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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading">12/10 testimony by gen clark (capt at west pt did study on energy) </h1>

<a href="http://globalwarming.house.gov/files/HRG/120111SecurityJobsClimate/clark.pdf">http://globalwarming.house.gov/files/HRG/120111SecurityJobsClimate/clark.pdf</a>

Today, we can look back on the continuing failures of American government

spanning the terms of seven Presidents, Republican and Democratic. Over this time

we have been twisted and turned in our foreign policy by our pursuit of energy

security, we have subsidized foreign governments inimical to our own interests,

seen “petrodollars” diverted to corruption and terrorism, deployed hundreds of

thousands of troops, and billions of dollars worth of materiel, fought the Gulf War,

invaded Iraq, and remained engaged in a long term commitment in Afghanistan, at

costs already exceeding a trillion dollars, all directly or indirectly due to our energy

dependence. It makes all of those concerns expressed in the early 1970’s seem a

little understated.

And the costs of that dependence continue to grow. Today the American economy

sits with over 16% unemployment, or underemployment. Yet even in this slack

economy we will be sending over $300 billion dollars abroad this year to pay for

American’s thirst for petroleum. This is equivalent to a tax – a levy – a bounty of

about $1,000 for every man, woman and child in America…money that is

desperately needed within the American economy to create jobs, build communities,

fund education, repair infrastructure, and give our children and grandchildren a

future. Instead it is sent abroad to fund governments in places like Venezuela,

Nigeria, and states on the Arabian peninsula. And then, we ask our military to

organize, train and equip our forces, and deploy to fight, or provide secure access to

these petroleum resources? So, add to the $300 billion annual costs to the American

economy in the defense budget for the “secure access” portion of the Defense

Department budget – ships, aircraft, bases, Marines, ground troops, prepositioned

equipment, exercises, and all the long‐lead time procurement that goes with this.

Then add another amount ‐ $150‐$200billion per year for the costs of the actual

engagement in Iraq and the fighting in Afghanistan. Surely we are one of the most

generous nations in history, not only purchasing oil abroad but organizing vast

armed forces , equipped, trained, deployed and engaged in fighting which is directly

or indirectly aimed at protecting some of he very nations to which we are remitting

vast sums of money in exchange for oil and gas. And somehow, although we don’t

take the majority of our oil imports from the Gulf, nevertheless, we pay the vast

majority of the costs for access there. Why should a nation struggling to create jobs

and move its economy forward be spending hundreds of billions of dollars

importing oil, when alternatives are available?

Of course, unlike 1973, we now understand that the greenhouse effect of carbon

dioxide and other global warming gases is contributing significantly, and perhaps

decisively, to long‐term world wide climate change.

<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading">Killed by  gop 2011</h1>

<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading">United States House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming RIP</h1>

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The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_or_special_committee%28United_States%29" title="Select or special committee (United States)" class="mw-redirect">select committee</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. It was established March 8, 2007 through adoption of a resolution by a 269–150 vote of the full House.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-0">[1]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-iht-1">[2]</a> The committee existed from 2007 to 2011, and was not renewed when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> gained control of the House for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112th_Congress" title="112th Congress" class="mw-redirect">112th Congress</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-2">[3]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#Controversy">1 Controversy</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#Jurisidiction">2 Jurisidiction</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#Members.2C_111th_Congress">3 Members, 111th Congress</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#External_links">5 External links</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#References">6 References</a></li>

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Speaker <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> announced plans to create the select committee on January 18, 2007, which immediately drew objections from many House Republicans as well as some House Democrats, particularly Chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell" title="John Dingell">John Dingell</a> of the powerful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce">Energy and Commerce Committee</a>, which has primary jurisdiction over environmental and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> issues and Chairman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel" class="mw-redirect">Charles Rangel</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">Ways and Means Committee</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-3">[4]</a> Pelosi was able to reach a compromise with Chairman Dingell, wherein the committee will be advisory in nature, without the legislative authority granted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_committee_%28United_States_Congress%29" title="Standing committee (United States Congress)">standing committees</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-4">[5]</a> Several Republican leaders, including Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Barton" title="Joe Barton">Joe Barton</a> continue to object to the committee calling it a "platform for some members to grandstand."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-iht-1">[2]</a>

The committee also is controversial because it received funding at the expense of the House Ethics Committee.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-iht-1">[2]</a>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">dead link</a>][<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]

In January 2011, the new Republican-controlled House decided to kill the committee, bringing controversy from environmentalists and climate researchers.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-5">[6]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-6">[7]</a>

The Select committee conducts hearings on energy independence and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> issues. The committee lacks the authority to draft legislation,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-7">[8]</a> but will work with the House standing committees with jurisdiction over climate change issues and develop recommendations on legislative proposals. Speaker Pelosi has indicated she would like committees with jurisdiction over energy, environment and technology policy to report legislation on these issues to the full House by July 4, 2007.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-8">[9]</a>

