“The panel agreed the largest single threat to the Basin is a potential breach in the tailings ponds at one of the large oil sands sites mining surface bitumen. A breach in winter sending tailings liquid under the ice of the tributary Athabasca River, “would be virtually impossible to remediate or clean-up,” says the report.” Continue reading New oil sands panic: Potentially ‘catastrophic’ changes underway in Canada’s northern Mackenzie River Basin
Month: June 2013
New warmist imagery: ‘Arctic death spiral’
Beneath the Arctic ice lay all sorts of resources that can make us wealthier and more able to afford whatever changes that are inevitably coming down the road. Continue reading New warmist imagery: ‘Arctic death spiral’
IEA: Four energy policies can keep the 2 °C climate goal alive
The International Energy Agency suggests four ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 8% by 2020 so as to stay under the arbitrary 2-degree C global temp goal. Continue reading IEA: Four energy policies can keep the 2 °C climate goal alive
More bad news for warmists: CO2 emissions up 1.4% in 2012
… setting a record. Continue reading More bad news for warmists: CO2 emissions up 1.4% in 2012
WaPo ups photo fraud: Invisible CO2 described as ‘smoke’
The Washington Post’s editors insist on picturing — and now describing –CO2 as something other than what it is — invisible. Continue reading WaPo ups photo fraud: Invisible CO2 described as ‘smoke’
Germans try dodging EU automobile CO2 emissions limits
Business Spectator reports: Continue reading Germans try dodging EU automobile CO2 emissions limits
Green Hell: Anheuser Busch advises Chinese employees to save the planet by skipping shaving
Beware of the back-door EPA effort to impose cap-and-trade on gasoline
EPA could still implement Low Carbon Fuel Standard rules through another avenue known as “Sue-and-Settle.” Continue reading Beware of the back-door EPA effort to impose cap-and-trade on gasoline
Gone with the Warming: Whatever happened to the evangelical-environmentalist alliance?
Warmists lament that evangelicals have wised up. Continue reading Gone with the Warming: Whatever happened to the evangelical-environmentalist alliance?
EPA chlorine junk science causing water treatment problems in Ohio
In the real world, chlorinated drinking water is perfectly safe… but in the world of EPA… Continue reading EPA chlorine junk science causing water treatment problems in Ohio
Keep Your Long Flannel Underwear: Climate Scientists Predict Hell To Freeze Over!
“If the notion of global warming has gotten you all hot and bothered, here’s something to really worry about. What if just the opposite is occurring and global temperatures not only continue to remain flat, but get much colder for a very long time? In fact, that’s exactly what some highly-credentialed and well-informed scientists are predicting.” Continue reading Keep Your Long Flannel Underwear: Climate Scientists Predict Hell To Freeze Over!
Winning: Skeptics outnumber warmist believers in Australia 45%-42%, according to OECD poll
Climate change sceptics outnumber believers, according to an OECD study that shows how the debate has sharply divided Australians. Continue reading Winning: Skeptics outnumber warmist believers in Australia 45%-42%, according to OECD poll