“The heat isn’t hot enough to burn the skin, so most people don’t even know there’s a problem.” Continue reading Report: Car Seat Warmers Can Cause ‘Toasted Skin’ Rash, Scarring
Day: February 28, 2012
Study: Loss of coal-fired power plant could cost Arizona $18 billion
Courtesy of EPA’s new Mercury Air Toxics Standard. Continue reading Study: Loss of coal-fired power plant could cost Arizona $18 billion
Tiny delta smelt still provokes water fight in Central Valley
“You are going to see farmers going out of business. It will be a big loss for American agriculture.” Continue reading Tiny delta smelt still provokes water fight in Central Valley
Global warming feeds bark beetles: Are they unstoppable?
“How melting permafrost releases methane, which raises global temps and melts more permafrost; how stressed trees attract beetles, which kill the trees, which attracts more beetles; how global warming accelerates global warming.” Continue reading Global warming feeds bark beetles: Are they unstoppable?
House moves against Obama anti-coal mining efforts
“The legislation’s primary target is the Office of Surface Mining’s forthcoming stream protection rule, which the industry worries will kill thousands of coal mining jobs.” Continue reading House moves against Obama anti-coal mining efforts
Markey: Nuclear plant threatens fish
Bouillabaisse, anyone? Continue reading Markey: Nuclear plant threatens fish
Time: Michael Mann a ‘warrior’ who ‘risks life’
Mann Melodrama: “I fully recognize that this is going to continue for the rest of my life.” Continue reading Time: Michael Mann a ‘warrior’ who ‘risks life’
Barton: EPA science is bad and conflicted
In his opening statement at today’s House Energy and Commerce hearing about the EPA budge, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) ripped EPA chief Lisa Jackson over the agency’s poor science and conflicts of interest. Continue reading Barton: EPA science is bad and conflicted
Greens, face it: we’re just not that into you
“The environmental movement is as promiscuous with its ‘ethics’ as it is with ‘The Science’.” Continue reading Greens, face it: we’re just not that into you
Surber: Global warming causes snow and volcanoes
“This must be a parody.” Continue reading Surber: Global warming causes snow and volcanoes
Fracking to blame for water shortage?
“It needs to be regulated somehow because if they use up our water supply, then what are we going to do? There’s only so much water to go around.” Continue reading Fracking to blame for water shortage?
Romney: Obama Ignores Nation’s Coal, Gas Resources
“We frankly have to have carbon-based energy, as well as our renewable resources. And this president just has not gotten the job done.” Continue reading Romney: Obama Ignores Nation’s Coal, Gas Resources