“Prosecutors said they were investigating 25 bank staff on suspicion of severe tax evasion, money laundering and obstruction of justice, and searched the headquarters and private residences in Berlin, Duesseldorf and Frankfurt.” [Reuters]
Category: Climate & Energy
The wind cries… bankruptcy?
With any luck the House GOP will do to the wind industry what the wind industry does to 450,000 birds annually. Continue reading The wind cries… bankruptcy?
Ideologic child abuse at anti-coal export protest in Seattle
“Children like me have things taken away by global warming…” Continue reading Ideologic child abuse at anti-coal export protest in Seattle
Solar firms probed for possible ‘misrepresentations’ in getting public money
IPCC AR5 draft report leaked: Enviros panic on admission of enhanced solar forcing
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]
What really happened to Santa
A quick-and-dirty cartoon from the AccidentalConservationist. Continue reading What really happened to Santa
Flashback: CBO says carbon tax reduces GDP by 1%
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]
LA Times Cartoonist: Blind faith of climate change deniers endangers us all
“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]
Mann admits Sandy not caused by climate change
See, he can tell the truth. [Accuweather]
Energy Dept. to Underwrite 7 Wind Projects
Another $28 million down the drain. [New York Times]
Al Gore hawks book at St. Louis County Public LIbrary for $35
A far cry from his reported speaking fee of $175,000. [University City Patch]
Al Gore Asks Hollywood for More Climate Change Storylines
“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]