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”.
Category: Climate & Energy
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.
Santorum passes, Christie fails climate litmus test
Based on Friday’s climate comments: Rick Santorum is awesome; Chris Christie is still bad. Continue reading Santorum passes, Christie fails climate litmus test
NYTimes: Green jobs = Pipe Dream
“In the Bay Area as in much of the country, the green economy is not proving to be the job-creation engine that many politicians envisioned. President Obama once pledged to create five million green jobs over 10 years. Gov. Jerry Brown promised 500,000 clean-technology jobs statewide by the end of the decade. But the results so far suggest such numbers are a pipe dream,” reports the New York Times. Continue reading NYTimes: Green jobs = Pipe Dream
EPA files legal brief on endangerment finding
EPA filed its legal brief this afternoon with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit defending its December 2009 decision that CO2 emissions threaten public welfare. Here is the EPA’s summary of its argument: Continue reading EPA files legal brief on endangerment finding
Swiss catch Italy cheating on Kyoto?
Switzerland says that Italy is emitting 10-20 times more of the “potent” greenhouse gas trifluoromethane (HFC-23) than the Italians officially report. The Swiss observe, “International agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) basically have one snag: it is almost impossible to independently verify whether participating countries abide by the agreement.”
Rick Perry: Climate scientists 'manipulated data' for 'dollars rolling in'
GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry told the Dallas Morning News that “there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they would have dollars rolling in to their projects. We’re seeing it almost weekly or almost daily, scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change. The cost to the country and to the world of implementing these anti-carbon programs is in the billions if not in the trillions of dollars.” Perry said he would refuse to regulate greenhouse gas emissions based on questionable research.
New global warming scare: Suicidal walrus stampedes
Forget the polar bear. Walruses may soon become the new global warming poster child. Continue reading New global warming scare: Suicidal walrus stampedes
GOP tricked in budget deal: Climate aid hidden in Defense budget
Climate war veterans will remember that President Obama promised at the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference to contribute to a $100 billion fund for third-world kleptocracies. Soon after, though, Secretary Clinton backed away from the promise because of budget concerns. Continue reading GOP tricked in budget deal: Climate aid hidden in Defense budget
NYTimes: Polar bear-gate a 'minor sideshow'
When the New York Times first opined on Climategate (December 6, 2009), the paper called it “noise.” On Saturday, the paper had this to say about Polar bear-gate in an editorial entitled “A Polarizing Polar Bear Investigation“: Continue reading NYTimes: Polar bear-gate a 'minor sideshow'
Shocking: No Obama analysis of anti-coal rules on electricity reliability; Public misled by EPA
The EPA has misled the public by promising but failing to consult with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the impact of the coming slew of EPA utility rules (i.e., EPA Train Wreck) on electricity reliability. Continue reading Shocking: No Obama analysis of anti-coal rules on electricity reliability; Public misled by EPA