A top Senate Republican promotes climate conspiracy theory

E&E News · Scott Waldman · last updated January 27, 2023 – 1:08 AM

One of the Senate’s top Republicans is pushing a debunked conspiracy theory that Russian President Vladimir Putin is funding U.S. environmental groups.

On Tuesday, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, told reporters during a GOP leadership press conference that President Joe Biden was beholden to “climate crazies” who were working in collusion with Russia.

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