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Daily Archives: February 15, 2012
Logic-gate: The Smog blog exposes irrational rage. Innumeracy. And Heartlands efficient success.
The believers of man-made-weather-disasters are wetting themselves with excitement. It painful to watch grown men drool. Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change, Media
Roger Pielke Jr.: New Peer-Reviewed Paper on Global Tropical Cyclone Landfalls
We have a new paper just accepted for publication in the Journal of Climate, titled “Historical Global Tropical Cyclone Landfalls.” Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Japan Begins Drilling For Methane Hydrate Production
Japan began preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production tests in the Pacific Ocean off Aichi Prefecture in central Japan on Wednesday Continue reading
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Posted in Oil and gas
‘Confused’ Revkin not open to Heartland outreach
Oh yeah… he joined the Climategaters long ago. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Climategate 2.0
Video: Ohio Rep. probes Obama Interior Dept. scheme to lie about coal industry job losses
Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) questioned the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, to find out what he knew about his department telling contractors to lie about job loss estimates from his proposed rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule. This proposed rewrite could cost almost 30,000 direct and indirect coal jobs. Continue reading
Posted in Coal
Debunked (more): Mercury-Autism Link
A new study reports that urinary mercury concentrations weren’t correlated with the incidence of autism — so Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Wrong: Christian Science Monitor headline on Heartland leak
“Documents reveal Koch-funded group’s plot to undermine climate science.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Heartland Institute Responds to Stolen and Fake Documents
FEBRUARY 15, 2012 – The following statement from The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution. For more information, contact Communications Director Jim Lakely at jlakely@heartland.org and 312/377-4000.
Yesterday afternoon, two advocacy groups posted online several documents they claimed were The Heartland Institute’s 2012 budget, fundraising, and strategy plans. Some of these documents were stolen from Heartland, at least one is a fake, and some may have been altered. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Belgium not prepared for ‘no nukes’
“I will say that I am getting out of [nuclear] only when I am sure I have an alternative ready,” [the Belgian energy chief] said. Nuclear power accounts for roughly 55% of Belgium’s electricity production. Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear power
Faulty Thermometer Likely Cause of Fukushima Temperature Rise
“The prospect of another catastrophic explosion at the Fukushima-Daiichi is “virtually zero.” Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear power
Nanoscare: Children may have highest exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles
But there are no identified risks to health. Continue reading
Posted in Nanotechnology
Thirsty: Global warming to cause U.S. water shortages by 2050?
Water is the most abundant substance on Earth. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Claim: Extreme summer temperatures occur more frequently
Because the computer models say so? Continue reading
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SMH: Scientist denies he is mouthpiece of US climate-sceptic think tank
“Institutions or organisations simply pay for services rendered — in the same way that an architect is paid for their work, so are scientists.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Greenpeace breaks into power plant, scales smokestack
The environmental movement is a criminal enterprise — we’ll have more to back that up soon!. Continue reading
Posted in Green hell, The Comrades
Greens try burning down biomass industry
Regardless of whether biomass is actually “carbon neutral,” this controversy is ridiculous. Continue reading
Posted in Biomass
Bishop Hill: ‘Heartland docs leaked’
“Anthony Watts has sent details of the project that Heartland was involved in and his interactions with the Guardian on the subject”… comments left on the cutting room floor by the Guardian. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Climate Resistance: ‘The Leaked Heartland Documents’
“And this epitomises yet again the environmentalist’s failure to develop a sense of proportion. Not only are the Heartland’s funds dwarfed, there is no substantial relationship between it, the state, and other policy-making processes, as there are between NGOs, national governments, scientific research organisations and the UN, and of course, huge firms.” Continue reading
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