Meet the 4 Republican tools who want the keys to the climate car

[wtmusic]

"The House energy committee is seeing an intense leadership fight, as four different Republicans are vying to become take over the influential post from Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who shepherded progressive climate legislation to the House floor in 2009, before it foundered in the U.S. Senate. The four candidates — Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) — all want to reopen the floodgates for a deregulated fossil fuel industry. But precisely how reactionary the committee will become — whether investigations will be launched against climate scientists and all clean-energy efforts killed — could depend on which fossil-fueled Republican wins the intraparty fight.

The frontrunner Upton is the only candidate who doesn’t explicitly question the science of manmade global warming, though he is opposed to any policy action. It remains to be seen if the new GOP caucus — dominated by climate deniers — will accept Upton’s marginally realist stance, or if denial of science will be a litmus test."

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/11/05/cliff-stearns/

All four are bought and paid for by energy giants, but Barton's portfolio takes the cake: Koch, Exelon, Valero, Exxon Mobil are contributors. Time to take the gloves off.

[KansDem]

1. I'd like to see these faces on the sides of milk cartons...

...all want to reopen the floodgates for a deregulated fossil fuel industry.

That's all we need...:grr: