Matthew Wald promotes wind farms with battery storage to make them at least marginally useful to the grid. Seems a very expensive and indirect method of achieving what we have long been able to do directly (and much more cheaply) with coal- and gas-fired generation Continue reading
Daily Archives: November 1, 2011
William O’Keefe: Climate Change and National Security: Are They Linked?
Increasingly, it has become common to assert that environmental change brought on by rising temperatures caused by humanity’s industrial activities and lifestyle choices will negatively impact U.S. national security interests. A new paper by Institute CEO William O’Keefe examines the basis for these claims. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Naked misanthropy
NYT joins UN hand wringing over a successful species (humans), featuring nature nuts trying to reduce human population Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Endangered species, Overpopulation
Land of fruits and nuts cranks up chemical scares
‘Toxic chemicals: Agency hardens stance on products’ says the SF Chronicle but they overlook the fact that the dose makes the poison, mere presence does not.
Posted in Bisphenol A (BPA), Chemophobia, EPA, Lead
Recycling ‘mad cow’ fears
Daily mail asks: Could we face the return of CJD? Experts fear it may lie dormant in thousands Continue reading
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Posted in Meat, vCJD ("Mad Cow")
Roger Pielke Sr. on BEST’s FAQ
The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature [BEST] project has a Frequently Asked Question [FAQ] available. In this post, I will respond to two of their answers. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change, IPCC
CO2 Science Volume 14 Number 44: 2 November 2011
In less than four decades, the battle for land and water to grow food and biofuels could envelop the entire planet. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Not BEST’s best
This is becoming increasingly embarrassing for science, inter alia BEST averaging results from unknown locations: Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, IPCC
Obama U-turn: President will make Keystone XL decision
So Hillary won’t get the blame after all. Continue reading
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Posted in Oil and gas
Senate Dems vote for inhaler ban
Primatene Mist users have good reason today to curse Senate Democrats — as well as Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Continue reading
Posted in Ozone depletion, Pharmaceuticals
Moderate alcohol causes breast cancer?
Fellas, if you ever want to have a relaxed drink with your wife or sweetheart again, you’ll need to put a stake through the heart of this junk science. Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Breast cancer
Sit-com in the making: The Green Side of Occupy Wall Street
Have a chuckle at the greens trying to co-copt OWS. Continue reading
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Posted in The Comrades
Senate Dems to Fed Agencies: Go green or go dark
We know what our choice is. Continue reading
Posted in Light bulbs, Mercury
IPCC links global warming to weather
At last, a scientific basis for suing coal-fired utilities when picnics are rained out. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo toxic?
It’s sad that consumer product companies are happy to use science but won’t defend it. Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Child Exploitation, Cosmetics, Formaldehyde
EPA science advisers doubt agency’s biomass scheme
Biomass CO2-emitted plus CO2-captured is not as easy to add up as EPA had hoped. Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, Clean energy
House GOP-ers push 4-year tax credit extension for wind
Are Tea partiers in Washington, Iowa and Oklahoma paying attention? Continue reading
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Posted in Clean energy
Sierra Club hires Charlie Sheen’s publicist
Watch for more hypocrites and half-wits promoting the green cause. Continue reading
Posted in Green Hypocrisy
Greens not fooled by Obama dodge on Keystone
They’re not as stupid as Obama thinks. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
