The senator who once called global warming the “greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people” just got a bit of a boost, and by a member of President Barack Obama’s administration, no less.
Ranking member Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., got just the ammunition he’ll need to fight the Markey-Waxman bill at Tuesday’s Senate hearing — the first one following the House’s successful passage of the energy bill — when Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, agreed with the Republican’s claim that the United States alone could not affect the levels of carbon dioxide, even if the bill passed in the Senate.
“Essential parts of the chart are that U.S. action alone will not impact world’s CO2 levels,” Jackson testified.
You could tell by his face that Inhoff had his sound bite. Let’s watch how many times he uses that during the next few weeks.
