North Carolina Senate Committee votes to repeal renewable energy mandate

An ill wind blows for rent-seeking. Continue reading North Carolina Senate Committee votes to repeal renewable energy mandate

Enviro Conspiracy Theory: Facebook CEO support for Keystone XL a quid pro quo for GOP support of immigration reform

“Zuckerberg, who is hardly a climate-change denier or a big promoter of oil imports, winds up paying for ads that embrass him.” Continue reading Enviro Conspiracy Theory: Facebook CEO support for Keystone XL a quid pro quo for GOP support of immigration reform

Pickens: Obama would be ‘a fool’ to reject Keystone XL

“One hundred to one, it’s going to happen,” says Pickens. Continue reading Pickens: Obama would be ‘a fool’ to reject Keystone XL

Obama Motors calls for action on climate

GM also belonged to the ill-fated US Climate Action Partnership. Continue reading Obama Motors calls for action on climate

Charade: Michael Mann again pretends to be an ‘involuntary public figure’; Posturing for defamation lawsuit

He also claims to be a victim of McCarthyism… Continue reading Charade: Michael Mann again pretends to be an ‘involuntary public figure’; Posturing for defamation lawsuit

Michael Mann: Without emissions limits, ‘Jersey shore of my youth’ will not exist by 2100

Mann projects sea level to rise six to nine feet by 2100 — that’s 0.83 to 1.24 inches per year. Continue reading Michael Mann: Without emissions limits, ‘Jersey shore of my youth’ will not exist by 2100

New Enviro Meme: Peak Shale Gas on the horizon as drillers run out of money for more wells

Declining well production means less and less gas from more and more wells, say the enviros. Gas prices will increase and drillers will run out of money for new wells, they add. Continue reading New Enviro Meme: Peak Shale Gas on the horizon as drillers run out of money for more wells

Unfriended-plus: Enviros launch campaign against Facebook CEO Zuckerberg for supporting Keystone XL, ANWR

The downside of wealth creation is that there’s money leftover for wealth destruction. Continue reading Unfriended-plus: Enviros launch campaign against Facebook CEO Zuckerberg for supporting Keystone XL, ANWR

Trial lawyers line up against Keystone XL

But if Keystone XL were truly a disaster waiting to happen, why not let it be built and then sue after the inevitable occurred? Continue reading Trial lawyers line up against Keystone XL

Good News: Sequester hits global warming research

Bad News: GOP Rep. Tom Cole (Okla. 4th) would like to see funding restored to his local institution. Continue reading Good News: Sequester hits global warming research

Anti-renewable bill resurrected in North Carolina

“Lawmakers on Wednesday could once again attempt to end a state renewables policy whose proponents say has elevated North Carolina to the nation’s fifth-largest developer of solar farms.” Continue reading Anti-renewable bill resurrected in North Carolina

Enviro Wind Math: $1.08 billion > $1.65 billion

No wonder they don’t understand that “clean energy” makes no economic sense. Continue reading Enviro Wind Math: $1.08 billion > $1.65 billion