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Month: October 2012
A Modest Hurricane Proposal for Honoring Climate Change Deniers
Tropical Storm Milloy? [Huffington Post]
RFK Jr: 'Sense of entitlement' builds 'eco-friendly' mansion
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his late wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, didn’t pay a penny for the high-end kitchen appliances, dual-flush toilets, solid brass and zinc faucets, hardwood flooring and hypoallergenic rugs when they created their eco-friendly Westchester mansion. Even the bamboo hangers and the cleaning products were free — a $1.3 million bonanza of swag.
Now five months after Mary Richardson Kennedy’s suicide at the sprawling estate in Bedford, her husband is set to make a windfall.” [New York Post]
NYSE Euronext to Shut Carbon-Trading Exchange in Europe
“NYSE Euronext will close a European carbon-trading exchange following a decline in trading and a series of scandals that rocked the region’s emissions market in recent years.” [Wall Street Journal]
Steyn: Mike’s Nobel Trick
“A week ago, Michael Mann accused us of damaging his reputation – and seems to have made it a self-fulfilling prophecy. A week ago, he was a “Nobel prize recipient”. Now he’s not. Great work, Mike!” [Mark Steyn, National Review]
Curry to Mann: [Steyn lawsuit] is not going to turn out well for you
“JC message to Michael Mann: Mark Steyn is [a] formidable opponent. I suspect that this is not going to turn out well for you.” [JudithCurry.com]
Michael Mann’s False Nobel Claim
“This morning, I called the Nobel Committee in Norway and asked whether Michael Mann had won a Nobel Peace Prize. The answer was a pretty emphatic ‘No.'” [Charles C.w. Cooke, National Review]
Case closed: Obama green jobs program a failure
“President Obama’s green jobs training program, which was part of his stimulus, has failed on most key jobs measures, according to a new internal audit that found it was training workers who already had jobs that didn’t need green energy skills, and was failing to place new enrollees in jobs once they finished the training. Continue reading Case closed: Obama green jobs program a failure
Al Gore's Current TV putting itself up for sale
“That’s big-time TV exec speak that roughly translates as ‘We’re getting ready to dump this turkey.'”[CainTV.com]
Professor Mann claims to win Nobel Prize; Nobel Committee says he has not!
“Michael Mann has never been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” [Examiner.com]
Danger, Mitt Romney, Danger: GE General Counsel in Running for EPA Administrator
The general counsel of green energy rent-seeking, cap-and-trade-loving, and USCAP-founding member General Electric is reportedly a leading candidate to head the EPA in a Romney administration. Continue reading Danger, Mitt Romney, Danger: GE General Counsel in Running for EPA Administrator
Gregg Abbott: A Romney Pick for EPA That We Endorse
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is reportedly being considered by Mitt Romney to be EPA administrator. We endorse this pick for the reasons described in this Dallas Morning News article.