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The EPA's far-right cause celebre
Political Animal —
... to the contrary notwithstanding. Did Carlin prepare a "report" on climate change? No. In his spare time, he put together an argument against global warming, which wasn't requested by anyone at the agency. His argument stems from his personal hobby. Was Carlin's memo "suppressed"? No. The EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics allowed him to put together his memo, and it was reviewed by agency scientists. Was Carlin's memo any good? No. I've seen it described this week as "a hodgepodge of widely discredited pseudoscience," ...
Bill Hemmer Has “Fair And Balanced” Interview About Climate Change – Not!!!
News Hounds —
... with Alan Carlin, regarding his report, was full of falsehoods. The Foxettes claimed that Carlin was a scientist – he’s not. His alleged suppressed report (full of material from the usual cast of ...
A $1,761 Postage Stamp: How The Glenn Beck Machine Constructed An Attack On Clean Energy Reform
Think Progress —
... It is going to cost $1,761.” Got it?
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How did Glenn Beck come to be waving a giant postage stamp, accusing the president of a “cover-up”? By following the same process that has been used to create other popular Glenn Beck conspiracy theories: that Carol Browner is a socialist, that millions of people marched in the Glenn Beck 9/12 rally, that the EPA suppressed global warming skeptics:
STEP ONE: ...
FLASHBACK: In Bush era, Inhofe decried ‘chilling effect’ of probing White House ‘regardless of administration.’
Think Progress —
... ” during the Obama presidency. In June, Inhofe even supported a criminal investigation into whether the EPA was “suppressing science” when its officials did not support the report of an EPA economist who had ...
