This hearing took place on May 6th and was intended to focus on climate science. The hearing was arranged by Rep. Ed Markey, and was designed to educate the public on climate science and reiterate that the earth’s climate is still in crisis, now more than ever, and none of the faux little “scandals” involving hacked emails has changed the facts. Several highly reputable climate scientists attended and testified at this hearing. See more here. The republicans were allowed to call a witness of their own for this “debate” and they chose a partisan journalist, the anti-science Christopher Monckton, who calls himself “Lord Monckton”. Above is the video of the portion where Rep. Jay Inslee lets Mr. Monckton know what he thinks of him, his fake title and lack of knowledge about climate science. Monckton is a professional climate science denier.

The entire hearing was useful and interesting. You can hear the whole hearing in podcast form (audio only) at Climate Files Radio.

To see the video of the entire hearing, visit the Congressional hearing site for the committee on global warming. Real Climate has thoroughly debunked Lord Monckton’s ridiculous claims about climate change, a subject he knows nearly nothing about. His specialty is economics and public policy, so it’s odd that he would be chosen as the GOP’s “expert” on climate change for an official congressional hearing on the science of climate change. But it’s also typical. Republican members of Congress, like Michele Bachmann and many others, have expressed extreme partisanship on the subject of climate change, and little to no knowledge of the science involved in the issue.