Inhofe Calls Gore’s Climate Message ‘Desperate’

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate’s Environment & Public Works Committee, had sharp criticism for former Vice President Al Gore’s testimony Wednesday before the Foreign Relations Committee.

Gore, a former Tennessee senator and Nobel Peace Prize winner, spoke on the dangers of global warming, urging senators to pursue a treaty to lower carbon emissions at a United Nations conference in Copenhagen in December.

Inhofe called Gore’s message “desperate,” and noted the irony of it being delivered on such an icy day in D.C. “They almost had to cancel it because of freezing weather, and last year they did cancel it because of cold weather,” Inhofe said. “I’d say he has a real serious problem. But he’s already made his $100 million, so I don’t think he needs to worry too much about it. But the science and logic are on our side, and we are winning.”

–J. Taylor Rushing

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