New GOP Majority Pulls the Plug on House Climate Change Committee
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The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming met for the last time Wednesday as ranking Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner announced the special committee set up by Democrats in 2007 will not meet when the GOP takes over the House majority in 2011.
“This hearing will be the last of the select committee,” Sensenbrenner announced at Wednesday’s hearing. “And while I was initially skeptical of the select committee’s mission, it ultimately provided a forum for bipartisan debate, and an opportunity for House Republicans to share a different view on the pressing energy and environment issues that we currently face.”
Though Sensenbrenner complimented Rep. Ed Markey’s leadership of the committee in the past, The Hill noted Wednesday that the committee has previously been used as personal platform for Markey, D-Mass., an “ardent proponent of regulations to curb climate change.”
Markey has used his committee gavel to bash opponents of climate legislation and rally support for steep emissions cuts. The panel has held more than 50 hearings, which have included attacks on oil and coal companies, robust defenses of climate science and the risks of global warming and promotion of “clean” energy as a major economic engine.
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New-American-Saviors
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:49amVery Pleasing News. But anyone has a price. Let’s see if the New Republican oriented Ideas are still here in another year to the same extent. See who’s in and whose out. Boehner is extremely confidence building and I‘m proud he’s from my home state. I hope they can’t eventually buy him.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 7:44pmi don’t think Bohner will sell out i got faith in the man i truly admire him he is from very humble beginings
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:04amOFF TOPIC, but more than a little interesting….Resident conspiracy realist…..me, with food for thought:
Report Post »The day after the potus okays a small concession in regard to offshore drilling, we have another rig exploding. Coincidence? We report, you decide.
EqualJustice
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 9:26amEven as we speak, third world countries are in Cancun are looking for MONEY from developed countries? Redistribution and reparations, the two main goals of socialists, using ANY means possible to accomplish goal. Thank goodness the truth came to light. :)
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:58pmUh Oooooooo, soros is going to be Pissed——–TO EFFIN BAD you commy piece of crap
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 2:08amI would bet there are a lot of Rhinos crying too…… with all that money to be made they would have sold us out.
Report Post »KnowingTheFuture
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:53pmAlgore the Hunchback of Carthage is crying.
Report Post »KnowingTheFuture
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:49pmNice.
Report Post »fearless patriot
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:44pmThats a nice place to start! Next, lets cut funding for NPR!
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:29pmGood first step. I wouldn’t mind seeing perhaps a new “Energy Committee” to replace the snake-oil Climate committee’s place, something along the lines of:
1. Oil Drilling safety and monitoring methods moving forward – a clear path to reinstating future drilling while ensuring even higher standards of 3rd party policing of rigs vs. self-policing and better emergency response and resource at-the-ready systems and equipment.
2. Streamline and enact immediate licensing of third generation advanced nuclear power reactors to bolster America’s electricity needs now, and a roadmap for the next 50 years.
Now THAT is Change I WILL believe in !
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:25pm2012 should bear even more fruit…Don’t let up folks…Socialists have got to be smashed for good…
Report Post »Rob_M
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:10pmThis is what we elected them to do, way to go.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:07pmone tiny step in the right direction
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:08amBad news for the earth: Al Gore’s computer program won’t be watching your thermostat. And lining his pockets with evil oil money is now just a wet dream. Obama’s Chicago cronies won’t get to make billions trading carbon credits. GE won’t be able to employ half of China building wind mills and solar panels. Three US rednecks, one thousand Canadians and a million Mexicans won’t have jobs installing wind mills and solar panels. The UN won’t be able to redistribute US wealth. And there goes Van Jones’ commie take over. A sad day indeed
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:04pmbroker101:
Report Post »You have the tact of an atomic bomb, and it’s apparent (imho) that you feel superior to everyone on this planet. Take to humilities and call your doctor in the morning.
So sorry to see this commie committee go to where it belongs (like all thing socilist !) in the trash heep of history. Lets not replace it with anything, well maybe a committee on how we can quadruple our carbon footprint in the backside of socialist dogs as we shoe them out of DC and hopefully out of our nation as well. OH, and will the last commie socilist pig to leave, leave the incandescent lights on!
