Tesla is happy that the NYTimes public editor has taken John Broder to the woodshed. Continue reading Tesla’s gets last laugh in the NYTimes test drive debacle?
Category: Climate & Energy
Grist: The virtues of being unreasonable on Keystone
From Chris Horner via Twitter: “”Nuremburg-style trials” dude upset, apparently NYT journo hasn’t “crossed over into advocacy” (how does one tell?)” Continue reading Grist: The virtues of being unreasonable on Keystone
PA Marcellus topped 2 trillion cubic feet of gas in 2012
“The state’s shale gas production doubled between 2011 and 2012, even as the number of rigs drilling new wells in Pennsylvania dropped in response to lower gas prices and companies migrating to more lucrative oil shales in other states.” Continue reading PA Marcellus topped 2 trillion cubic feet of gas in 2012
Australia: Plants soaked up a third of greenhouse gases
“Australia’s landscape soaked up a third of national carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels over the past two decades, a CSIRO assessment has found.” Continue reading Australia: Plants soaked up a third of greenhouse gases
Tom Harris: Climate fear-mongers’ blind faith in suspect and shoddy science
“The science fiction of attempting to actually control global climate through impractical energy policies will simply leave us hungry and freezing in the dark.” Continue reading Tom Harris: Climate fear-mongers’ blind faith in suspect and shoddy science
Terry Scanlon: ‘Steven Chu is no Ben Franklin’
“Mr. Chu is a famous scientist — and thus an expert on everything. Inevitably, Secretary Chu fell for one con after another.” Continue reading Terry Scanlon: ‘Steven Chu is no Ben Franklin’
$142 million green energy grant used to play video games, cards
“The only explosions heard at the Michigan factory that was supposed to be producing electric car batteries came from the employees who have been playing video games like “Call of Duty” at taxpayer expense… Continue reading $142 million green energy grant used to play video games, cards
Mistake in First California Carbon Auction Raises Questions About Secrecy
“Some market players have expressed concern that the $16 million mistake overstated the real demand for carbon permits and set the price for carbon artificially high (“settlement” price of the first auction was about nine cents higher than the $10 floor price). It was a gaffe that ensured the auction would sell out, and a “hitch” that was never made public by regulators.” Continue reading Mistake in First California Carbon Auction Raises Questions About Secrecy
BP to fight government’s ‘excessive’ demands over Deepwater oil spill
“Faced with demands that are excessive and not based on reality or the merits of the case, we are going to trial.” Continue reading BP to fight government’s ‘excessive’ demands over Deepwater oil spill
Taxpayers to pay for Wyoming windmills to power So. Calif. homes
” The Department of Energy’s Western Area Power Administration is jointly funding the TransWest Express line with the expectation of becoming a 50 percent co-owner when it is complete. And the Interior Department has agreed to expedite reviews of some of the projects.” Continue reading Taxpayers to pay for Wyoming windmills to power So. Calif. homes
Carbon Prices Drop — Despite EU Vote to Prop Up Prices
The EU would argue that the manipulation worked since the price didn’t drop to zero. Continue reading Carbon Prices Drop — Despite EU Vote to Prop Up Prices
Congresswoman: Global Warming ‘Will Destroy’ Maryland
But “we’re not alarmists.” Continue reading Congresswoman: Global Warming ‘Will Destroy’ Maryland