Senate endorses Keystone XL pipeline in budget amendment vote

Keep sharp things away from Bill McKibben tonight. Continue reading Senate endorses Keystone XL pipeline in budget amendment vote

Carbon taxes spurned in Senate budget vote, 41-58: 13 Dems rejected late plea from Al Gore

Al Gore urged a carbon tax today. The Senate rejected his plea. Continue reading Carbon taxes spurned in Senate budget vote, 41-58: 13 Dems rejected late plea from Al Gore

IBD: BLS Releases Another Phony ‘Green Jobs’ Report

“As yet another Solyndra looms, a new government report shows that by the government’s own broad definition of a green job, more can be found in a coal mine than near a solar panel.” Continue reading IBD: BLS Releases Another Phony ‘Green Jobs’ Report

EPA GHG rules for new coal plants likely delayed until 2014 due to legal and policy uncertainties; Enviros likely to sue

“Almost certainly” say agency sources. Continue reading EPA GHG rules for new coal plants likely delayed until 2014 due to legal and policy uncertainties; Enviros likely to sue

Apple Says Data Centers Now Use 100% Renewable Energy

Everyone that believes this stand on your head. Continue reading Apple Says Data Centers Now Use 100% Renewable Energy

EPA un-scrubs data base of experiment exposing children to diesel exhaust

Presumably our FOIA request asking who ordered the data deletion caused a rethink at EPA. Continue reading EPA un-scrubs data base of experiment exposing children to diesel exhaust

Sports reporter replaces Juliet Eilperin on environment desk at the WaPo

The food critic apparently was overqualified. And who is Lenny Bernstein married to? Continue reading Sports reporter replaces Juliet Eilperin on environment desk at the WaPo

Frackers try buying off enviro opponents — ‘And EDF shall live with Shell. And the Clean Air Task Force shall lie down with Chevron’?

Paying off environmentalists has never worked before. Continue reading Frackers try buying off enviro opponents — ‘And EDF shall live with Shell. And the Clean Air Task Force shall lie down with Chevron’?

Las Vegas casinos to join phony Earth Hour

While casino marquees will be dimmed for Earth Hour, rest assured that fossil fuels will be burned at a torrid pace to keep the rest of the casinos going at full speed. Continue reading Las Vegas casinos to join phony Earth Hour

Crazy: Salon article calls ‘Big Soda’ a ‘mass killer’

Salon also hits soda makers for defending themselves from junk science. Continue reading Crazy: Salon article calls ‘Big Soda’ a ‘mass killer’

NOAA: Feb. 2013 ninth warmest Feb. on record; Tied with Feb. 2003 — 350 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions ago

Atmospheric sensitivity to CO2 over past 10 Februarys = zero. Continue reading NOAA: Feb. 2013 ninth warmest Feb. on record; Tied with Feb. 2003 — 350 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions ago

Lom-Gore-Borg spoils terrific anti-Earth Hour video message with his own peculiar brand of climate alarmism

Our planet does not need to be “saved” from climate change, nor with green energy. Other than that, a rockin’ video. Continue reading Lom-Gore-Borg spoils terrific anti-Earth Hour video message with his own peculiar brand of climate alarmism