Category: Climate & Energy

$500 million in fraud? Continue reading Solar firms probed for possible ‘misrepresentations’ in getting public money

Alec Rawls participated in “expert review” of the Second Order Draft of AR5 (the next IPCC report), Working Group 1 [“The Scientific Basis”), and is now making the full draft available to the public. [WattsUpWithThat] [Guardian report]

A quick-and-dirty cartoon from the AccidentalConservationist. Continue reading What really happened to Santa

From 1990. CBO, of course, is routinely wrong. The carbon tax would likely be even more costly as it only makes goods/services cost more without accompanying economic/social benefit. [Carbon Charges Global Warming 19901990 CBO Report]

“This week’s Newsweek magazine features a couple of essays — one about Jesus and one about climate change — that demonstrate the difference between simple faith in the unknowable and blind faith that denies scientific fact.” [Los Angeles Times]

See, he can tell the truth. [Accuweather]

Another $28 million down the drain. [New York Times]

A far cry from his reported speaking fee of $175,000. [University City Patch]

“Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter about 75 guests including Lawrence Bender, Leonard Nimoy and Lynn Lear gathered to hear Gore’s impassioned plea for the entertainment industry to renew its focus on climate change.” [Hollywood Reporter]

“In 1999, Russian scientists famously dug a long-dead frozen woolly mammoth out of the Siberian permafrost. Other things lurking in the frozen earth may be more alive — and more dangerous. Scientists warn that global warming could release ancient bacteria, viruses and fungi from frozen lakes, glaciers and permafrost. If this happens, humans could become exposed to viruses and diseases they have not encountered in thousands of years.” [Mother Nature Network via The Miami Herald]

Feeling cooler yet? [Reuters]

Denise Bode, AWEA’s CEO, stressed that, “At the same time, our number one priority right now is not putting the wind industry over its own fiscal cliff. [AWEA release]