Inhofe says EPA didn’t want truth about science in global warming dispute

Updated on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 1:28PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) wants an investigation of a report allegedly stymied by the EPA. EPA analyst Alan Carlin submitted data contradicting the agency’s intent to classify carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Carlin is an economist rather than a scientist, but global warming alarmists have also used data from a wide range of experts to make the case for the expensive energy tax bill, also called the American Clean Energy and Security Act or Cap and Trade, passed by the US House.

Fox News said Carlin emailed his agency, declaring his comments “valid, significant” and critical to EPA’s findings. [Story continues below video]

Carlin’s supervisor responded by email, saying, “The administrator and the administration has [sic] decided to move forward on endangerment, and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision…”

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While you were sleeping: Democrats open door for UN to tax Americans

Updated on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 12:36PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Updated on Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 1:12PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Adding insult to injury, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon, in a private meeting with lawmakers in Washington, says we’re ‘deadbeats.’

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) speaks at a ceremony at Tinker Air Force base in Okalahoma City. Inhofe tried to prevent the UN from pursuing taxes on U.S. citizens. Democrats refused to support his efforts.(Washington, D.C.)—While media obsessed about Rush Limbaugh and Congress obsessed about how much pork could be stuffed down the throats of U.S. taxpayers, Democrats in Congress paved the way for the United Nations to use U.S. funds from appropriations bills to pursue global tax schemes. GOP stalwart Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) seemed astonished when a preventive amendment he introduced to the Omnibus Appropriations bill failed by a 43-51 vote. This wasn’t an unusual amendment.

Inhofe’s announcement said, “This provision has appeared in every annual appropriations bill since 1996, and this year marks the first time an annual appropriations bill will not contain this policy.” Will taxpayers soon see a new line item whereby we owe the UN on top of the new administration's planned tax increases?

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