“Harvard is not considering divesting from companies related to fossil fuels.” [Harvard Crimson]
Category: Green Hell
Gore Doubles Down: Claims to give all his Kleiner Perkins income to climate charity
Gore gets $257,000 for climate speech in Gibraltar
Flashback from Gore’s 2009 Congressional testimony: “And, Congresswoman, if you’re — if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you don’t know me.” Continue reading Gore gets $257,000 for climate speech in Gibraltar
Gore on Sandy (the storm, not a masseuse): 'A disturbing sign of things to come'
“Dirty energy makes dirty weather,” says the dirty hypocrite. [AlGore.com]
RFK Jr: 'Sense of entitlement' builds 'eco-friendly' mansion
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his late wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, didn’t pay a penny for the high-end kitchen appliances, dual-flush toilets, solid brass and zinc faucets, hardwood flooring and hypoallergenic rugs when they created their eco-friendly Westchester mansion. Even the bamboo hangers and the cleaning products were free — a $1.3 million bonanza of swag.
Now five months after Mary Richardson Kennedy’s suicide at the sprawling estate in Bedford, her husband is set to make a windfall.” [New York Post]
Al Gore's Current TV putting itself up for sale
“That’s big-time TV exec speak that roughly translates as ‘We’re getting ready to dump this turkey.'”[CainTV.com]
PBS NewsHour global warming coverage: IPCC/NOAA Scientists – 18**; Skeptic Scientists – 0
[**1/16/15 Author update: The bias ratio now stands at 27 to zero. See below.]
Tom Karl appeared on the NewsHour 7/11 on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to describe how “climate change, including human factors, has increased the odds of extreme weather”. But what are the odds that his appearance there was among three hundred+ other instances where the idea of man-caused global warming was met with not one word of rebuttal from any scientist holding a skeptical viewpoint? Continue reading PBS NewsHour global warming coverage: IPCC/NOAA Scientists – 18**; Skeptic Scientists – 0
Rio+20 sustainability conference: trusts countries after all, but ignores squirrels
While the United Nations packs some highly questionable notions into its Rio+20 “The Future We Want”, it might be helpful to note the suggested changes that weren’t incorporated into it.
Continue reading Rio+20 sustainability conference: trusts countries after all, but ignores squirrels
Greenpeace Hypocrisy: BP's Turtle vs. Wind's Eagle
Greenpeace launched an effort today to spotlight sea life casualties from the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Continue reading Greenpeace Hypocrisy: BP's Turtle vs. Wind's Eagle
FAIL: PBS NewsHour’s Anti-Heartland Institute Hit Piece has Problems Below its Surface
The PBS NewsHour sets up a premise about ‘harmful politics’ of global warming creeping into classrooms that is superficially plausible as long as nobody looks deeply into it. Continue reading FAIL: PBS NewsHour’s Anti-Heartland Institute Hit Piece has Problems Below its Surface
Planet Green rebrands as Destination America
“America” is more popular than “environmentalism.” Continue reading Planet Green rebrands as Destination America
Germany's Far-Right Turns to Environmentalism
Neo-Nazis are going green to make national socialism more marketable. Continue reading Germany's Far-Right Turns to Environmentalism