A petition drive to con Lehrer into bringing up the issue with the presidential candidates appears to be banking on the flip-flops of Governor Romney’s position, but this could backfire in the most spectacular way if Romney issues a mea culpa on who gave him advice on global warming when he was governor, and if Romney asks why Lehrer’s PBS NewsHour has not told its audience about the skeptic side of the issue for 16+ years. Continue reading Gore’s Climate Reality Project begs Debate Moderator Jim Lehrer: Ask Romney and Obama about Climate Change
Day: September 13, 2012
Magic: Moms' exposure to air pollution reduces vitamin D levels in newborns
“Maternal exposure to urban levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter less than 10 micro meters during the whole pregnancy was a strong predictor of low vitamin D status in newborns.” Too stupid for words — serum vitamin D more reasonably depends on diet, supplementation and/or level of sunlight exposure. [Abstract]
Global cooling: Libya bumped from record extreme temperature
The honor now belongs to Death Valley, CA — in 1913! [WMO media release]
Zubrin: Dethrone the EPA
“The current presidential campaign hinges on jobs and the economy. Yet most of the debate has centered on peripheral issues such as the Bush tax cut, when there is a Tyrannosaurus in the room that is being virtually ignored. That monster is the EPA,” writes Robert Zubrin at NationalReview.com.
WashPost: GM’s vaunted Volt is on the road to nowhere fast
The Washington Post, leftie rag that it is, continues its assault against Obama’s EV push — “The basic theory of the Obama push for electric vehicles — if you build them, customers will come — was a myth. And an expensive one, at that.” [Read the article]