Category: Green Hypocrisy

“Green Hell” for empty-nesters? Older couples who don’t downsize are “housing hoarders”, says a Labour Party-backed think-tanker. But where do his parents live? Continue reading Exposed: 'Housing Hoarding' Hypocrite

Why is perfectly legal funding for a climate skeptic a big trade press story but possibly illegal income paid to a government climate alarmist a non-story? Continue reading Climatewire: Unfair trade press

If Brown University Prof. Barrett Hazeltine wants to be a green activist he really ought to avoid participating in piggish consumption. Continue reading More Five-Star Green Hypocrisy

Quite an ironic way of thinking for the parent of four children and one of the planet’s most ravenous consumers:

Could a luxury cruise ship rely on renewable energy? Continue reading Cruisin' with The Nation: Why red isn't the new green (Update #2)

Sure the world is full of multimillionaire and even multibillionaire socialists, but Carol Browner holds a dear place in our hearts. Continue reading Carol Browner: Not just another multimillionaire socialist

On April 4 we spotlighted the fluorescent green hypocrisy of a cruise to the Caribbean sponsored by the left-wing rag The Nation.

The Nation‘s editor Kristina vanden Heuvel recently said that,

…the money the government currently doles out to the oil and gas companies could instead go into the pockets of all Americans, where it could be put to much better use investing in green cars and other environment-friendly initiatives.

So if we divide the $4 billion in annual oil and gas subsidies by 300 million people that works out to about $13.33 per person — not quite enough to meet the $1,836 to $5,418 cost to cruise (in a not too environmentally friendly manner, by the way) with Katrina and Van Jones.

… so why should anyone else? Continue reading Fred Krupp doesn't listen to himself…

By Steve Milloy

You can’t imagine the thunderous LOL that emanated from my office last Saturday when I opened my copy of the April 11th issue of The Nation. Yes, you read that right — The Nation, that long-time voice of American comrade-ism. Continue reading Cruisin' with The Nation: Why red isn't the new green

Levi Strauss & Co. is so worried about CO2 emissions that it quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in protest over the Chamber’s opposition to climate legislation.

But if Levi Strauss were really concerned about CO2 levels, it would also go out of business.

According to the company’s own analysis, a typical pair of the company’s jeans is responsible for about:

• 70 pounds of CO2 emissions;
• 750 gallons of water use; and
• 111 kilowatt-hours of electricity use.

About 450 million pairs of jeans are sold in the U.S. annually. Of this amount, about one-third are sold by Levi Strauss.

Simple math indicates, therefore, that Levi Strauss annual sales of jeans are responsible for about:

• 7.5 million tons CO2 emissions — equal to the annual emissions of 625,000 SUVs;
• 112 billion gallons of water use — about the annual water use of 879,000 homes; and
• 1.67 gigawatt-hours of electricity use — about the annual use of 150,000 average homes.

To help Levi Strauss save the planet, then, the answer is clear: we should go naked and it should go broke.