“A dispute over a proposed copper and gold mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay may be one of the most important environmental decisions of President Obama’s second term — yet few are even aware that the fight is happening.” Continue reading Alaska’s Bristol Bay mine project: Ground zero for the next big environmental fight?
Day: June 1, 2013
NRDC still defending alar
No one was ever harmed by alar — or any legally administered pesticide. Continue reading NRDC still defending alar
Associated Press slams John Kerry climate claims
Uncertainties about climate change are many and varied
“Finally, the true believers in carbon dioxide-caused global warming ignore that the world is not the same place it was even 100 years ago. Human activity has changed many things besides carbon dioxide levels.”
Read more by San Jose State emeritus prof Donald Anthrop in the San Jose Mercury News.
Scottish Columnist: ‘The warmist fanatics will freeze to death in their solar bunkers before they will admit defeat’
“South of the Border a modicum of sanity has entered government thinking since UK energy minister John Hayes’ “Enough is enough” remarks. In England and Wales turbines are falling out of favour. Not so in Scotland.” Continue reading Scottish Columnist: ‘The warmist fanatics will freeze to death in their solar bunkers before they will admit defeat’
UN: Renewable energy not sustainable for population growth
Okay, so the UN actually postured reality the other way around. Continue reading UN: Renewable energy not sustainable for population growth
Warmist: ‘Failure to kick Obama out of office is the only reason Oklahoma tornado victims have any hope left today at all’
Armchair warmist Will Stabley must have missed the rest of the warmism community running away from linking climate change to tornados. Continue reading Warmist: ‘Failure to kick Obama out of office is the only reason Oklahoma tornado victims have any hope left today at all’
Skeptics vindicated again: Study sees climate upside in greening arid regions
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has a “fertilization effect” on plants in arid regions that has contributed to the flourishing of foliage there, Australian researchers report. Continue reading Skeptics vindicated again: Study sees climate upside in greening arid regions
Memo to Warmists: Climate scientist Andrew Weaver is not a Nobel prize winner
A Climate Science Watch essay entitled, “No science, no evidence, no truth, no democracy” opens with: Continue reading Memo to Warmists: Climate scientist Andrew Weaver is not a Nobel prize winner
Ask a Warmist: Does the Earth’s atmosphere primarily behave like a greenhouse?
USDA Irony: Poor on food stamps ‘less food secure’ than poor not on food stamps
A nonsensical result from a nonsensical government survey on “food security.” Continue reading USDA Irony: Poor on food stamps ‘less food secure’ than poor not on food stamps
Oregon coal port gets key draft permit
An Australian energy company has cleared a key hurdle for a terminal on the Oregon side of the Columbia River that would ship coal from the Great Plains to Asia. Continue reading Oregon coal port gets key draft permit