Category: Climate & Energy

Flashback from 2005: PNAS study says trees to cause massive global warming — 10 degrees F — by 2100! Continue reading USA Today: ‘If more trees die, the planet warms more’

“An Inconvenient Truth Mr. Gore. No global warming for 16 years.” Continue reading Must-See Climate Billboard: CFACT’s ‘Drive By This’

Solar panels as hazardous waste. Continue reading Bankrupt Solar Company to Bury Unused Solar Panels in Cement

That’s what NYC mayor Bloomberg said at the ARPA-E conference today. Continue reading Bloomberg: ‘Coal is dead man walking’

“Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) wants the Obama administration to address the question of whether facilitating coal exports is in sync with its desire to combat global climate change.” Continue reading Obama moving to rein in coal exports?

“It currently rains nearly 20 % more in Norway than in 1900.” Continue reading Norway to get more rain from global warming

Should nuke plants have to install $45 million filters on boiling water reactor vents? Continue reading Post-Fukushima, Arguments for Nuclear Safety Bog Down

“In yet another green folly, the lawless Environmental Protection Agency continues to fine gasoline producers for not using cellulosic biofuels in quantities that don’t exist, making only more pain at the pump.” Continue reading IBD: EPA Increases Mandates For Fuels That Don’t Exist

“One of the most important and threatening risks of climate change is sea-level rise (SLR). The mechanisms are well understood, and the direction of changes in sea-level is highly certain – it is rising and the rate of rise will accelerate.” Continue reading Peter Gleick: Sea-level rise will be exponential

“About 39 percent of L.A.’s power now comes from coal-fired plants.” Continue reading Los Angeles Will Be Off Coal by 2025, Says Mayor

Note climate is not listed. We are proud to have helped make climate a litmus test. Continue reading Salon: Which issues divide the GOP?