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Climate-Denying Rep. Wants To Investigate Scientists For Requesting A Probe Of Climate Deniers

Republicans love to reference the Constitution. But when it comes to climate science, one GOP congressman is flirting with disregard for the First Amendment. Rep. Lamar Smith (R -Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, said last week it was "reasonably foreseeable" his committee would investigate the Institute of Global Environment and Society, a nonprofit group that has asked Obama administration officials to use anti-racketeering laws to hold energy companies accountable for propagating climate change misinformation.

 

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