Those, and the flatulent cows, and the 8mpg SUV’s, and the offshore drilling rigs, and everything else that is inefficent and yet distintctly American. Once all the creeping things are gone, then we can invent our way to a Republic of renoun once again, me I’m working on a all electric car that needs NO recharging ever, that runs on about $1.25 of lubreracation, and is constructed of carbon nano tubes so it won’t rust and is stronger than steel. But as long as the commies are anywhere in DC, I WON”T BUILD IT.
But, lets watch the other hand, and not lose or focus.
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:31amI like the responses you have in your last paragraph to Broker0101, the idea of using carbon nanotube design is very interesting; lightweight and strong with a deep resistance to abrupt impacts. Combine this with the new battery systems I have heard being developed in australia (check sydne morning herald online at smh.com.au in the ‘science’ section) and the results are true American ingenuity come to life.
Remember when the Japanese were said to dominate the TV business and Americans could never compete? Guess what country turned down the experimental digital and HD systems; and which one made them happen.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 2:32amive got a cart that if i strap a couple commies to i could get about 5 mph. and if i get olberdork, mathews, and that guy rachel maddow ( cruel parents indeed ) to stand on the back and blow some hot air i bet i could get 10 mph easy.
now i need someone to come up with a carrot for the commies, and sound proof windows for the blowhards in the back :)
Report Post »Broadsided
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:03pmWhat a great bit of news. The first step is always the hardest. Keep up the good work.
Report Post »stopprintn
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:03pmNow if they forget to let the demcommies know when the meetings are……….
Report Post »JoeAverage
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:00pmFinally sanity is making a comback. Keep hacking and slashing til there are 10000 depts and comittees shut down. And 95% unemployment in the government sector!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:00pmI guess the phrase “climate change” came about when the whole “global warming” definition started not playing well, with all the people watching the snow bury their cars while shaking their heads in dismay at their heating bills the last few years. Oh I forgot, now they say that global warming actually makes things colder……I suppose that mode of thought might work for other things as well, such as being unemployed makes you richer……having your privates fondled makes you safer……free healthcare makes you healthier…..but I digress…….
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:49pmNO! Don’t stop, Tex, you’re on a roll! Lol That was great for a laugh! Sad, but true.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:55pmwow that maroon s voice makes me want to kick myself plus Be the party of no until you can turn back the communists,
Report Post »Oh, I’m sorry, the “democrats”!
Conserving Ink
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:48pmI am really trying hard to suppress gleeful giggling. I just wish I could have seen the faces of the Liberals in the room.
Report Post »________________________________________________________
http://conserving-ink.blogspot.com/2010/11/wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy.html
Hawker
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:47pmBooker
Report Post »take a long hike and don’t come back you will not be missed .
Veritas
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:31pm“A tough time ahead” Yep, until 2012, and then we will finish what we started this year! Less regulation, smaller government, lower taxes and decreases in spending. If the government will get out of the way, the markets will grow new technologies and create new energy resources because the people want to spend less for their energy. Why does our government think they have to involve themselves in the markets in the first place. I am with Ayn Rand when she said there should be a separation of “business and government”!
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:27pmI get equal amusement and laughs from both The Blaze and the Daily Kos Comment sections. Sadly, I have to say, their Nutjobs are, on the whole, more intelligent and more eloquent than you Blazers. That is honestly sad, because they are really colossal imbeciles. Also, very few of them appear to spend every waking moment commenting there like many of you Obsessed Blazers do.
komponist-ZAH
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:39pm???????????? Do they have some idiot telling them how pathetic they are for wanting to share their thoughts with like-minded individuals??????????
Report Post »PeterThePainter
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:42pmHey Broke, you sound like you should be living in San Fancisco. Don’t judge the responses of Americans to these issues in these times. People are unemployed and certainly do not want to hear you concerning their thoughts and the “I want it FREE” kos people.
Report Post »Hawker
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:43pmtake a hike and don’t come back
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:07pmHow nice to set yourself above all.
Boring……..zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Silversmith
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:13pm@Broker 0101
As the other night you referred to myself as some kind of self anointed king or such junk; does the fact you refer to some people as “Nutjobs” come from personal experience, references of character, or a self anointed title of the “King of the Nutjobs of the world of the internet?”
