The new Republican chair of the House Science Committee knows full well the dangers of climate change. But what Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) does with that knowledge is another question.
“Hopefully we will no longer see the science committee used as a messaging tool for the fossil fuel industry,” says Rep. Bill Foster, a science committee member.
In an op-ed for Fox News, Rep. Lamar Smith, the chairman of the House science committee, made a host of false and misleading claims about climate change and related issues.