“General Electric Co warned of slowing profit growth in its industrial businesses due to weakness in Europe and sliding [wind and gas] turbine sales, unnerving Wall Street and pushing its stock down.” Continue reading Good news for birds: GE warns of sliding wind turbine sales — results aren’t expected to improve
Day: April 21, 2013
Study: 20th century ‘hottest in 1400 years’ — Relies on pollen sampling, other proxy ‘data’
“In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Monday, an international team of scientists reconstructed temperatures over the past 2000 years using proxy records such as tree-ring measurements, pollen sampling, coral reefs, ice cores and historical records.” Continue reading Study: 20th century ‘hottest in 1400 years’ — Relies on pollen sampling, other proxy ‘data’
WaPo: Europe ‘a green-energy basket case’, ‘dysfunctional’, Kyoto ‘not designed properly’ — Flashback to Dec. 1997: WaPo disses Kyoto
Hits Germany for shutting its nukes, Spain for over-investing in renewables, and France for not fracking — but still urges a carbon tax for the U.S. Continue reading WaPo: Europe ‘a green-energy basket case’, ‘dysfunctional’, Kyoto ‘not designed properly’ — Flashback to Dec. 1997: WaPo disses Kyoto
Joe Romm: ‘I don’t worry about the earth… Concern over the earth is elitist’
“…something people can afford to spend their time on when every other need is met.” Continue reading Joe Romm: ‘I don’t worry about the earth… Concern over the earth is elitist’
Hypocrisy: Enviro Journalist Society calls EPA e-mail scandal ‘totally bogus’; An effort to ‘politically damage EPA’
For the Society of Environmental Journalists, EPA transparency is only a problem when enviros can’t get info out of EPA. Continue reading Hypocrisy: Enviro Journalist Society calls EPA e-mail scandal ‘totally bogus’; An effort to ‘politically damage EPA’
20 Years Ago: 4-21-93: President Clinton commits to reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2000 — Reality: Emissions 13% higher
A surprise since the day before, the AP had reported that he would avoid such a commitment. Check out how Clinton did with respect to his commitment. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-21-93: President Clinton commits to reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2000 — Reality: Emissions 13% higher