Category: Climate & Energy

“About 20 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions and two thirds of nitrous oxide emissions come from soil.” Continue reading Global worming: How worms are accelerating climate change

“Rationality in Washington is scarcer than green gas” — and green gas doesn’t even exist. Continue reading WashTimes: EPA’s fantasy fuel

“A new analysis suggests that a more ‘European’ schedule would reduce the effects of climate change.” Continue reading Study: Global Warming Can Be Slowed By Working Less

A bill devised to allow Utah officials to consider climate change as a factor in starting wildfires died in committee on Monday afternoon. Continue reading Utah Bill On Climate Change And Wildfires Dies In Committee

“A new paper published in Nature Climate Change finds tree-ring reconstructions of temperature, such as Mann’s infamous hockey stick, “underestimate climate fluctuations of, for example, air temperature,” due to data complicated by “the climate of past years and other factors like tree age” and precipitation.” Continue reading New paper finds tree-ring studies underestimate climate extremes of the past

And the sea urchins helped. Continue reading UK researchers discover new method for carbon capture

“That’s right, folks. The chairman of the IPCC is cashing cheques issued by the WWF.” Continue reading IPCC chief takes WWF money

“Without coal, you might as well turn off half the lights not just for our favorite games but also for our cities, shops, factories and homes.” Continue reading Peabody CEO: Super Bowl blackout provides case for coal

Andrea Mitchell isn’t about to let a good hurricane go to waste in her push for economy-wrecking climate change regulations. Continue reading Andrea Mitchell: Storms Show U.S. Needs To Go It Alone If Necessary On Climate Change

“I was impressed in the discussion we had relative to climate change – and I mean this sincerely, Mr. President – I could have been sitting in a private meeting with President Obama,” Biden said in joint remarks with Francois Hollande following their meeting at the Elysee Palace. Continue reading Biden vows climate change action in meeting with French president

“I’m very impressed with your current prime minister,” he told ABC TV, referring to Labor’s carbon tax. Continue reading Gore hits opponents of Australian carbon tax

“A Chinese-owned company barred by the Obama administration from developing an Oregon wind farm won a temporary court order blocking the sale of collateral it pledged to buy assets for the project.” Continue reading Judge interferes with Obama bid to stop Chinese wind farm near naval base