Waxman presses GOP for hearing on extreme weather, climate

The Hill: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a top House Democrat, is urging the Energy and Commerce Committee's Republican majority to hold a hearing that explores links between climate change and extreme weather. The request, spelled out in a letter Friday, is a sign that Democrats and environmentalists hope to translate the recent record-setting heatwaves into political momentum for efforts to battle global warming. It asks Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to convene a hearing “on the recent wildfires......

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