“One of the most famous atmospheric scientists, James Hansen, is arguing we could be facing five-metre higher sea levels by the end of the century, and he’s not a flake, he’s a very renowned scientist,” said Clague. Continue reading
Daily Archives: February 21, 2012
Study: Airlines can profit from EU carbon tax
By sticking it to consumers and pricing travel ever-higher, which is what greenies wanted in the first place Continue reading
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Posted in Cap & Tax
Nuclear power entrepreneurs push thorium as a fuel
A small group of scientists, entrepreneurs and advocates see the post-Fukushima era as the perfect opportunity to get the United States to consider a proposal they have made with no success for years. What about trying a new fuel, they say, and maybe a new kind of reactor? Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear power
Aus: Scepticism over Hazzard’s audit of wind farm noise
THE state government will conduct a six-month noise audit at three wind farms, despite protests from the industry and opposition that doing so is unnecessary and a waste of taxpayer money. Continue reading
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Posted in Clean energy, Public health miscellany
Genetics and man-made chemicals equally to blame, say researchers
The desperate search goes on for something (anything) other than genetics to explain autism Continue reading
Posted in Autism
Wasting Away: Can a Gates Foundation-Funded Toilet-Design Initiative End a Foul Practice in the Developing World?
A low-tech plumbing challenge searches for the “iPad of commodes” Not certain that is the way to go but this item does at least discuss the larger problem – social norms Continue reading
Posted in Development, Public health miscellany
David Suzuki: ‘It’s time that climate-change deniers were exposed’
If Michael Mann can sue Tim Ball in Canada for libel, Heartland ought to have a case against David Suzuki as well. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Oilsands pose ‘significant environmental and financial risk’ to Alberta, says PCO
Collateral damage from Canada’s booming oilsands sector may be irreversible, posing a “significant environmental and financial risk to the province of Alberta,” says a secret memorandum prepared for the federal government’s top bureaucrat. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sands
The row over the EU’s plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting escalates as Canada says it ‘will not hesitate to defend its interests’ Continue reading
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Posted in Oil and gas
ClimateWire: For some animals, climate change offers a chance to flourish
But don’t worry, the results will mostly be bad Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Eye-roller: Civilisation faces ‘perfect storm of ecological and social problems’
John Vidal: “Abuse of the environment has created an ‘absolutely unprecedented’ emergency, say Blue Planet prizewinners” Continue reading
Posted in Agenda 21, Environmentalism, Green hell, UN
Times-Picayune: EPA official leaves eye of political storm
Hmm… an impressionable kid inspired by an award from a less-than-exemplary president who probably didn’t know the kid even existed Continue reading
Posted in EPA
LAT: Organic farmers take on Monsanto over patent lawsuits
After years of taking farmers to court to assert their patent rights, agri-giantMonsanto Co.is being sued by farmers. Lots of farmers. Continue reading
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Posted in Agriculture, Organic food
Milloy: Showdown at the EPA corral
GOP needs to call out Jackson on agency’s flimsy science Continue reading
Posted in EPA
Trade press reverses course on Gleick
E&E Publishing now considers Peter Gleick a thief not a “warrior.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Gleick to stay at Pacific Institute
In the name of “social equity”… Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Steve Zwick: ‘Why Gleick Was Right To Leak the Docs’
Zwick says the skepticism is “like graffiti – something a slacker can ‘create’ in a matter of seconds, but which a gainfully employed man needs hours to erase.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Wolf: Prepare for a golden age of gas
“But this revolution could prove to be a Faustian bargain.” Continue reading
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Posted in Fracking
Alarmists say sky is falling (literally): ‘Lowering clouds may combat global warming’
“If cloud heights come back up in the next 10 years we would conclude that they are not slowing climate change.” Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Change
Romm: ‘Revkin has zero credibility…’
Deniergate is turning out to be more fun than Al Gore’s Massage-gate.. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Uncategorized
