Neo-Nazis rebrand themselves as environmentalists — ‘Main goal is to save nature’

The Guardian reports: Continue reading Neo-Nazis rebrand themselves as environmentalists — ‘Main goal is to save nature’

Obama’s $8 billion coal joke: Rolls out loan guarantees for carbon capture projects

The Hill reports:

The Energy Department announced Tuesday it will soon take applications for up to $8 billion in federal loan guarantees for projects and developing technologies that reduce carbon emissions from extracting and burning fossil fuels.

The draft request related Tuesday for fossil fuel technologies and projects that reduce greenhouse emissions is open for comment until September and is slated for finalization this fall.

The move is part of the climate agenda President Obama revealed last week. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has been busy promoting the loan guarantees as a rebuttal to attacks from industry and mostly GOP lawmakers that the president’s agenda amounts to a “war on coal.”

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Carbon capture & storage is physically, financially and politically impossible.

CCS is pointless and inflationary.

Indian columnist: Obama climate plan ‘hollow’, little more than clean energy imperialism

Arun Mohan Sukumar writes in the Hindu: Continue reading Indian columnist: Obama climate plan ‘hollow’, little more than clean energy imperialism

Maine lobster industry blames global warming — as opposed to more likely over-harvesting — for population crash

The Associated Press reports: Continue reading Maine lobster industry blames global warming — as opposed to more likely over-harvesting — for population crash

Schwarzenegger touts California clean energy; Omits mention that state electricity prices are 30-110% higher than coal states

Grist reports: Continue reading Schwarzenegger touts California clean energy; Omits mention that state electricity prices are 30-110% higher than coal states

Warmist links global warming with firefighter deaths

English major Chris Mooney writes: Continue reading Warmist links global warming with firefighter deaths

UN globe-trotting leaves huge carbon footprint

Malaya Business Insight reports: Continue reading UN globe-trotting leaves huge carbon footprint

Obama Re-Polarizes America: From Red vs. Blue States to Carbon vs. Anti-carbon

The National Journal reports: Continue reading Obama Re-Polarizes America: From Red vs. Blue States to Carbon vs. Anti-carbon

Skeptics attacked (again) as mostly being old white men (gun-toting, homophobic, anti-immigrant, too)

Nuremberg-Trials-for-Skeptics-Guy Dave Roberts writes at Grist: Continue reading Skeptics attacked (again) as mostly being old white men (gun-toting, homophobic, anti-immigrant, too)

Still no reported deaths from ‘heavy air pollution’ in China

China Daily reports: Continue reading Still no reported deaths from ‘heavy air pollution’ in China

Coal Karma: India to eclipse China as top coal importer

Bloomberg reports: Continue reading Coal Karma: India to eclipse China as top coal importer

NYTimes allows food columnist to opine on global warming, energy policy

Can’t wait for Paul Krugman’s column on his favorite casserole. Continue reading NYTimes allows food columnist to opine on global warming, energy policy