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:14pmDon‘t mistake university ’training’ to form paragraphs full of bullshat with intelligence…
Other than that, spot on…
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:39pmWuy, BROKER, what a mean spirited thing to say. Here we sit waiting for some genuine wisdom of which we assume you have some to share. Oh, I get it, that’s what makes us here on the Blaze so completely stupid, because you say we are. No, no that’s not it either. It’s because you have nothing but venom to spew, not wisdom. You troll and troll and your anger turns to rage at us Blazeites because we don’t believe you when you say we are stupid, but for the moment we will cower in fear until you go back into your Troll’s Den. Take your meds, please, BROKER, please!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:49pmbroker,
You are a joke! Not once have I ever seen a posting from you where you actually make a comment about the subject matter. All you do is mock other people for posting and then go hide back under your mothers bed. I have very young grandchildren that have more brains than you do on any of your best of days.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:58pmBroke … you spend a lot more time on these sites than almost anyone else I see. Heal thy self.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 2:11amBROKER0101 is just a Huffy-Post pole smoker……..why bother with her
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 2:26amdo a google search on our buddy broker here…………………..i wonder whos name is number one in the search, along with the hundreds of posts he has put up…………………i wonder what he does in his spare time………………………could it be he is trying to project his habits and blame everyone else to make himself feel better?
do you need a hug broker? do you come here after the huff-n-puff starts to block your posts? ahhh you poor thing
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 5:58pmbroker – You are not clever or funny. You are pathetic & evil. If you are not doing God’s work, whose are you doing? Mockery is from an ugly, blackened, ill fated heart. You are not taken seriously; you are just annoying. We only respond because we feel sorry for you & want you to know that we are praying for your soul.
Report Post »PeterThePainter
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:27pmHere in the land of fruits and nuts…California. S510 passed. Well you go to a grocery store and will discover that the fruits and vegatables are grown in Mexico, Chile and Aulstraia. Yup, this is the way the West end Bookend of the Progressives operate. Can not have water going to the fertile lands to grow crops here….no, water is such a scarce resourse….just ask South Korea….they have built…as many Countries have built desalination plants that take ocean water and turn it into drinkable water….here in the land of fruits and nuts…..we can’t even “think” about doing that….we must conserve to the point that prices skyrocket, farms close and rationing is required. Why in the World would Californians build a desalination plant? In Saudia Arabia…it cost them a whopping $425 million….here we want to spend 11 Billion for a high speed train to Pelosi…San Farancico. Oh and lets not forget about the cows that fart…that are destroying the entire EARTH….gotta get rid of’ those pesky critters…………..What part of Reality is this
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:11pmYou just defined the whole movement of the Progressives; anything to take control, anything to hold onto control, and the devastation of everything if they ever do manage to win complete control. We need to keep pushing back against the night, and ready for the storm that is here, I pray we only catch the edges of it and are spared by a merciful God most of the forces unleashed at us.
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:25pmDoes this actually mean that common sense will prevail? It’s a new day!
Report Post »American_Woman
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:23pmFinally some good news! Keep it going GOP!
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 11:27pmI remember that. Proposed by the same idiots who scream global warming.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:16pmStep one complete. Nudge back
Report Post »El Paco
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:26pmThis calls for a Quad Yeah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7UFOmVFT8o
Report Post »Nightstalker
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:39pmYea!!!!!
Report Post »Be the party of no until you can turn back the communists,
Oh, I’m sorry, the “democrats”!
Dustyluv
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:44pmNudge hell,,,,I’m ready to shove the s@@@ out of them. Bury those commie aholes!
Report Post »Return to the Constitution NOW!
Repeal the 16th qnd 17th ammendments.
Shut down the FDA, EPA and all CZARS…That will be a good start..
grandmaof5
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:58pmGood, that will cut down on alot of hot air and carbon dioxide. Good job GOP, Al Gore wouldn’t be proud, which means it must be the sensible thing to do.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:08pmLets not just nudge; slash and burn the fields.
@Grandmaof5
Evening, hope all is well over the holidays.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:17pmEducate, educate, educate.
For the Lefties, please listen. The proof against Global Warming is simple (and remember that it was Global Warming that was considered “settled science”, not Climate Change or Climate Disruption):
Given what we know about regional climates, it’s simply not logically possible for there to be a phenomenon that can be called “Global Warming” in the sense that it has been presented.
See, a global warming trend is completely within my paradigm, but only as an average of regional climate change. And it’s at the regional level where Global Warming as a doomsday philosophy breaks down with knowledge of recent history.
