House Fight Heats Up over Global Warming

by Elizabeth Shogren

July 20, 2005

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July 20, 2005

The head of the House Energy and Science Committee is engaged in a nasty public fight over global warming. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) has called for an investigation into three climate scientists and their work on global warming. Science Committee chair Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) called the investigation "misguided and illegitimate" and has demanded that Barton call off the probe.

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