Here is a fascinating Gannett scoop on the backstage politics of climate change:
House Republican Leader John Boehner would have appointed Rep. Wayne Gilchrest to the bipartisan Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming — but only if the Maryland Republican would say humans are not causing climate change, Gilchrest said.
“I said, ‘John, I can’t do that,’ Gilchrest, R-1st-Md., said in an interview. ‘He said, Come on. Do me a favor. I want to help you here.’ “
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