Another "Inhofian" moment for the head-in-sand Senator

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Honestly, how much money would it take to defeat Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) the next time he runs for Senate? Because I donโ€™t know about you, but Iโ€™m more than a little tired of Inhofeโ€™s messed up logic when it comes to the science of climateย change.

In a radio program today, Inhofe declared his victory because, โ€ the science is totally changed.โ€ As Inhofe explainsย it,

โ€œIt was the IPCC, those intergovernmental panel on climate change with the United Nations. But keep in mind, the only report you get from them is their summary for policy docs. And those are not scientists. Thereโ€™s only 52 scientists that signed on to those, to that, as opposed to what? Some 650 who now have rebuked that. And one last thing on my check list that has to be said is on Goreโ€™s science fiction film, every assertion that heโ€™s made has been refuted. Iโ€™m talking about hurricanes, sea level rises, ice caps, polar bears, you know. So, the science has turned around, but the economics has not turned around. And thatโ€™s what we need to remind people.โ€

What Inhofe fails to grasp is that science is not a popularity contest where the person with the most friends wins. Itโ€™s about researching and publishing your findings in the peer-reviewed scientific literature where it is held up for all to see, scrutinize and beย challenged.

ThinkProgress has the full radio transcript here: Inhofe Declares Victory Over The U.N.-MoveOn-Soros Global Warming Conspiracy: Iโ€™veย Prevailed.

And by the way, Iโ€™m serious about raising the money to defeat Inhofe in his next Senateย race.


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Kevin is a contributor and strategic adviser to DeSmog. He runs the digital marketing agency Spake Media House. Named a โ€œGreen Heroโ€ by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the โ€œTop 50 Tweetersโ€ on climate change and environment issues, Kevin has appeared in major news media outlets around the world for his work on digital campaigning. Kevin has been involved in the public policy arena in both the United States and Canada for more than a decade. For five years he was the managing editor of DeSmogBlog.com. In this role, Kevinโ€™s research into the โ€œclimate denial industryโ€ and the right-wing think tank networks was featured in news media articles around the world. He is most well known for his ground-breaking research into David and Charles Kochโ€™s massive financial investments in the Republican and tea partyย networks. Kevin is the first person to be designated a โ€œCertified Expertโ€ on theย political and community organizing platformย NationBuilder. Prior to DeSmog, Kevin worked in various political and government roles. He was Senior Advisor to the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and a Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Asia Pacific, Foreign Affairs for the Government of Canada. Kevin also worked in various roles in the British Columbia provincial government in the Office of the Premier and the Ministry of Health. In 2008 Kevin co-founded a groundbreaking new online election tool called Vote for Environment which was later nominated for a World Summit Award in recognition of the worldโ€™s best e-Content and innovative ICTย applications. Kevin moved to Washington, DC in 2010 where he worked for two years as the Director of Online Strategy for Greenpeace USA and has since returned to his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.

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