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CLIMATEGATE (Guest in Mountain Time)
U.S. Congressman Bob Beauprez (R-CO), is available for Talk Show interviews on the topic of his most recent blog on ClimateGate.
www.aLineOfSight.com/ Feb. 25, 2010
ClimateGate Unethical, Potentially Illegal Behavior: Sen. Inhofe
By Bob Beauprez
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has released a comprehensive examination of an investigation into the controversy known as “ClimateGate” concluding that the scientists involved “cooked the science” creating the “most significant scientific scandal of our generation.”
In November, 2009 disclosure of a large volume of email communications and documents connected to the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England set off a international scandal and accusations of faulty science, conspiracy, and collusion raising serious doubt about the alarmist theory and catastrophic warnings of anthropogenic global warming (APW).
During an EPW Committee hearing on February 23, 2010, Inhofe confronted Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, with the findings and called upon the Obama Administration to “scrap” the Administration’s “endangerment” classification related to APW greenhouse gases. Further, Inhofe insisted the EPA drop plans to implement new regulations that would be “the most economically destructive initiative in this nation’s history.” (Watch video here.)
Inhofe’s investigation on behalf of the EPW Committee’s Minority Republicans concluded that the scientists:
• Obstructed release of damaging data and information;
• Manipulated data to reach preconceived conclusions;
• Colluded to pressure journal editors who published work questioning the climate science "consensus"; and
• Assumed activist roles to influence the political process.
According to Inhofe, "This EPW Minority Report shows that the CRU controversy is about far more than just scientists who lack interpersonal skills, or a little email squabble. It's about unethical and potentially illegal behavior by some the world's leading climate scientists.”
"The report also shows the world's leading climate scientists acting like political scientists, with an agenda disconnected from the principles of good science. And it shows that there is no consensus-except that there are significant gaps in what scientists know about the climate system. It's time for the Obama Administration to recognize this. Its endangerment finding for greenhouse gases rests on bad science. It should throw out that finding and abandon greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act-a policy that will mean fewer jobs, higher taxes and economic decline."
ABOUT YOUR GUEST, BOB BEAUPREZ:
Bob Beauprez is a former dairy farmer, community banker and member of Congress who has spent his entire life working to leave Colorado a little better than he found it.
He was born and raised on a third generation family farm in Lafayette, Colorado. Bob's grandfather emigrated from Belgium in 1907 and founded a general livestock farm specializing in draft horses. Bob's father took over the farm and developed a nationally renowned Hereford beef cattle breeding herd and transitioned to dairy cattle in the 1950s.
The daily regime of chores, field work and milkings taught Bob a disciplined work ethic that would serve him well throughout his life.
After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1970, he went into partnership with his parents and brother, Mike, in the family farming operation. He managed the dairy herd, eventually marketing their cattle throughout the United States with cattle on every continent except Australia.
During that time, Bob pioneered the use of embryo transplant technology to increase the quality and marketability of the family herd. He also served eight years on the National Holstein Association Board of Directors, including five years as Chairman of the Genetic Advancement Committee. He later also became an industry spokesperson and international judge of Holstein cattle.
The dairy herd was dispersed in 1990 and Bob managed the development of the real estate for his family, eventually becoming part of a 1,500-unit residential golf course community. At the same time, Bob and his wife, Claudia, purchased controlling interest in a small community bank. As President, CEO and Chairman, Bob expanded the bank from one to 13 locations and grew its assets from $4 million to more than $400 million in twelve years.
Bob served as President of the Colorado Independent Bankers Association and was on the Board of the Independent Bankers of America.
While running the bank Bob was politically active as the chairman of the Boulder County Republican Party, and later as Colorado State GOP Chairman. He retired from the bank to run for the new 7th Congressional District in 2002, winning the nation’s closest Congressional election that year by 121 votes. After one term, in 2004, he was reelected by more than 30,000 votes.
While in Congress, Bob served on the Ways and Means, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Small Business Committees. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Highways and Infrastructure Subcommittee and a member of the Republican Leadership Whip Team.
In 2006, he was the Republican nominee for Governor in Colorado.
Since 2007, Bob has published a monthly e-magazine called A Line of Sight (http://www.alineofsight.com/), a public policy and opinion resource on current political issues. Then, in 2009, he authored his first book: A Return to Values: A Conservative Look at His Party. He is also Vice-Chairman of The John Hancock Committee for the States (http://www.hancockcommittee.org/).
Bob married his high school sweetheart, Claudia, in 1970. They have three sons and one daughter, as well as three grandchildren. Bob and Claudia have returned to their agricultural roots recently by purchasing a ranch in the Colorado Mountains near the Wyoming border. They are developing a buffalo breeding herd in partnership with their son Jim. Bob continues to stay politically active, guest hosting on various radio talk shows, doing numerous media interviews nationally, and maintains a busy public speaking schedule.
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