And who wants Global Warming when you can face avalanches, deep snow, and record cold? Continue reading
Daily Archives: February 14, 2012
The Big-Freeze: Thousands trapped in Europe as death toll rises to 600
Posted in Climate Change, Green hell
Bitter Sweet: How Big Sugar Robs You
That Valentine’s Day hand on your back pocket billfold is not your sweetheart’s, it’s the sugar lobby’s. Continue reading
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Posted in Agriculture, Economics
Wind Power Panic: AWEA’s Last Stand (death spiral looms for taxpayer-dependent industry)
If you haven’t heard from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), you probably will. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Economics, Green jobs
Roger Pielke Sr.: New paper on California Snowfall Observations by John Christy
New Paper “Search For Information In 133 years Of California Snowfall Observations” By Christy 2012 Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
More UK green subsidies being tossed on the fires of reality
Energy ministers are planning to rein in subsidies for heat pumps in thousands of households and businesses, amid concerns about the future costs of the £860 million green scheme. Continue reading
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Posted in Clean energy, Economics
The Daily Mail would like to remind the US that winter is not ‘missing’ but vacationing in Europe
Frozen continent! Europe’s rivers, lakes and even seas are iced over as bitter Siberian cold leads to temperatures of almost -40C Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Morning Call blowhard: ‘Thieves’ broke into Michael Mann’s e-mail
Allentown Morning Call columnist Paul Carpenter shows what he knows — and it’s not much. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Greens try blaming purple squirrel on fracking?
An attempt at humor (from the humorless Left) or an effort to rumor-monger among the not-too-bright (i.e., the bulk of the green crowd)? Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
Clean coal ‘unviable for two decades’
Coal is already clean (except for China and maybe India). Continue reading
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Posted in Carbon capture & sequestration
A Riddle from the Sierra Club
Sierra Club executive director has a funny one in his latest blog posting. Continue reading
Steroidal Nannyism : NC preschooler’s ‘unhealthy’ lunch replaced with cafeteria nuggets
“When home-packed lunches do not include all of the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing ones.” Continue reading
Posted in Food nannies
Food Nannies Want More Regulation of Candy, Movie Theater Food
Maybe theaters could feature nutrition labels in the previews? Continue reading
Posted in Food nannies
Fail: Another solar company goes under
Energy Conversion Devices files for bankruptcy as solar energy lags. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Report: Short-term exposure to most major air pollutants associated with increased risk of heart attack
Donora debunks this study. Continue reading
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Posted in Air pollution
Report: Antibiotics ineffective for most sinus infections
This is only news to physicians. Continue reading
Posted in Antibiotic resistance, Pharmaceuticals
Hyperventilation: Greens unhappy about Heartland plans for K-12 climate program
“Internal documents acquired by ThinkProgress Green reveal that the Heartland Institute, a right-wing think tank funded by the Koch brothers, Microsoft, and other top corporations, is planning to develop a ‘global warming curriculum’ for elementary schoolchildren that presents climate science as ‘a major scientific controversy.’” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Job-acide, Part 2: Colbert helps McKibben kill Keystone XL jobs
Jobs didn’t even come up in the “interview.” Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Bell: A Top German Environmentalist Cools On Global Warming
“After carefully studying the matter Vahrenholt decided, “ I couldn’t take it any more. I had to write this book.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Woolly mammoth video a hoax, original footage shows
Duh. Continue reading
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Posted in Odds and ends
