Incoming House Science Chair Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas) plans to put big oil back in charge of his committee. In an interview with the Dallas Morning News this month, the climate zombie declared his intention to use the House Science and Technology Committee to investigate the ‘false statements’ of climate scientists, and ‘subpoena’ those who don’t appear willingly. Hall also explained why the BP disaster ‘didn’t dampen his enthusiasm for offshore drilling.’ He sees the BP explosion that killed 11 men, injured dozens, and led to the despoilment of the Gulf of Mexico as a ‘tremendous,’ ‘blossoming’ flower of energy:

‘As we saw that thing bubbling out, blossoming out — all that energy, every minute of every hour of every day of every week — that was tremendous to me. That we could deliver that kind of energy out there — even on an explosion.’

Hall has received $14,500 in campaign contributions from BP. In an extensive report today, The New York Times describes the explosion differently:

The worst of the explosions gutted the Deepwater Horizon stem to stern. Crew members were cut down by shrapnel, hurled across rooms and buried under smoking wreckage. Some […]