President Obama on Monday turned to Massachusetts for his nominees to the nation’s top energy and environmental posts, tapping MIT physicist Ernest J. Moniz to lead the Department of Energy, and Boston-area native and former state environmental official Gina McCarthy as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading Obama picks two from Mass. for energy, EPA posts
Month: March 2013
McCarthy, Moniz make no statements during the White House announcement
Fireworks at confirmation?
Sierra Club urges (warns?) Energy Sec. nominee on ‘dangerous nuclear energy and toxic fracking’
Gina McCarthy gets a green thumb’s up, though. Continue reading Sierra Club urges (warns?) Energy Sec. nominee on ‘dangerous nuclear energy and toxic fracking’
Obama nominates Gina McCarthy for EPA; Ernest Moniz for Energy
Details to follow. Confirmation hearings should be fun!
Like Father, Like Son: Prince William does green propaganda
The Duke of Cambridge does a video for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES). Continue reading Like Father, Like Son: Prince William does green propaganda
Delingpole: Another week, another Guardian ‘biodiversity’ scare
“Sadly, for the Guardian, the IUCN and the Zoological Society of London, the threat to the ‘critically endangered’ Canarian lizards comes not from ‘Climate Change’ or ‘Habitat Destruction’ but from that most-feared of all predators, ‘Felis catus’.” Continue reading Delingpole: Another week, another Guardian ‘biodiversity’ scare
Finland rejection deals blow to Areva’s nuclear export ambitions
“Areva not sold a reactor since 2007, hopes to sell 10 by 2016.” Continue reading Finland rejection deals blow to Areva’s nuclear export ambitions
WaPo: Natural gas leaks come under scrutiny, raise questions on climate impact
“… the rate of increasing atmospheric methane concentrations has accelerated tenfold since 2007.” Continue reading WaPo: Natural gas leaks come under scrutiny, raise questions on climate impact
Let’s starve! Kids forced to go hungry for hours during Michelle Obama media event
“A very courageous fifth teacher in the Chicago Public Schools has written a scathing critique of the almost comical misery she and her students endured when they participated in a massive February 28 event kicking off Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Active Schools campaign.” Continue reading Let’s starve! Kids forced to go hungry for hours during Michelle Obama media event
EPA Funding Reductions Have Kneecapped Environmental Enforcement
EPA Enforcement = Green Jackboots. Continue reading EPA Funding Reductions Have Kneecapped Environmental Enforcement
BusinessWeek: Enviro campaign against Keystone XL worse for environment
Earth to Bill McKibben… Continue reading BusinessWeek: Enviro campaign against Keystone XL worse for environment
Guardian Admits: Weather events ‘not a good guide to climatic changes at a global level’
“… but it is the only way that most of us will ever experience the climate.” Really? How about just plain ol’ everyday seasonal days? Is that not “experiencing” the climate? Continue reading Guardian Admits: Weather events ‘not a good guide to climatic changes at a global level’