Former Bush EPA administrator and New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman says the growing use of natural gas for electricity generation needs to be balanced with nuclear power while getting rid of coal. But coal is clean and safe and no new nuke plant has been constructed in 30 years — and we may never see a new one again. Continue reading Airhead Christie Todd Whitman slams ‘dash to gas’ — Flashback: Confuses global warming and ozone depletion
Category: Climate & Energy
Chicago mother wins $150K Goldman Prize for shutting down 2 coal plants
She’ll be able to afford more expensive electricity. What about her neighbors? Continue reading Chicago mother wins $150K Goldman Prize for shutting down 2 coal plants
Study: Rate of warming over the past century highly unusual but not unprecedented in context of natural climate variability
The researchers analysed a 364-metre long ice core drilled from James Ross Island, off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, near where the massive Larsen B ice shelf disintegrated in early 2002. Continue reading Study: Rate of warming over the past century highly unusual but not unprecedented in context of natural climate variability
Desperate: Van Jones tries resurrecting MLK Jr as a warmist — RealityDrop: Fossil fuels have raised more poor people out of poverty than any enviro
Desperate enviros make desperate reaches. Continue reading Desperate: Van Jones tries resurrecting MLK Jr as a warmist — RealityDrop: Fossil fuels have raised more poor people out of poverty than any enviro
Nature Mag Admits: Recent climate, glacier changes in Antarctica within normal bounds; Changes cannot be attributed with confidence to manmade global warming
Their new research suggests the ’90s were not greatly different from some other decades – such as the 1830s and 1940s – that also showed marked temperature spikes. Continue reading Nature Mag Admits: Recent climate, glacier changes in Antarctica within normal bounds; Changes cannot be attributed with confidence to manmade global warming
Study: Summer Antarctic melting has increased 10-fold since mid-20th century
“Today, we see almost ten times as much (5%) of the annual snowfall melting each year.” Continue reading Study: Summer Antarctic melting has increased 10-fold since mid-20th century
Study: Cutting specific pollutants would slow sea level rise
Of course, sea level must be rising somewhere first. Continue reading Study: Cutting specific pollutants would slow sea level rise
China, U.S. agree to cooperate on climate change
Meanwhile they allow lunatic North Korea to threaten others with nuclear destruction. Continue reading China, U.S. agree to cooperate on climate change
Michael Mann still mocking fellow warmist Katharine Hayhoe for religious beliefs
Evangelical Christian warmist Kathryn Hayhoe believes in a literal reading of the Bible. In an effort to mock Rep. Joe Barton’s recent comment about the biblical flood being a pre-industrial climate change event, Michael Mann retweets that the “Book of Genesis was not peer-reviewed.” Continue reading Michael Mann still mocking fellow warmist Katharine Hayhoe for religious beliefs
WaPo: Obama right to de-emphasize global warming; ‘So much focus on it has long crowded out other issues’
The WaPo says Congress is the best forum for climate change. Continue reading WaPo: Obama right to de-emphasize global warming; ‘So much focus on it has long crowded out other issues’
House Committee approves bill to overhaul EPA Science Advisory Board
JunkScience helped get this reform started. The bill requires disclosure of agency grants to Science Advisory Board members and other reforms. Continue reading House Committee approves bill to overhaul EPA Science Advisory Board
British Columbia government fires four for citing global warming skeptic in report on carbon neutrality
“Tansey said he’s been asking in the letters why the office’s report on carbon-neutral government relied on a paper by climate-change skeptic Cornelus van Kooten without acknowledging his ‘bias’.” Continue reading British Columbia government fires four for citing global warming skeptic in report on carbon neutrality