept. 14 to define the committee’s oversight authority to investigate the attorneys general and aligned environmental groups.

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