“Concerns about the climate have not inspired a lot of action lately on global energy policy. Now two professors are arguing that supply concerns and rising oil prices ought to be enough to get governments moving, even if the climate does not.” Continue reading
Daily Archives: January 26, 2012
U.K. Lawmakers Threaten to Ground Non-Carbon Compliant Planes
Airlines using U.K. airspace should be grounded if they refuse to comply with the European Union’s greenhouse-gas emissions-trading system, according to a panel of lawmakers. Continue reading
Posted in Cap & Tax
Poland Gives Green Light to Massive Fracking Efforts
Biofuels boss puts boot into abundant energy source Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
No Need to Panic About Global Warming
According to the 16 scientists listed at the end of this WSJ article “There’s no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to ‘decarbonize’ the world’s economy” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Santorum: Romney, Gingrich ‘bought into global warming hoax’
In tonight’s Florida GOP presidential debate, in his closing statement, Rick Santorum gestured over to Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney and said very matter of factly: Continue reading
Posted in Battle of 2012, Climate Change
Pelosi ‘wasn’t particularly interested’ in sharing a sofa with Gingrich
But she sacrificed herself for the Earth. Continue reading
Posted in Battle of 2012, Climate Change
T. Boone Pickens visited W.H. seven times
“Oil and gas magnate T. Boone Pickens is celebrating Thursday after President Barack Obama used a major energy speech to tout the increased use of natural gas vehicles — a key part of the so-called Pickens Plan.” Continue reading
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Posted in Clean energy, Oil and gas
Obama lays off 529 Ohio coal plant workers
No doubt the Obama EPA views this merely as a business decision made by First Energy. Continue reading
UK Med Journal Eds.: Climate deniers like AIDS, tobacco, alcohol deniers
The editors of the British Medical Journal and The Lancet have choice words for deniers. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
First nanotech suit filed by enviros
Courtesy of the Natural Resources Defense Council and just one day after the National Research Council announces EPA needs more regulatory authority. Continue reading
Posted in Nanotechnology
Will wind operators be prosecuted for bird kills?
Or will the Obama administration let them slide? Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Chemicals undermine childhood vaccines?
“This evidence tells me that the immune system is very sensitive to PFCs.” Continue reading
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Posted in PFOA/PFOS
Obama vs. Obama on natural gas
Which Obama do we believe? We have the answer. Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
Energy ‘tax cut’ from fracking?
“Electricity prices, historically tied to the gas market, also are falling, although not necessarily for consumers. That’s because many power companies have raised rates to upgrade an aging power grid, install pollution controls and build new generators.” Continue reading
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Posted in Fracking
Global Cooling Coming? Archibald uses solar and surface data to predict 4.9°C fall (!)
“David Archibald, polymath, makes a bold prediction that temperatures are about to dive sharply (in the decadal sense).” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Pielke Sr: Mann misleads on climate models
Pielke Sr. takes apart Michael Mann’s recent interview on climate models with Scientific American. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Bid to force climate think-tank to declare backers
This is about intimidation, not disclosure. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Cabot Cites Obama Speech to Fault EPA’s Dimock Fracking Probe
But who really believes that Obama is serious about green-lighting fracking? Continue reading
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Posted in Fracking
Does Romney need new energy/environment advisers?
Meet the Romney EPA.. the same as the Bush EPA? Continue reading
Posted in Battle of 2012
Aardvark: BBC’s Bias For Green Climate Religion
BBC = British Brainwashing Channel. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change, Media
