Category: Climate & Energy

From the winner of the Spelunker of the Year Trophy, 1995-1996. Continue reading Gingrich: GOP will 'cave' on debt ceiling

“… there were 362 all-time record highs logged in the U.S. in 2012 but ZERO all-time record lows.” Of course, it has been warming for 350 years. Continue reading 2012’s surreal record warmth in the U.S.

Since the Senate bill was crammed down Boehner’s throat, possibly New Jersey Fats ought to direct his wrath elsewhere, like at his new buddy Barack who ordered Biden to craft the bill with Mitch McConnell. Continue reading Christie Blames House GOP, Boehner For Politicizing Sandy Aid

“In 24 hours the heavily subsidized wind industry has gone from the verge of collapse to a modern-day Gold Rush. H.R. 8 seems to create a perverse incentive to rush production of additional facilities even when there may not be adequate demand for wind, biomass, or geothermal energy,” Issa told The Hill in a statement. Continue reading Revised wind credit expands welfare possibilities

They need to be willing to tolerate a shutdown 1-second longer than Obama… otherwise they (we) are lost. Continue reading Toomey: 'We Republicans need to be willing to tolerate a temporary, partial government shutdown' over debt ceiling'

So will Big Al spend his $100 million profit on more climate alarmism, massages with happier endings — or both? Continue reading Al Jazeera pays $500 million to shut down Al Gore's Current TV

“‘Everybody knows that volcanoes have an impact on climate,’ said study co-author Marion Jegen, a geophysicist at Geomar in Germany. ‘What we found was just the opposite’.” Continue reading Climate Change Causes Volcanism

Tim Carney explains how green con-artists (like GE) won and the rest of us lost. Continue reading Carney: How corporate tax credits got in the 'cliff' deal

Politico reviews energy/EPA issues for 2013. Continue reading Top 2013 energy questions

“However, climate change is nothing new in the earth’s history, he points out. “Today the issue is that our agricultural systems are much more fixed,” he says, “and our investments in our agricultural systems are much more fixed.” Continue reading Climate Change Threatens French Wine

Here’s the roll call of votes from last night’s vote of infamy. Continue reading Which GOP Congressman surrendered to Obama?

EPA’s faulty claims of fracking-caused groundwater contamination are recounted in the WSJ. Continue reading The EPA's Tainted Fracking Tests