If any region of the world gets colder after one year, then that is a region where the so called Global Warming Trend has not been able to have an effect. The trend in such a region is colder temperatures.
And that’s how you know that Global Warming as a doomsday scenario cannot logically be true, given what we know about regional climates; because if those regions can become colder after one year, then why not all regions?
Global Warming is a lie designed to redistribute America’s wealth around the world. The Obama Administration has a Marxist agenda, and the Global Warming scenario suits that end.
Report Post »bolec slodkie
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:18pmIf one were to examine the paleoclimatological data with new eyes the peaks represent the bronse age @3100, the Roman @2750, and the Medievil @1800 from zero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vostok_420ky_4curves_insolation.jpg
Report Post »The temperature spikes have roughly the same periodicity as recorded temperature and estimates from 1100 AD. or about 1800M in depth. The scale for the temperature should be adjusted to match the last global waming spike that occured @1850 and ended in 1998.
The problem is the really smart people who assigned the assumptions for “Age (BP)“ and ”Temperature (C)” forgot that they were assumptions and failed to address the orignal assumptions based upon recorded data. If this observation is correct we are begining a 400 year global cooling.
The greatest danger from global warming is that someone will believe it and plan to plant palm trees in Deluth.
thepatriotdave
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:20pmDustyluv,
Amen!
Thanks for the laugh too.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:27pmA Doctors Labor Is Not My Right,
You and I are pretty much on the same page with this issue, but I do believe there is global warming. But I also believe in global cooling. Whenever someone claims that extremely hot temps in the middle of the summer is proof of global warming, I laugh my butt off. Same thing about cold temps in winter. This planet has warmed and cooled quite few times, and we can expect to keep on following the trend unless a giant rock falls out of the sky and wipes out humanity first.
The only way you will ever get me on-board with going green is when going green is cheaper than using fossil-fuels. That time is not yet here so I’m happy this committee has been retired.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:52pmWatch the sidelines .. they are trying to do an end run around the Congress, American people and the Constitution! … we must tackle them!
Report Post »rossabh
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:55pmMaybe we can form a community to promote helping humans like energy development such as Sarah Palin described in August 2008 in Alaska’s Promise at http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2008&month=09
Report Post »or remove the 7 year moratorium on Gulf Oil exploration. Americans are suffering because there are no jobs because the Democrat Fairy Godmother is a fantasy and does not create jobs.
designbyinspiration
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 1:07amDusty, I’m with ya brother! Every word. Get the Constitution and Congress back! Kick these anti American aholes out and make laws that don’t let the freekin enemies inside the government!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 4:53amSnow, holiday was great, ate too much. Hope you had a blessed day, also.
Report Post »Shurmus
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 6:32am@ElPaco
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….YEEEEAAAAAAH! Global warming is becoming extinct due to forces brought on by climate change!
http://www.slugbuddies.com
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 7:48amOnce again there is no such thing as man made global warming. Global warming/cooling are real. This rock has warmed and cooled thousands of times throughout history. And you know what? Man was not there. I wish we had the power to change the weather, but we don’t. Hell if we had the power to do that we would have killed ourselves off by now. We have a Govt. that can’t balance a checkbook, much less run the thermostat for the world.
One last thing to think about. Someday in a far off time, We will be someone or things Lucy.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 8:13amTHE GREAT “GLOBAL WARMING HOAX”
The proposals to combat “GLOBAL WARMING” have more potential to destroy our freedom and prosperity than any issue since WORLD WAR II. The cost of energy is increased by all these proposals. Energy is contained in all the products used to sustain our lives.
These proposals will be devastating to the poor, where the cost of survival consumes all their income.
Do you realize that these proposals are to combat an issue that has not even been proven to exist?
AND YOU LAUGH AT DON QUIXOTE?
THESE PROPOSALS WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE POWER OF THE “PEERS.” “CAP AND TRADE WILL DESTROY YOUR WEALTH AND FREEDOM!!
BRACE YOURSELF, THOMAS PAINE, REJOICE YOU “PEERS” THE TYRANNY OF
Report Post »KING GEORGE III IS BEING RESTORED BUT UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT!
http://commonsense21c.com/CLIMATE.html
independentvoteril
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 8:53amNow cut funding for the EPA cause they will try to REGULATE even more.. that will be a SHOVE back
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