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Climate Scientist Fires Back at House Science Committee During Hearing

Things got a little bit heated at the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Emissions rise from stacks at a coal fired power plant in Owensville, Ind.

Photographer: Luke Sharett/Bloomberg
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For sober, methodical evaluations of each other’s work, climate scientists have peer-reviewed journals. For catfights, they have Congress.

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing on the scientific method and climate change on Wednesday, questioning four panelists who have each become ensnared in a political skirmish at some point in the past 15 years.