Greenpeace Piracy: Activists storm ship carrying Australian coal

“Our leaders are failing us so it’s up to us to take civil disobedience and to slow down and stop these coal ships. We are set to stay here as long as it takes.” Continue reading Greenpeace Piracy: Activists storm ship carrying Australian coal

20 Years Ago: 4-24-93 — EPA makes air conditioning repair more costly: Refrigerants can’t be vented during repair

Did it make a difference in the “ozone hole”? See for yourself. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-24-93 — EPA makes air conditioning repair more costly: Refrigerants can’t be vented during repair

20 Years Ago: 4-23-93 — Greenpeace sets off air raid siren during European Community meeting on global warming

A banner was simultaneously unfurled that read: “EC – Free Us From Climate Disaster.” Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-23-93 — Greenpeace sets off air raid siren during European Community meeting on global warming

Ineptocracy: Incompetence and Dysfunction Rampant at Energy Department

Nowhere have the ineptocrats been more evident than in President Obama’s Department of Energy, under the management of soon-departing Secretary Steven Chu. Continue reading Ineptocracy: Incompetence and Dysfunction Rampant at Energy Department

20 Years Ago: 4-22-93 — John Christy says dire reports of global warming not based on reliable data; Satellite data show no warming

From the days when a skeptic could get published in the MSM — here, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Christy offers a good overview of the satellite monitoring system he and Roy Spencer developed. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-22-93 — John Christy says dire reports of global warming not based on reliable data; Satellite data show no warming

Hypocrisy: Enviro Journalist Society calls EPA e-mail scandal ‘totally bogus’; An effort to ‘politically damage EPA’

For the Society of Environmental Journalists, EPA transparency is only a problem when enviros can’t get info out of EPA. Continue reading Hypocrisy: Enviro Journalist Society calls EPA e-mail scandal ‘totally bogus’; An effort to ‘politically damage EPA’

20 Years Ago: 4-21-93: President Clinton commits to reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2000 — Reality: Emissions 13% higher

A surprise since the day before, the AP had reported that he would avoid such a commitment. Check out how Clinton did with respect to his commitment. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-21-93: President Clinton commits to reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2000 — Reality: Emissions 13% higher

20 Years Ago: 4-20-93 — President Clinton declines to make specific global warming commitment in first Earth Day address

In 1992, then-Sen. Al Gore had criticized President George H.W. Bush for weakening the global warming treaty to delete specific targets before he would sign it at the Earth Summit. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-20-93 — President Clinton declines to make specific global warming commitment in first Earth Day address