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Today, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) rebuked the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in a “continuing effort to deceive the American public” on the science of climate change. During an investigative hearing on forged letters sent by the coal industry to oppose climate action, ...
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This is a repost from Wonk Room. Yesterday,
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) rebuked the authors of SuperFreakonomics...
for participating in a “continuing effort to deceive the American public” on the science of climate change. During an investigative ...
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Rep. Jay Inslee slams SuperFreakonomics: “People are still trying to write books to deceive the American public” on climate science.
Climate Progress —
This is a repost from Wonk Room.
Yesterday, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) rebuked the authors of SuperFreakonomics for participating in a “continuing effort to deceive the American public” on the science of climate change. During an investigative hearing on forged letters sent by the coal industry to oppose climate action, Inslee condemned the industry’s effort to “hoodwink, defraud, and deceive the American public now to cover up the toxicity to the world environment” of global warming ...
Ouch … more Superfreakonomic Uber-Pwnage (all sorts)
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... of those who support reducing greenhouse gas emissions (which is virtually every relevant scientific organization on the planet) and would keep this miracle cure secret.
The only problem with this scenario is that, like much of L&D’s work of late, it’s complete bullshit. [emphasis added]
Pwned in The House
h/t Think Progress (reposted here)
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) equates the ...
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