“And I don’t believe it’s a good-faith effort to address either the environmental effects of trains or terminals. If the environmentalists really cared about that direct environmental impact, they should have raised it long ago.” Continue reading Utility lawyer: Enviros misusing zoning laws to block coal exports, undermine the coal industry
Month: April 2013
Backfire: Enviros celebrate famous 1938 global warming paper — but author concluded CO2 emissions ‘likely to prove beneficial to mankind’
20 Years Ago: 4-22-93 — John Christy says dire reports of global warming not based on reliable data; Satellite data show no warming
From the days when a skeptic could get published in the MSM — here, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Christy offers a good overview of the satellite monitoring system he and Roy Spencer developed. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-22-93 — John Christy says dire reports of global warming not based on reliable data; Satellite data show no warming
Good news for birds: GE warns of sliding wind turbine sales — results aren’t expected to improve
“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
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
Copenhagen to be carbon neutral by 2025; Hilarious photo
A photo accompanying the article is captioned “Copenhagen already gets much of its electricity from wind power (photo: Justin Gerdes)”. Note coal plant blazing away in background. Continue reading Copenhagen to be carbon neutral by 2025; Hilarious photo
NYTimes: Audubon birders report 60% of N. American birds moving north because of global warming
But there hasn’t been any warming in 17 years. Continue reading NYTimes: Audubon birders report 60% of N. American birds moving north because of global warming