<h2>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members, 111th Congress">edit</a>] Members, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th Congress</a></h2>

The select committee was reestablished for the 111th Congress pursuant to <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111hres5" class="external text" rel="nofollow">H.Res. 5</a>. On January 14, 2009, Speaker <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> reappointed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Ed Markey</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sensenbrenner" title="James Sensenbrenner" class="mw-redirect">James Sensenbrenner</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> as Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the committee.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_note-9">[10]</a>

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th>Majority</th><th>Minority</th></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">

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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Ed Markey</a>, Massachusetts, Chairman</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Earl Blumenauer</a>, Oregon</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Inslee" title="Jay Inslee">Jay Inslee</a>, Washington</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(176, 206, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">John Larson</a>, Connecticut</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(176, 206, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Herseth_Sandlin" title="Stephanie Herseth Sandlin">Stephanie Herseth Sandlin</a>, South Dakota</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(176, 206, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver" title="Emanuel Cleaver">Emanuel Cleaver</a>, Missouri</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(176, 206, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Salazar" title="John Salazar">John Salazar</a>, Colorado</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Speier" title="Jackie Speier">Jackie Speier</a>, California</li>

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<li style="background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sensenbrenner" title="James Sensenbrenner" class="mw-redirect">James Sensenbrenner</a>, Wisconsin, Ranking Member</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">John Shadegg</a>, Arizona</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candice_Miller" title="Candice Miller">Candice Miller</a>, Michigan</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Sullivan" title="John A. Sullivan" class="mw-redirect">John Sullivan</a>, Oklahoma</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Blackburn" title="Marsha Blackburn">Marsha Blackburn</a>, Tennessee</li>

<li style="background-color: rgb(255, 182, 182);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Moore_Capito" title="Shelley Moore Capito">Shelley Moore Capito</a>, West Virginia</li>

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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient_energy_use" title="Efficient energy use">Efficient energy use</a></li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_resilience" title="Energy resilience" class="mw-redirect">Energy resilience</a></li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Climate_Change_Science_Program" title="U.S. Climate Change Science Program" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Climate Change Science Program</a></li>

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<li><a href="http://globalwarming.house.gov" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Official website</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-0">^</a> <a href="http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=101" class="external text" rel="nofollow">The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House" title="Speaker of the House" class="mw-redirect">Speaker of the House</a> Blog March 8, 2007</li>

<li id="cite_note-iht-1">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-iht_1-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-iht_1-1">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-iht_1-2">c</a> <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/08/america/NA-GEN-US-Congress-Climate.php" class="external text" rel="nofollow">House creates new committee to study global warming</a> Associated Press, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Herald_Tribune" title="International Herald Tribune">International Herald Tribune</a> Website March 8, 2007</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-3">^</a> <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/18/D8MNUUOG0.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Pelosi Creates Global Warming Committee</a> Associated Press, Breitbart.com January 18, 2007</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-4">^</a> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250591,00.html?sPage=fnc.science/naturalscience" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Pelosi, Dingell Compromise in House Over Climate Issue</a>, Associated Press, Fox News website February 7, 2007</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-5">^</a> <a href="http://planetsave.com/2011/01/04/select-committee-on-energy-independence-and-global-warming-final-report/" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://planetsave.com/2011/01/04/select-committee-on-energy-independence-and-global-warming-final-report/</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-6">^</a> <a href="http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30685" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/30685</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-7">^</a> <a href="http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=104" class="external text" rel="nofollow">Pelosi Announces Members of Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House" title="Speaker of the House" class="mw-redirect">Speaker of the House</a> Blog March 9, 2007</li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-8">^</a> Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (January 18, 2007). <a href="http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0038" class="external text" rel="nofollow">"Pelosi Announces the Creation of Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming"</a>. Press release. <a href="http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0038" class="external free" rel="nofollow">http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0038</a>.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Pelosi+Announces+the+Creation+of+Select+Committee+on+Energy+Independence+and+Global+Warming&rft.atitle=&rft.aulast=Office+of+Speaker+Nancy+Pelosi&rft.au=Office+of+Speaker+Nancy+Pelosi&rft.date=January+18%2C+2007&rft.series=Press+release&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speaker.gov%2Fnewsroom%2Fpressreleases%3Fid%3D0038&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming"> </li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Select_Committee_on_Energy_Independence_and_Global_Warming#cite_ref-9">^</a> 2009 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Record" title="Congressional Record">Congressional Record</a>, Vol. 155, Page <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2009_record&position=all&page=H199" class="external text" rel="nofollow">H199</a></li>

