Michael Mann, you are a worm — no offense to worms intended. Continue reading Michael Mann ducks challenge to debate climate — but retweets Obama’s!
Category: Climate & Energy
Actuaries: Global warming will barely affect insurance premiums — 0.5% per year
“In a submission to [an Australian] Senate inquiry into the nation’s preparedness for extreme weather events, the institute predicts that consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s mid-range warning on global warming, climate change is likely to add about 0.5 per cent a year to insurance costs.” Continue reading Actuaries: Global warming will barely affect insurance premiums — 0.5% per year
San Francisco, Seattle lead US cities divesting from fossil fuel firms
“The cities of San Francisco and Seattle have pulled their money out of fossil fuel companies, taking a climate divestment campaign from college campuses to local government.” Continue reading San Francisco, Seattle lead US cities divesting from fossil fuel firms
Obama: ‘Climate deniers in Congress refuse to even debate the issue’
Who did you challenge? Continue reading Obama: ‘Climate deniers in Congress refuse to even debate the issue’
Obama team kicks off global warming push: Goal is to limit emissions from deniers
“President Obama’s allies at Organizing for Action kicked off their campaign for climate change legislation with a video attacking “climate deniers” such as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for being on the opposite side of the issue.” Continue reading Obama team kicks off global warming push: Goal is to limit emissions from deniers
New Windbag in Town: Wind industry hires RINO as new chief lobbyist
Replacing windbag Denise Bode, Tom Kiernan recently praised Obama’s pick of Gina McCarthy to head the EPA. Continue reading New Windbag in Town: Wind industry hires RINO as new chief lobbyist
Carbon Bubble-heads: ‘$674 billion spent last year on the discovery of new fossil fuel deposits that likely will never be used’
More on the the new green con known as the “Carbon Bubble.” Continue reading Carbon Bubble-heads: ‘$674 billion spent last year on the discovery of new fossil fuel deposits that likely will never be used’
Promise of shale gas throws ‘unexpected wrench’ into Germany’s green energy plans
But it may be thwarted as landowners don’t own the mineral rights to their own property. Continue reading Promise of shale gas throws ‘unexpected wrench’ into Germany’s green energy plans
Keystone XL Minister: Given California’s dirty oil, Hansen should chain himself to a mannequin on Rodeo Drive
Joe Nocera writes in the NYTimes: Continue reading Keystone XL Minister: Given California’s dirty oil, Hansen should chain himself to a mannequin on Rodeo Drive
Al Gore Canard: 20-something NASA engineers put us on the moon — so 20-somethings can stop the climate from changing?
The average age at mission control may have been 26, but Wernher von Braun, the chief architect of the Saturn V rocket was 57. You can bet that other key technology was also developed by experienced engineers. And what’s age got to do with global warming anyway? Continue reading Al Gore Canard: 20-something NASA engineers put us on the moon — so 20-somethings can stop the climate from changing?
Rentseekers win in North Carolina: State House committee defeats proposal to end renewable energy program
The Committee on Public Utilities and Energy voted 18-13 Wednesday to kill a proposal that would have ended the state policy of subsidizing solar farms and other forms of renewable energy. Continue reading Rentseekers win in North Carolina: State House committee defeats proposal to end renewable energy program