The global warming-believing state climatologist for Texas says that the 2011 drought could last until 2020. But how does he know? The answer is astonishing. Continue reading Texas needs a new climatologist
Author: Steve Milloy
Video & poll: Whacking birds by wind turbine
Watch this video and vote for whether wind power is worth the cost in whacked birds. Continue reading Video & poll: Whacking birds by wind turbine
Retiring federal judge goes off on federal scientists
Fresno U.S. District Judge Oliver W. Wanger excoriated government scientists for deception and zealotry with respect to the Delta smelt. Sadly, Judge Wanger’s retirement is imminent. Click to read the story.
Green irony: Ozone repletion to warm Antarctica
Time for a rethink of the Montreal Protocol? Continue reading Green irony: Ozone repletion to warm Antarctica
The cost of EPA's TCE junk science
Big Wind vs. Big Green
Big Wind wants to minimize the consequences of knocking birds out of the sky. Big Green wants to use birds to knock Big Wind out of business. The “clean energy”-loving Obama is caught in the middle. Continue reading Big Wind vs. Big Green
Plants may store much more carbon
A new study in Nature says that the global uptake of carbon by land plants may be up to 45 per cent more than previously thought. Continue reading Plants may store much more carbon
EPA pulls secondhand smoke trick on TCE
EPA says in a new assessment that the widely used solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) is carcinogenic to humans by all routes of exposure. But the EPA has simply pulled the same trick on TCE as it did on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) — a trick that got the EPA’s ETS cancer risk assessment trashed by a federal court. Continue reading EPA pulls secondhand smoke trick on TCE
WSJ: A Bird-Brained Prosecution
The Obama administration is prosecuting seven oil and gas companies for the deaths of 28 birds. But what about the wind industry? Continue reading WSJ: A Bird-Brained Prosecution
Rogue government: EPA disses its own IG
If EPA IG Arthur Elkins has any self-respect, he’ll resign. Continue reading Rogue government: EPA disses its own IG
Solyndra losing in DOE Solar Decathalon, too
The University of Tennessee team participating in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathalon is in 15th place among a field of 19 — thanks in part to its pricey Solyndra technology. Continue reading Solyndra losing in DOE Solar Decathalon, too
Nature: Americans inefficiently happy; Should be more like Costa Ricans
A commentary in Nature suggests that Americans could be happier than they are now with a lot less impact on the Earth — just like Costa Rica. And all we need is some good ol’ central planning. Continue reading Nature: Americans inefficiently happy; Should be more like Costa Ricans