A Canadian company opens a test pit in Utah and could be running a sizeable mine by early 2014. But is there enough water to support the industry? Continue reading
Tag Archives: greenie obstructionists
Nation’s First Tar Sands Mine Stirs Water, Environmental Fears Out West
Posted in Development, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Green Weenie Of The Week: Jerry Brown
I know what you’re thinking: what took so long for Jerry Brown to be awarded our coveted Green Weenie? Continue reading
From Atlazuki to Supermandia, what is it with enviroflakes?
Pretentious, much? Continue reading
Environmentalists, unions fear last-minute CEQA changes
Environmentalists and labor unions are raising concerns that state lawmakers will use the final weeks of this year’s legislative session to make sweeping changes to California’s landmark environmental law. Continue reading
Posted in Eco-imperialism, Economics, Environmentalism, Green hell
To Save Our Ecology, We Must Move Beyond Hope
Finally, a point of agreement. I too believe eco activists are beyond all hope. Continue reading
Posted in Eco-imperialism, Environmentalism, Green hell
Tagged greenie obstructionists, hatred of humans, insane greens, misanthropy
Facing an anti-coal crowd, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden declines to request a broad review of coal exports
Facing several hundred coal export opponents, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden stopped short today of calling for a comprehensive environmental review of proposals to ship coal to Asia through Northwest ports, as U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Gov. John Kitzhaber have done. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Economics
Despite Chilly Reception, Greenpeace Vessel Approaching Arctic Drilling Platform
Boy’s Own Annual stuff from the greenpeas children:
“ON BOARD THE Arctic SUNRISE, The Barents Sea — Each morning at about 9:30, an Illyushin-38 patrol aircraft zooms in from the aft, circles once and then flies off back south.” Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas
Tagged arctic, greenie obstructionists, insane greens, offshore drilling
Court sides with Texas on EPA flexible permits decision
Two years after the Environmental Protection Agency rejected the Flexible Permits program in Texas, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the Clean Air Act did not support that decision. Continue reading
Walter Russell Mead: Old Green: Clean Energy—New Green: No Energy
In the wake of the Solyndra scandal, green energy companies have been losing friends left and right, but at least they could count on support from loyal greens—or maybe not: Continue reading
Modified food will be on voters’ menu
The controversy stupidity over genetically engineered food has moved up the chain, all the way to the ballot box.
If they do something so asinine they should also have labels on organic food reading something along the lines of “Grown in shit without the chemicals that protect your safety” – it’s only providing information to help consumers make informed choices… Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food labeling
Tagged food superstition, greenie obstructionists, irrational fears
More climate wacko propaganda: Health budgets benefit from emissions cuts
Idiots. Funds expended on “tackling climate change” are pure waste, diverted from doing things of actual use to people and/or the environment. Affordable power bestows far greater health benefits than the largely illusory “ills” of coal-fired generation. There is no upside to gorebull warbling. Continue reading
Hydropower bills energize environmental debate over dams
Hydropower dams would get a boost, while their skeptics would get punished, under a controversial new bill backed by Western conservatives in Congress. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Development
Tagged dams, greenie obstructionists, hydro power
Rockefeller carves out coal debate stance
“But Rockefeller has also reached out to the industry for help drafting upcoming legislation to promote ways to harness coal’s energy without releasing so much carbon dioxide.“
We mine carbon for the express purpose of combining it with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide. It is not some accidental byproduct nor incidental “pollution” – it is what we specifically set out to make. The purpose of so doing is to recover some of the energy bound to the carbon when split from oxygen through photosynthesis, powered by solar energy. In effect coal is the solar battery sought as the Holy Grail of the solar industry. Guess what? You’re too late. Nature beat you by millions of years and stored concentrated solar power for us to use in this oh-so-convenient form. And green plants are delighted to get access to this carbon dioxide we are returning to the atmosphere so they may start recharging Earth’s solar batteries all over again.
Coal is concentrated solar power and atmospheric carbon dioxide is really good for the biosphere. Get over it. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Coal
Tagged anti coal, co2 emissions, dioxycarbophobia, greenie obstructionists
Burning the Biosphere
When I was a kid, Mum did the washing in a copper of boiling water over an open fire in the back yard. We collected the wood from the back paddock with a horse and dray. It was all very “green” (but we thought it was just hard yakka). Greens want us to return to this primitive method for generating heat, and even electricity. Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, Environmentalism, Green hell
Tagged anti coal, anti development, climate hysteria, greenie obstructionists
Lawson bats for China in climate debate
Former UK chancellor warns Europe, US against setting up trade barriers to developing nations
Nigel Lawson believes it is wrong for the West to use environmental concerns as a weapon to beat China. Continue reading
Stephen Maher: Critics of climate change are losing their PR battle
University of Calgary Prof. Barry Cooper wrote a funny piece for the Calgary Herald on Tuesday, in which he humorously derided British Columbians for their opposition toward a pipeline that would carry Alberta bitumen to the B.C. coast. Continue reading
Andrew Orlowski: Greens wage war on clean low-carbon renewable energy
Geothermal: what the frack is wrong with that? Continue reading
John Merline: Do Greens Have A None-Of-The-Above Energy Policy?
Two environmental groups in April filed suit to block an energy project they said would seriously harm the local ecosystem. Continue reading
Oilsands lobby group accuses Tides Canada of ‘laundering’ money
An oilsands industry lobby group with links to the Harper government is urging the Canada Revenue Agency to consider whether Tides Canada, a Vancouver environmental and social justice organization, has violated Canada’s charity laws. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Environmentalism, Fighting back, Green hell, Tar sands
Germany’s Green Energy Transition May Force Out Industry
The public discussion about Germany’s green energy transition has taken a new direction. The rise of electricity prices in Germany is suddenly no longer blamed on the billions spent for building solar and wind farms, biomass plants and power grids. Continue reading
