FACTSHEET: Sen. James Inhofe
DETAILS
U.S. Senator (R-OK)
Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sen. Inhofe has fought to keep the US government from accepting the scientific consensus on climate change.
KEY DEEDS
Inhofe was a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in 2000, trying to bar the distribution or use of the National Assessment, which analyzed potential impacts of climate change on the U.S. The Bush administration settled the lawsuit with a statement saying that the report didn't represent official government policy.
Source: "Earth Last," The American Prospect, 5/7/04
ORGANIZATIONS
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Source: "Earth Last," The American Prospect, 5/7/04
Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy
Source: Annapolis Center Press Release 4/2/04
Center for Security Policy
Source: Right Web profile, Center for Security Policy
Tech Central Science Foundation or Tech Central Station
Source: Tech Central- Glassman 12/03
Washington Legal Foundation
Source: WLF Press Release (2006)
SOURCES
"Earth Last," The American Prospect, 5/7/04
article by Chris Mooney
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=7603
Annapolis Center Press Release 4/2/04
"Sen. James M. Inhofe to be Honored by the Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy"
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=125-04022004
Right Web profile, Center for Security Policy
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/csp.php
Tech Central- Glassman 12/03
Glassman describes Inhofe's work at COP-9 - breakfast interview
http://www.techcentralstation.com/121103F.html
WLF Press Release (2006)
http://www.wlf.org/upload/030606PK.pdf