Malkin: Obama’s transparency pledges age poorly

“Take note: It wasn’t the AP that originally uncovered Team Obama’s penchant for email sock-puppetry. Chris Horner, Competitive Enterprise Institute fellow and author of “The Liberal War on Transparency,” first exposed former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson’s Internet alter ego, “Richard Windsor,” last year.” Continue reading Malkin: Obama’s transparency pledges age poorly

European floods blamed on global warming

So what was blamed for similar flooding that occurred 500 years ago? Continue reading European floods blamed on global warming

Obama takes first steps toward regulating farmland to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

“The USDA also will calculate the carbon content of farmland to determine which management practices boost soil quality and limit greenhouse-gas emissions…” Continue reading Obama takes first steps toward regulating farmland to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Joe Bastardi blasts Heidi Cullen for ‘climatic ambulance chasing’ after Cullen links storm chaser deaths with global warming

Here’s Heidi’s tweet and Joe’s initial response: Continue reading Joe Bastardi blasts Heidi Cullen for ‘climatic ambulance chasing’ after Cullen links storm chaser deaths with global warming

House panel erupts over EPA sue-settle debate

“House Democrats on Tuesday decried the vilification of so-called sue-and-settle tactics by Republicans and business groups, calling the criticism a “scare tactic” used against liberal groups.” Continue reading House panel erupts over EPA sue-settle debate

Harry Reid: ‘No more important issue in the world’ than global warming

Uttered today by Harry Reid as he reclaimed the floor after the climate speech by Sen. Sheldon “Daffy Duck’ Whitehouse.

Back from the dead: Global warming resurrects moss frozen 400 years ago

AgoraCosmopolitan reports:

Being concealed by ice would seem like passing away. But certain moss lately freed from the deep freeze after four eras seems to be doing just fine. That’s according to a report in the Accounts of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ice sheets the world over are melting back and that’s for the most part true in the Arctic. The meltdown is picking up speed, too.

As the ice melts it exposes the vegetation it had entombed. Scientists collected a sample of such vegetation in the Canadian territory of Nunavut to test its condition. Carbon seeing showed that the flora had not seen the sun from the time of the start of the Little Ice Age, specifically 400 years ago.

Back in the labs kindlier restrains, the moss picked up where they’d left off—the gathered sample extended out into a lively green blanket.

Read more at AgoraCosmopolitan.com.

Warmists: CO2 ‘fertilization’ effect won’t deter climate change

But at least the CO2 fertilization effect is actually happening — more than can be said for CO2-driven catastrophic climate change. Continue reading Warmists: CO2 ‘fertilization’ effect won’t deter climate change

Feds award universities $19.5M for research to save planet by reducing cow farting

“The project’s ultimate goal is to increase the resiliency of dairy production systems while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.” Continue reading Feds award universities $19.5M for research to save planet by reducing cow farting

Dachau Redux: German researchers violate Nuremberg Code in new high altitude human experiment

You would think that 70 years after the high altitude experiments at Dachau, that researchers (especially German ones) would be more aware of the ethics of human research. And what about the Journal of American Medical Association publishing this ethical abomination? Continue reading Dachau Redux: German researchers violate Nuremberg Code in new high altitude human experiment

Winning: Skeptics, tea party have made global warming a GOP litmus test

Even the five surviving GOP congressmen who voted for Waxman-Markey won’t walk the global warming plank again. Continue reading Winning: Skeptics, tea party have made global warming a GOP litmus test

Claim: Global warming to increase risk of severe thunderstorms

This is junk science because: Continue reading Claim: Global warming to increase risk of severe thunderstorms