Here’s another example of Kyoto (and Western developed-nation guilt) denying opportunity for the poor. Development is good but ‘carbon credits’ are not a real product Continue reading
Daily Archives: November 21, 2011
State loans not able to sustain Chinese ‘renewables’ either
Lousy business models and useless products lead to failed enterprises… go figure Continue reading
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Posted in Clean energy, Economics, Green jobs
If risk is ‘too small to detect’ is it materially different from ‘absent’?
AP is trying to run another Fukushima cancer scare Continue reading
Posted in Radiation
WSJ: Lisa Jackson’s Freudian Slip
November 22, 2011, Wall Street Journal, Editorial
An unintentionally revealing interview from the EPA chief. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, Coal, EPA
Big Dem donor gets $433 million fed contract for experimental smallpox pill
A company controlled by a longtime Democrat donor Ron Perelman gets a no-bid contract to supply an experimental remedy for a threat that doesn’t exist. Continue reading
Posted in Bioterrorism
Go CO2, go!
Not unexpectedly, atmospheric CO2 level hit a new peak in 2010…. as it is constantly doing. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Pickens’ NAT GAS Act’ assailed by conservative groups
“If we’ve learned anything from the Solyndra debacle it’s that politicians do a terrible job trying to prop up their favored energy industries.” Continue reading
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Posted in Uncategorized
FERC says Marcellus pipeline safe; Enviros steamed
Not an energy project goes forward without enviro opposition. Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
Obama’s next chance to deny energy development
Fracking in the Delaware River Basin will be Obama’s call. Continue reading
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Posted in Fracking
Royal Wind Slam Update: Duke ‘spot on’
“Former Chancellor Lord Lawson yesterday led the backing for Prince Philip after he branded wind farms ‘absolutely useless’.” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Fretters: Limited options for meeting 2°C warming target, warn climate change experts
These guys aren’t paying attention to Peabody Energy exec Fred Palmer or Hohhot (not a typo). Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Horner: A Summary of James E. Hansen’s NASA Ethics File
By Christopher Horner
NASA records released to resolve litigation filed by the American Tradition Institute reveal that Dr. James E. Hansen, an astronomer, received approximately $1.6 million in outside, direct cash income in the past five years for work related to — and, according to his benefactors, often expressly for — his public service as a global warming activist within NASA. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Latest Legal Briefs in EPA Greenhouse Gas Litigation
Check out the latest “endangerment” and “tailoring rule” arguments in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
White House science office ‘punished’ for China outreach
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) stops the White House from handing over science/technology to the People’s Liberation Army. Continue reading
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Posted in Odds and ends
Gleick: The Rise and Fall of Climate Change Denial
Peter Gleick claims (laughably) that “deniers” have failed. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Luce: Greens, avert your eyes
The age of “green” is, ironically, simply a prelude to the new petroleum age, writes the Financial Times‘ Edward Luce. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change, Oil and gas
Congress kills National Climate Service
The conceit that people want to plan for climate change was phony anyway. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Climate change to spread infectious disease?
West Nile virus hasn’t spread because of climate change. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change, Pesticides
Stern: US not ‘automatically allergic’ to climate treaty
We suppose that depends on who “US” is. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Paper: Scientists reject startling claims that the speed of light has been broken for a second time
“In a paper posted on Saturday, the ICARUS team says their findings ‘refute a superluminal [faster than light] interpretation of the OPERA result.’” Continue reading
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Posted in Odds and ends