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<div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Agriculture" title="United States House Committee on Agriculture">Agriculture</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States House Committee on Appropriations">Appropriations</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">Armed Services</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Budget" title="United States House Committee on the Budget">Budget</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce" title="United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce">Education and the Workforce</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce">Energy and Commerce</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ethics" title="United States House Committee on Ethics">Ethics</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Financial Services</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">Foreign Affairs</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security" title="United States House Committee on Homeland Security">Homeland Security</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_House_Administration" title="United States House Committee on House Administration">House Administration</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States House Committee on the Judiciary">Judiciary</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources">Natural Resources</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Government_Reform" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform">Oversight and Government Reform</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Rules" title="United States House Committee on Rules">Rules</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science,Space_and_Technology" title="United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology">Science, Space and Technology</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Small_Business" title="United States House Committee on Small Business">Small Business</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" title="United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Transportation and Infrastructure</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Veterans%27_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs">Veterans' Affairs</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">Ways and Means</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Permanent_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence">Intelligence (Permanent Select)</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_the_Whole%28United_States_House_of_Representatives%29" title="Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives)">(Whole)</a></div>

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<div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_conference_committee" title="United States congressional conference committee">(Conference)</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Economic_Committee" title="United States Congress Joint Economic Committee">Economic</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Inaugural_Ceremonies" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies">Inauguration</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_the_Library" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library">Library</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Printing" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing">Printing</a> · <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation">Taxation</a></div>

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=----http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2010/05/08/at-house-hearing-prominent-scientists-reaffirm-climate-science%E2%80%99s-broad-knowledge-urgency-to-act/<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">May 6 hearing at which the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming heard from a panel of scientists and one policy adviser on the scientific foundations of climate change, in light of continued attacks on the integrity of climate science and scientists. The witnesses were IPCC authors James McCarthy, Chris Field, and James Hurrell, ‘Oxburgh inquiry’ panel member Lisa Graumlich, and ‘Lord’ Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Post by Alexa Jay<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Links to written testimony and an archived webcast video of the hearing are posted on the Committee’s website <a href="http://globalwarming.house.gov/pubs?id=0018#main_content" title="here" class="external external_icon" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 153); outline: none; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 13px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: url(http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/wp-content/plugins/sem-external-links/external.png) 100% 50% no-repeat;">here</a>.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) explained the impetus for the hearing, saying that instead of trying to understand the scientific evidence, those who deny the existence of human-caused global warming have misused stolen e-mails and have cherry-picked data to manufacture a cooling trend, seeking to create the appearance of a ongoing fundamental scientific debate.  The scientist witnesses were called to address the claims of the denialists, including one witness who was a member of the “Oxburgh Inquiry” panel convened by the University of East Anglia to examine the scientific integrity of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) work in question in the ‘climategate’ controversy.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">mann , abraham rebuttal: http://www.skepticalscience.com/Monckton-response.pdf  49 pp<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">human events spin: http://humanevents.com/2010/05/10/lord-monckton-scolds-house-democrats-at-climategate-hearing/Amid the aftermath of the failed Times Square terrorist attack and the lethal floods in Tennessee — not to mention the president finally noticing there is a deep water drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico — the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing for Democrats to attempt to gloss over fatal flaws exposed in global warming “consensus science” by the Climategate scandal.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last December formally issued a so-called “Endangerment Finding” declaring carbon dioxide, the very substance human beings exhale, is a danger to our health and the future of life on the planet as we know it..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08SVnB_PBNQsensenbrenner ranking memberTESTIMONY OF THE VISCOUNT MONCKTON OF BRENCHLEY BEFORE CONGRESS, MAY 6, 2010 3rd to spkSPPI, adv to thatcher; IPPC graph ~  Pauchari/EPA
3 peaks , 3rd b/c of global brightening cf Pinker, conf by lindzen; don't spend $ on cap and trade....sensebbrenner Gloval Int'l COI Oxburough panel: (field?)

pt 2
shadegg R az  9 min asks him to repeat; ppl too dumb; 

lord oxburough; globe int'l; green enegy Falk reneable, ccs? times of L apr 14th unfit to chiar panel ...bowtie and bike pin; blumenauer (moncton is jrnlist, not a sci) D OR
pt 3 inslee fake peer 9:30
sullivan: grandfather last (1999 no sit or vote) R OK
NOAA reply to CM test
regain faith: sci don't work by consensus; use peer rev lit; courtesy [cf sue Abraham]; no pt to bring real sci b/c attacked
How funded? corrupt? unwilling taxpayer
measurement better than models
sum: no action 23 yrs 1 degree F, harmless/beneficial; even if problem, adaptation cheaper, don't hurt working ppl; 
Markey
---pinker 2005: she disputes in Skep sci pdf
radiation not trapped at rate UN predicts naught point 7 kelvin
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