Climate Of Fear- Inhofe Calls Out Obama’s EPA Over Scare Tactics By Tad Cronn
Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma has begun an investigation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of disinformation and scare tactics to damage the American energy industry.
The EPA’s recent efforts to portray hydraulic fracturing as dangerous were the spur for the investigation, but Inhofe has cited incidents that point to an entire anti-energy agenda.
Inhofe sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson demanding an explanation after the office of EPA Region 6, which includes Inhofe’s constituency, issued a warning that hydraulic fracturing could cause houses to explode.
According to Inhofe, Regional EPA Administrator Al Armendariz repeated the accusation in several interviews before the warning was quietly withdrawn.
The EPA ordered Texas state officials to stop investigating its claim that hydraulic fracturing had contaminated well water, Inhofe said in announcing his investigation.
“When state regulators were made aware of EPA’s actions, they made it clear they felt the agency was proceeding prematurely,” Inhofe said.
The senator also wants to investigate whether there is any connection between the EPA’s tactics and a video in which Armendariz is shown explaining to EPA officials that his philosophy in dealing with oil and gas companies is to “crucify” them:
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