While he won’t win an awards from skeptics for courage, Mitt Romney made a baby step in the right direction on EPA greenhouse gas regulation. Continue reading Romney: EPA carbon regulation a 'mistake'
Category: Climate & Energy
Ombudsman trashes NYTimes anti-fracking story
The New York Times ombudsman takes the same dim view (but more politely) as JunkScience of the the Times‘ recent attack on fracking. It’s too bad, however, that the dubious fracking stories were on the Times‘ front page, while the ombudsman’s critique is on Page 10 of the Sunday Review section.
House GOP hits EPA on collusion with enviros, tox assessments
House Republicans have opened up two long-overdue lines of attack on the EPA. Continue reading House GOP hits EPA on collusion with enviros, tox assessments
Another win: Utility pulls plug on carbon capture project
American Electric Power has pulled the plug on its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Mountaineer facility in West Virginia reports the New York Times — and we helped. Continue reading Another win: Utility pulls plug on carbon capture project
Ocean 'acidification' threatens mussels?
Guess which “scientists” at University of California-Davis have apparently never heard of natural selection? Continue reading Ocean 'acidification' threatens mussels?
Cellulosic ethanol not working out for BP — or anyone else
Remember that “Beyond Petroleum” TV ad with the pudgy farm boy who wondered if biofuels were the future of fuel (or some such nonsense)? Well, the answer is looking like, “no.” Continue reading Cellulosic ethanol not working out for BP — or anyone else
EPA riders sabotaged from within House GOP?
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) thinks someone within the GOP-controlled House Energy and Commerce Committee sabotaged efforts to rein in the EPA through the appropriations process. We have an idea for where to start looking. Continue reading EPA riders sabotaged from within House GOP?
10 House GOP-ers whose political lights need to be switched off in 2012
The House failed to repeal the incandescent light bulb ban yesterday. Continue reading 10 House GOP-ers whose political lights need to be switched off in 2012
What makes a scientific expert? Congressional Democrats offer a shocking answer
What makes a scientific expert? Knowledge? Expertise? Accomplishment? Respect of one’s colleagues? A new bill introduced in Congress has a shocking new answer. Continue reading What makes a scientific expert? Congressional Democrats offer a shocking answer
Update: High extinction risk from climate change?
When last we left Ilya Maclean’s claim that ongoing climate change represented a major threat to biodiversity, our probe had been put off by an autoresponder e-mail from Maclean:
I am out of office until Tuesday 12th July.
But true to his word, Maclean got back to me this morning: Continue reading Update: High extinction risk from climate change?
High extinction risk from climate change?
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims to “provide strong empirical support for the assertion that anthropogenic climate change is now a major threat to global biodiversity”… just don’t ask for an example. Continue reading High extinction risk from climate change?
Climate alarmism downgraded from Michael Mann's 'near-certainty' to Michael Mann's 'hypothesis'
It’s been almost a week since the publication of Michael L. Mann’s new climate study and everyone has missed the only notable part of it. Continue reading Climate alarmism downgraded from Michael Mann's 'near-certainty' to Michael Mann's 'hypothesis'