Category: Climate & Energy

Part 2 of Obama’s war against coal is about to commence. Continue reading State of the Union Could Signal Effort to Curb Greenhouse Gases From Existing Coal-Powered Facilities

“It’s raining and not snowing… That’s not good.” Continue reading Warm Weather Forces Changes Ahead of Iditarod Race

As Ramses said in The Ten Commandments: “Let him rave on, that men will know him mad.” Continue reading IMF Chief: ‘Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled’

Supposedly Ed Rendell made Lisa Jackson an offer she didn’t refuse. Continue reading Enviros attack Ed Rendell for helping fracker

Biomass rentseekers get caught in the squeeze. Continue reading Feds: Global warming to ‘at least double’ areas burned by wildfires in 25 years

This project is only costing U.S. taxpayers $300K. Note Mann will also be working on “effective communication of scientific information in the face of potential biases.” Would those biases be his perchance? Continue reading Michael Mann to help ensure Everglades has water in the future

“Europeans have already gone this route, expanding the amount of time workers get for vacation and holidays.” Continue reading MOJO: Laziness good for the planet

“My colleagues and I published a paper recently that found evidence for the involvement of conspiracist ideation in the rejection of scientific propositions—from climate change to the link between tobacco and lung cancer, and between HIV and AIDS—among visitors to climate blogs.” Continue reading Study: Deniers like conspiracy theorists

On Jan. 29, 1661, Samuel Pepys wrote: “It being a most glorious and warm day, even to amazement, for this time of the year.” Continue reading Ask Samuel Pepys — climate change is not new

Is it any cooler? Continue reading Greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants down 4.6 pct

That’s 67% of reported emissions. Continue reading EPA: U.S. Power Plants Emitted 2.2 Gigatons of CO2 in 2011