Category: Climate & Energy

“Mr. Lawrence, the Swarthmore senior, said that many of today’s students found [the 1980s South African divestment campaign] inspirational because it ‘transformed what was seemingly an intractable problem.'” [New York Times]

“Given our current economic climate, this is the worst time to implement another tax on coal, oil and gas—industries that fuel our economy.” [McKinley Web Site]

So when would be a better time for a junk science-based carbon tax?

“Exporting the U.S. shale energy revolution overseas turns out to be far tougher than anyone expected—giving the U.S. a significant competitive advantage. Shale oil and natural gas have rejuvenated the North American energy industry and boosted the economy by supplying companies and consumers with cheap fuel. There are huge shale deposits outside of North America that global energy companies and governments are eager to tap. But oil companies are running into obstacles as they try to replicate the U.S. experience on other continents. The result is that significant overseas shale energy production could be a decade away.” [Wall Street Journal, Subscription Required]

What warming? [New York Times]

[Graphic Credit: CFACT]

And, of course, she would have spoken with the heckler afterward if he/she were a denier… possibly from the denier’s prison cell… [Weekly Standard]

Did NOAA cheat on its 2011 hurricane forecast to beat two fifth graders? [National Center for Public Policy Research]

When will Republicans learn that when you lie down with dogs…

Solar firm that got $26M in Miss. loans is closing… FLASHBACK to April 2010: Barbour “delighted” Twin Creeks Technologies picked Mississippi… CEO said “The State of Mississippi and the Governor’s office have been extremely helpful in driving the agreement to closure in record time…”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is going to need an awfully large concentration camp for all of us. Continue reading Sen. Whitehouse: Deniers tolerated too long

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has bowed to reality (as calculated here by JunkScience.com). Robinson writes today, “Americans are not the big problem…” [Washington Post]

We’d bet the only reason that one of Khosla’s funds is “up 30% since inception in 2009” is because CalPERS is afraid to value the investment at its real worth. [New York Times]