SciAm: Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe

What’s scarier: junk science or central planning? Continue reading SciAm: Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe

EPA not yet ‘drawing conclusions’ about full Dimock picture

Eleven well tests down, fifty to go for the EPA and anti-frackers. Continue reading EPA not yet ‘drawing conclusions’ about full Dimock picture

Unethical scientists undermine public trust

Forrest Mims III on Peter Gleick. Continue reading Unethical scientists undermine public trust

Fracking and carbon sequestration on a collision course?

Not likely since no serious effort at CO2 sequestration will likely ever occur. Continue reading Fracking and carbon sequestration on a collision course?

Cheap Natural Gas Unplugs U.S. Nuclear-Power Revival

“It’s killed off new coal and now it’s killing off new nuclear.” Continue reading Cheap Natural Gas Unplugs U.S. Nuclear-Power Revival

Climate: Uncertainty Means That Things Can Be Worse Than Our Best Guess: Part I

A detailed look at uncertainty. Continue reading Climate: Uncertainty Means That Things Can Be Worse Than Our Best Guess: Part I

New Mexico to repeal carbon cap

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night. Continue reading New Mexico to repeal carbon cap

Lax Danish rules prolonged CO2 trading fraud, auditors say

“For four and a half years it was possible to use false identities to trade CO2 allowances from the Danish registry because the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and the Danish Energy Agency did not require documentation of the account owners’ identity, even though this was against EU rules.” Continue reading Lax Danish rules prolonged CO2 trading fraud, auditors say

Cap-and-trade wouldn’t spur innovation, study says

Should cap-and-trade ever rear its head again… Continue reading Cap-and-trade wouldn’t spur innovation, study says

Romney: Forget alternative energy, we need an ‘alternative President’

Mitt Romney: “People in this county are hurting and all this president can do is talk about a flat earth?” Continue reading Romney: Forget alternative energy, we need an ‘alternative President’

SMH’s Irvine: Sceptics cherry-pick and redraw graphs

Correlation-is-causation in climate because of undescribed “multiple lines of evidence”? Continue reading SMH’s Irvine: Sceptics cherry-pick and redraw graphs

Rep. Don Young: Obama’s EPA as an Employment Prevention Agency

“We all want our air and oceans to be clean. But the deluge of EPA-required studies and reports does nothing to get Americans back to work or secure our energy future. If Obama is serious about change, it should start at the EPA.” Continue reading Rep. Don Young: Obama’s EPA as an Employment Prevention Agency