Category: Miscellaneous

“Time to deflate the strategic helium reserve.” Continue reading WashTimes: Another government gas boondoggle

Unfortunately, G. Pascal Zachary also sees Rachel Carson as some sort of model. Perhaps a model of what not to be like? Continue reading ASU prof slams science journalists at AAAS meeting

Nuclear power spreads… except in America. Continue reading Turkey to start construction of first nuclear power plant in 2014

“The global news impact of the Russian meteorite has far outstripped the actual physical impact of the object today, reminding us just how quickly information, and potential disinformation, can spread via the internet.” Continue reading ‘Russia Shot Down The Meteor’ Theory Spreads Online

“Those aren’t meteors falling, it’s the Americans testing new weapons.” Continue reading Denier: Russian lawmaker says US weapons test, not meteorite caused deadly explosion

Unbelievable. Continue reading Video: Russian meteor explosion

“Energy is the key to America’s economic future. In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama promised to fundamentally transform the nation into one increasingly dependent on sunshine and breezes to power the economy. As a result, his lofty vision of U.S. prosperity will likely be clouded by the reality of another four years of stagnation.” Continue reading WashTimes: Green power to the people

The wider your face, the more likely you are to be a racist? The Nazis did this type of crap to assess racial purity. Now a Dartmouth post-doc is doing it to assess racist tendencies? Really? Continue reading Study: Facial width predicts racial prejudice

Enviro group chief cheerleads for Obama’s climate babble. Continue reading NRDC: On climate change, Obama delivered

From the AP: Continue reading AP debunks Obama on gas mileage claim

“Presidents almost always toss a few environmental promises into the State of the Union Address. Then they almost always fail to deliver.” Continue reading State of the Union is often paved with green intentions

After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to control our own energy future. We produce more oil at home than we have in 15 years. We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, and the amount of renewable energy we generate from sources like wind and solar – with tens of thousands of good, American jobs to show for it. We produce more natural gas than ever before – and nearly everyone’s energy bill is lower because of it. And over the last four years, our emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that threatens our planet have actually fallen. Continue reading Read it first: Climate/Energy section of Obama SOTU here!