Category: Climate & Energy

Air Scare Debunked: Still no deaths reported from Chinese air pollution

The enviros claim 1,000 deaths per day. Show us a body!!–more–>

From the U.S. China Institute:

ON AN AVERAGE DAY IN CHINA outdoor air pollution causes the premature death of roughly 1,000 people. This is the conservative estimate of World Bank researchers utilizing surveys collected by Chinese government agencies and scholars. A number of news organizations reported that an internal World Bank report put the number who die prematurely each year at 350,000 to 400,000. The World Bank’s preliminary report states that air pollution costs the average Chinese urbanite 18 years of life. In 1997, the World Bank estimated 50,000 Chinese died prematurely each year due to air pollution.

But there are still no reports of deaths from air pollution in China since Steve Milloy wrote this op-ed in January.

Read “Show Us the Bodies, EPA.”

Warmist: ‘Obama is the last president who will have an opportunity to deflect a first-class disaster’

All talk and no action so far, says NRDC founding trustee George Woodell. Continue reading Warmist: ‘Obama is the last president who will have an opportunity to deflect a first-class disaster’

Warmist Ken Caldiera: ‘Emitting greenhouse gases is the equivalent of mugging little old ladies. Coal power plants are immoral and ought to be illegal’

“The rejection of climate science is another manifestation of the medievalism that’s permeated our society, where we don’t recognize a shared reality,” Caldiera said. Continue reading Warmist Ken Caldiera: ‘Emitting greenhouse gases is the equivalent of mugging little old ladies. Coal power plants are immoral and ought to be illegal’

Mother Jones: How to Fix the Climate, in One Simple Flowchart

“After we published our How to Win a Climate Argument Flowchart, we thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if all the climate solutions were boiled down into a simple, step-by-step chart?” As President Obama gets down to business in his second term, we look at what’s next for his administration as well as where your own individual choices fit into the big picture. Choose your own climate solution adventure:” Continue reading Mother Jones: How to Fix the Climate, in One Simple Flowchart

Claim: Arctic may have ice-free summers by 2050

Scientists studying Arctic sea ice say ice-free summers could be on the horizon sooner than many expected. Continue reading Claim: Arctic may have ice-free summers by 2050

UK energy secretary attacks climate skeptics for nimbyism, publicity-seeking, and ‘blinkered bloody-mindedness’

It comes ahead of a crucial Energy Bill vote, during which Ed Davey will be accused by backbenchers of betraying his party’s green credentials. Continue reading UK energy secretary attacks climate skeptics for nimbyism, publicity-seeking, and ‘blinkered bloody-mindedness’

Keystone XL Lunacy: Trans Canada must relocate 126 endangered beetles to build pipeline

Beetles that Trans Canada will have to catch via traps baited with 3-day old dead rats. Continue reading Keystone XL Lunacy: Trans Canada must relocate 126 endangered beetles to build pipeline

Claim: Sea-level rise from 2005-2011 estimated at 0.1 inches per year; Due mostly to melting glaciers, polar ice sheets

Can you really detect a 0.7-inch rise in global sea level? Continue reading Claim: Sea-level rise from 2005-2011 estimated at 0.1 inches per year; Due mostly to melting glaciers, polar ice sheets

Associated Press slams John Kerry climate claims

The AP reports: Continue reading 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’

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’