In Mother Jones, David Corn recalls an interview he once had with Senator Inhofe—the man slated to become the head of the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee. When Corn pressed Inhofe about who was responsible for the grand hoax of climate change, Inhofe blamed none other than singer Barbara Streisand.
The Hill reports that Streisand, after reading the story, took to twitter to say, “This wld be hilarious if it weren’t so frightening. I thank Sen Inhofe for singling me out as a voice against the perils of climate change,” and, “God help us! This man is going to head the Committee on the Environment in the U.S. Senate. Like giving a fox the keys to the chicken coop."
Marc Morano, ever loyal to his former boss and closest Congressional ally, quickly put up a post on Climate Depot explaining that, actually, Inhofe is "correct and backed by evidence." The "evidence" is the fact that 25 years ago, Streisand donated $250,000 to the Environmental Defense Fund.
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How Streisand's charitable donation a year after the founding of the IPCC is responsible for Inhofe's global warming conspiracy theories was not addressed.