Science:
Language banning US government contributions to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been
dropped from the compromise spending bill of 2011. The language
had been included as a "policy rider" in the House of
Representatives draft of the spending bill; the rider was first
authored by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) as a standalone
bill. Paul Sloca, a spokesperson for Luetkemeyer, says that the
congressman intends to reintroduce the bill and may broaden it
to bar the federal government from supporting any meetings
aimed at negotiating a global treaty on climate change. A
February press release from the congressman states that the
IPCC "is an entity that is fraught with waste and fraud, and
engaged in dubious science" and that his legislation would stop
the government from spending "$13 million" on the IPCC. The US
contribution to the IPCC last year was about $3 million,
according to the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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18 April 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.5.025231
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