US Republican Opposition Heading to Copenhagen

Representative James Sensenbrenner will lead a delegation of Republican House lawmakers critical to the President Obama’s position on climate change to Copenhagen next week to show public opposition to the policy. Citing information included in the “Danish text” the group will to draw attention to the leaked emails from leading climate scientists (dubbed “Climategate”) which they said backed their suspicions that the global warming threat was overblown and too costly to act on. Representative Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House committee is said to be preparing to conduct any congressional investigation into the leaked emails. Republican opposition also plans to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) in regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.

Also reported, all seven Republicans on the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are planning to boycott this week's work session on a domestic climate-change bill (the Kerry-Boxer Bill) , an aide said on Saturday.

More info:

Yahoo News: US Republicans vow to rain on Copenhagen parade

Reuters: Republicans Move to Delay Climate Bill Progress

New York Times, Dot Earth: Update on Copenhagen and the Climate Files