Agency's Action ‘Harms its Reputation and Legal Standing in Court'

EPA chooses to close off open scientific debate

By EPW Blog
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Link to Press Release http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id=

Washington, DC-Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement today in response to EPA’s denial of several petitions to reconsider the agency’s endangerment finding for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, which was finalized earlier this year.

“EPA could have chosen to have an open, transparent process to look at the implications of Climategate and hear scientists of all persuasions debate key scientific issues in an open forum,â€