Category: Climate & Energy

A Stanford social psychologist claims his poll of 1,001 adults conducted in November 2010 shows that Republican candidates who take a “green” position on climate change gain far more votes from Democrat and Independent voters than they lose from Republican voters.

The “non-green” position included the statement that “climate science is junk science” and that “cap-and-trade is a job killer and damages our economy.”

The poll was funded by a September 2010 grant from the Obama administration’s National Science Foundation in the amount of $200,000.

Isn’t it nice that the Obama administration is trying to help Republicans get elected? Very post-partisan.

Apparently desperate to stop the race for the Arctic’s resources, climate alarmists will attempt to link Arctic emissions with Arctic warming, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading Arctic emissions cause Arctic warming?

In November 2009, Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander excused reporter Juliet Eilperin’s biased coverage of climate stories, but he also warned her that readers would be watching — presumably even on national holidays like the Fourth of July. Continue reading Juliet Eilperin flouts WashPost Ombudsman

Electric vehicles aren’t having much of a present; it’s hard to see how they have much of a future. Continue reading Mazda CEO: Not much future for EVs

The comrades are cracking up, reports Grist.

If you need more evidence that cap-and-trade isn’t really market-based, you need look no further than the latest collapse of the EU carbon market. Continue reading Carbon 'markets' aren't

The global warming establishment feels real heat from skeptics and whines about it. Check out this release from the American Tradition Institute.

So I received the following e-mail from Climatewire deputy editor Lisa Friedman in response to my e-mail to editor John Fialka: Continue reading Climatewire: Unfair trade press (Part 2)

The EPA’s Science Advisory Board has endorsed the EPA’s draft Report to Congress on Black Carbon, which concludes that black carbon emissions are the second or third leading cause of global warming. But check out the report’s charts on historical black carbon emissions (pages 4-37 to 4-39). Let us know if you find some correlation between historical black carbon emissions and historical temperatures.

Today’s lesson in why “limited government” is the best government comes courtesy of Dow Chemical and the natural gas industry. Continue reading A Lesson in Limited Government: Dow Chemical vs. Natural Gas Industry