If you can monitor your electricity use, so can the government. Guess what the next step is. Continue reading Utilities 'invite' customers to download their data on electricity use with a click
Category: Climate & Energy
Early spring broke more than 4,300 U.S. records
“A warm spell in March is not out of the ordinary…” Continue reading Early spring broke more than 4,300 U.S. records
Lyme disease pushes northward and may increase infections this year
Poison the mice and cull the deer (i.e., big mice with antlers) — problem solved. Continue reading Lyme disease pushes northward and may increase infections this year
Bill Gates: Nuclear has had a 'good century', but 'miracle' needed
“If you ignore 1979, 1986 and 2011, come on, we’ve had a good century.” Continue reading Bill Gates: Nuclear has had a 'good century', but 'miracle' needed
Bill Gates: 'Not possible' to reduce fossil fuel use
“There’s not a single year where we’ve put out less, even when we had the economic recession, because China and India are moving ahead.” Continue reading Bill Gates: 'Not possible' to reduce fossil fuel use
Industry: Fracking study based on ‘outlandish' assumptions
Run away! The alarmist author “suggested a science-based forum, or simply leaving the debate in the realm of scientific literature.” Continue reading Industry: Fracking study based on ‘outlandish' assumptions
Claim: Global Warming May Have Fueled March Heat Wave Odds
The “burgeoning” field of “extreme event attribution” is science? Continue reading Claim: Global Warming May Have Fueled March Heat Wave Odds
WV Prof: Marine Murderer, Urinators 'More Dishonorable' than Climate Deniers — For Now
“Right now, public opinion is likely to judge the liars who got us into a futile orgy of unnecessary civilian killing as more dishonorable than brazen climate-change obfuscators; a few decades hence, opinion may swing the other way.” Continue reading WV Prof: Marine Murderer, Urinators 'More Dishonorable' than Climate Deniers — For Now
Labor Dept.: Green jobs account for 2.4% of employment in 2010
“Employment in this field has been hard to measure because there’s been no consensus on what constitutes a green job.” Continue reading Labor Dept.: Green jobs account for 2.4% of employment in 2010
U.S. Rejects Environmental Reviews on Mortgages Linked to Drilling
“All this is to discourage people from issuing leases on their lands.” Continue reading U.S. Rejects Environmental Reviews on Mortgages Linked to Drilling
One-Third of Energy Dept. Loans on 'Watch List'
“Hybrid-car maker Fisker Automotive Inc. also may be on the list.” Continue reading One-Third of Energy Dept. Loans on 'Watch List'
Venter: Meat-eating as bad as fossil fuels
Human genome and, now, algae huckster ($600 million from Exxon) J. Craig Venter opines on global warming. Continue reading Venter: Meat-eating as bad as fossil fuels