House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has laid on plans (see Memo below) to overturn much of the EPA’s economy- and job-killing agenda. But as good as the memo sounds, mere House votes against the EPA will not do the trick. The House needs to strangle the EPA in ongoing debt and budget negotiations. The House controls government purse strings and needs to use that leverage to stop the EPA, which is one of the biggest threats and obstacles to America’s recovery and prosperity. Continue reading House GOP outlines fall attack on EPA
Category: Climate & Energy
Wind mills more dangerous to eagles than DDT
Killing an eagle can put you in jail for a year and cost $5,000, under federal law. But killing hundreds of eagles in the name of saving the planet earns you taxpayer subsidies? Continue reading Wind mills more dangerous to eagles than DDT
Irene: Another doomsday forecast gone awry
“From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene appeared to have fallen short of the doomsday predictions,” reports the Associated Press.
Green on green violence: Politico smacks down 350.org's Bill McKibben
350.org founder Bill McKibben’s effort to link Hurricane Irene with global warming is so outrageous that even Politico called him on it. Continue reading Green on green violence: Politico smacks down 350.org's Bill McKibben
Gore: Fighting skeptics like fighting racism
Not wanting to be outdone by James Hansen in this week’s climate lunacy contest and apparently envious of Martin Luther King’s new monument on the Washington DC mall, Al Gore likened the battle against climate skeptics to the civil rights struggle against racism: Continue reading Gore: Fighting skeptics like fighting racism
Hansen: Obama a 'hopeless [oil] addict'
NASA’s James Hansen continues adding to his resume of lunacy. Continue reading Hansen: Obama a 'hopeless [oil] addict'
Climatewire: Irene caused by CO2 emissions?
As Hurricane Irene approaches the East Coast, the media is already attempting to link it with the much-dreaded global warming. Continue reading Climatewire: Irene caused by CO2 emissions?
ChiComs rethink EV plans
China’s five-year plan for “new energy” (i.e., electric) vehicles won’t meet its original goal of 1 million vehicles on the road by 2015 without changing the definition of “new energy,” reports the Financial Times.
Another coat of Climategate whitewash
The National Science Foundation has quietly added more obfuscation to the Climategate scandal, this time by whitewashing Penn State’s original whitewash. Flashback: The People v. The Hockey Stick Felony?
EPA exaggerated GHG emissions from fracking, says new study
Estimates used by the EPA and others for greenhouse gas emissions from upstream shale gas production are likely significantly overstated, says a new report from IHS CERA. The estimates are based on assumptions that do not reflect current industry practice and should be reevaluated, the reports says. Click for “Mismeasuring Methane: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Upstream Natural Gas Development”.
Will climate change cause war?
Weather causes war, a new study claims. So should we limit CO2 emissions and give peace a chance? Make love not CO2? Continue reading Will climate change cause war?
Looney Left: 'Climate change is not in our national interest'
350.org chief Bill “King Canute” McKibben reviews a banner at the ongoing protest against the proposed Keystone XL (tar sands) pipeline.
