White House Environmental Chief Launches Stealth Attack on Climate Science

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James Connaughton, head of the White House Environmental Office (CEQ) James Connaughton told Congress: ย โ€œThereโ€™s a lot of agreement โ€ฆ on warmingโ€ฆWe begin to get into issues [of disagreement] about the extent to which humans are aย problem.โ€

If there’s agreement, why did Connaughton’s agency appoint as chief of staffย  an aide to Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) โ€“ the most vehement denier in the US Congress โ€“ the same Inhofe who called global warming โ€œthe greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the Americanย public.โ€

Sen. Inhofe aide to become CEQ chief of staff, sourcesย say

E&ENews, May 31, 2006

A top staff member with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will be named later this week to the chief of staff position at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, sources on and off Capitol Hill said today.

Marty Hall, deputy staff director for the committee, would fill a slot that has seen significant turnover in the last year. The White House plans to officially announce the move Friday, sources said. In March, former CEQ chief of staff Bryan Hannegan resigned for personal reasons, ending speculation that he would be President Bush’s choice to replace James Mahoney as deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Hannegan’s predecessor, Philip Cooney, resigned last spring after reports that he edited government climate reports to soften the link between global warming and industrial emissions of greenhouse gases.ย 

Hall, former spokesman for the Senate panel, declined comment. He has worked for the environment panel since 2000 and currently works under Andrew Wheeler, the staff director for Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.). Hall has worked previously at Gulfstream TLC and the Concord Resources Group. He is a 1988 graduate of Northwestern University.

A White House spokeswoman could not be reached for comment by press time.

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