Congrats to the Michigan Farm Bureau for successfully combatting “A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids,” a book that was being marketed to Michigan school districts for seventh graders. (Kalamazoo Gazette)
Category: Climate & Energy
Global warming to bring back Black Death?
Nature reports that extant strains of Yersinia pestis are very similar to the Black Death bacterium that wiped out half of Europe in the 14th century — meaning that environment ought to be at the forefront of concern for the plague’s potential return. Continue reading Global warming to bring back Black Death?
Quote of the Day: Issa on enviro agenda
At today’s House Oversight & Reform Committee Hearing entitled, “Running on Empty: How the Obama Administration’s Green Energy Gamble Will Impact Small Business & Consumers”, Chairman Darrell Issa offhandedly described the agenda of the Natural Resources Defense Council as… Continue reading Quote of the Day: Issa on enviro agenda
WSJ: Red Flags for Green Energy
“… $15 million went to train workers in skills such as solar-panel installation, but 62% of that program’s alumni remain jobless, according to the [California] Employment Development Department… Nationwide, jobs related to energy efficiency rose to 2.7 million people last year, up 27% from 2003, compared with overall job growth of 33%, according to the Brookings Institution.” (Wall Street Journal)
IBD: Labor Dept. Program Spends $121,000 Per Green Job
“The Department of Labor has spent $162 million on its own green jobs program, which has found steady work for just 1,336 people as of June. That’s just 2% of what the program targeted.” (Investors Business Daily)
WashPost: Activists wrong on Keystone XL
For the second time in the past five weeks, the Washington Post editorial page torches a green cause. Continue reading WashPost: Activists wrong on Keystone XL
Hansen to Royal Society: Skeptics are 'winning the argument'
No wonder given Hansen’s three lame-o arguments for why the “science has become clearer.” Continue reading Hansen to Royal Society: Skeptics are 'winning the argument'
Monarch butterfly back as green cause celebre
Foiled when their Bt corn-monarch butterfly scare failed at the turn of the millenium, the greens are resurrecting the monarch scare with a multi-pronged attack. Continue reading Monarch butterfly back as green cause celebre
Alarmists push back — on Al Gore!
“Al Gore is doing a disservice to science by overplaying the link between climate change and weather” is the title of a commentary written by alarmist Myles Allen in the alarmist The Guardian. Continue reading Alarmists push back — on Al Gore!
Action item: Demand natural variability included in next round of fed climate research
Now is the time to demand that natural variability be the focus of the U.S. Government’s climate change research program. Continue reading Action item: Demand natural variability included in next round of fed climate research
Rethinking climate change as a security threat
“Once upon a time climate change was a strictly environment and development issue. Today it has become a matter of national and international security. Efforts to link climate change with violent conflict may not be based on solid evidence, but they have certainly captured the attention of governments,” says the International Institute for Environment and Development. Continue reading Rethinking climate change as a security threat
Congress (finally) asks: Is science driving EPA policy, or is policy driving science?
Seventeen years after Steve Milloy’s seminal and controversial investigation on behalf of the Department of Energy into whether EPA regulations are driven by science or politics, the House Energy and Commerce Committee gets around to exploring the issue. Continue reading Congress (finally) asks: Is science driving EPA policy, or is policy driving science?