Author: Steve Milloy

New Japan-China Air Tensions: Smog

The Chinese are actually blaming the Japan for high PM2.5 levels.

“Now comes a new spat, with Japanese officials and media suggesting China’s latest air-pollution crisis may be spreading across the East China Sea into Japan… The Japanese reports drew some harsh response from China. One critic was quoted as saying: ‘After the earthquake, Japan switched from nuclear power to coal fired power, and has been incinerating their waste. This has greatly affected China’s environment, so one cannot criticize only China. The pollution needs to be reduced, but we cannot ignore climate change and neighboring countries’.”

Read more at the Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required).

No Fracking Way: Hungover Energy Secretary Wakes Up Next To Solar Panel

“Oh, Christ, what the hell did I do last night?” Continue reading No Fracking Way: Hungover Energy Secretary Wakes Up Next To Solar Panel

Shock: The Guardian exposes exaggerated climate change claims in David Attenborough’s Africa

“Personally, I find it bizarre – and frustrating – that an otherwise exemplary series, which took years to film, has been tainted – in my mind, at least – by such a sloppy piece of research.” Continue reading Shock: The Guardian exposes exaggerated climate change claims in David Attenborough’s Africa

Ceres: ‘Climate-change financial implications… equivalent of the subprime-mortgage meltdown’

Junk science aside, what would the economic hit would be from stopping fossil fuel use? Continue reading Ceres: ‘Climate-change financial implications… equivalent of the subprime-mortgage meltdown’

Claim: Australian wind farms undercut fossil fuel power prices

Carbon taxes, subsidies and anti-fossil fuel activism work? Continue reading Claim: Australian wind farms undercut fossil fuel power prices

Measles cases hit 18-year high in England and Wales

MMR fears take hold? Continue reading Measles cases hit 18-year high in England and Wales

Economist: Arctic Ocean to become ‘ice-free version of the desert it already is’

“Imagine the [Arctic] ocean as a Tequila sunrise sitting on a warm bar. The ice cubes at the top are melting away and the orange juice is sinking to the bottom.” Continue reading Economist: Arctic Ocean to become ‘ice-free version of the desert it already is’

Sally Jewell: Obama’s radical green, job-killing nominee for Interior Dept.

She’s helped lock up public lands, halted oil and gas leases, killed jobs, funded radical green groups and donated to Obama. Continue reading Sally Jewell: Obama’s radical green, job-killing nominee for Interior Dept.

National Journal: Obama Needs to Be Brutally Honest About Climate Change in His State of the Union

“If he’s honest, it won’t be pretty.” Continue reading National Journal: Obama Needs to Be Brutally Honest About Climate Change in His State of the Union

Vested interests in the US Global Change Research Program?

Paul Homewood takes a look at the conflicts. Continue reading Vested interests in the US Global Change Research Program?

Kyoto Irony: Europe consuming more coal

Green-friendly Europe has a dirty secret: It is burning a lot more coal. Continue reading Kyoto Irony: Europe consuming more coal

Military Alarmists: Climate change is ‘threat multiplier’

All developed nations are dependent upon oil — mostly because it’s the best transportation fuel by far. Continue reading Military Alarmists: Climate change is ‘threat multiplier’