Sen. Inhofe Confident He'll Be EPW Chairman After Midterm Elections - NYTimes.com

His top priority, he says, is to stop "wasting time" on global warming hearings and get down to business on issues he says have been neglected, like overseeing U.S. EPA and passing major transportation and water infrastructure bills.

"We haven't really been doing anything because they've been wasting all of our time on all that silly stuff, all the hearings on global warming and all that," Inhofe said.

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What's the Environmental Impact of Lady Gaga's Meat Dress? | Ecouterre

given that livestock production generates almost a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases—more so than transportation—according to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, we have to ask: How large of a carbon footprint does the “Bad Romance” singer’s costumey stunt have compared to other types of high-protein nosh?

Expectations Scaled Back for Cancún Climate Summit

"Some countries are setting their sights on South Africa next year. Our view is that it will take longer than that," said Eliot Diringer, vice president for international strategies at the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change, which hosted de Alba’s briefing. "Generally I think we're seeing a greater sense of pragmatism within the negotiations and a recognition that we won't have a binding outcome this year."