Environmental safety rules have reached “mad” levels because of a failure to understand the difference between risk and hazard, the Government’s former chief scientific adviser has said. Continue reading Ex-UK Science Advisor: Environmental safety rules have reached ‘mad’ levels because of a failure to understand the difference between risk and hazard
Chicago mother wins $150K Goldman Prize for shutting down 2 coal plants
She’ll be able to afford more expensive electricity. What about her neighbors? Continue reading Chicago mother wins $150K Goldman Prize for shutting down 2 coal plants
Billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham: ‘Anyone with a brain knows that climate change needs governmental leadership’
A billionaire proves the Peter Principle. Comments by Grantham in an interview by The Guardian. Continue reading Billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham: ‘Anyone with a brain knows that climate change needs governmental leadership’
20 Years Ago: 4-15-93 — Greenpeace says its goal is to end the use of oil by 2013
Let’s see how that worked out. Continue reading 20 Years Ago: 4-15-93 — Greenpeace says its goal is to end the use of oil by 2013
Paper: EPA asking enviros to return personal data on farmers ‘like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube’
“The Environmental Protection Agency endangered about 80,000 farmers and ranchers and their families — and showed whose side it’s really on — by releasing personal information on them to radical environmental groups.” Continue reading Paper: EPA asking enviros to return personal data on farmers ‘like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube’
Study: Rate of warming over the past century highly unusual but not unprecedented in context of natural climate variability
The researchers analysed a 364-metre long ice core drilled from James Ross Island, off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, near where the massive Larsen B ice shelf disintegrated in early 2002. Continue reading Study: Rate of warming over the past century highly unusual but not unprecedented in context of natural climate variability
Desperate: Van Jones tries resurrecting MLK Jr as a warmist — RealityDrop: Fossil fuels have raised more poor people out of poverty than any enviro
Desperate enviros make desperate reaches. Continue reading Desperate: Van Jones tries resurrecting MLK Jr as a warmist — RealityDrop: Fossil fuels have raised more poor people out of poverty than any enviro
Nature Mag Admits: Recent climate, glacier changes in Antarctica within normal bounds; Changes cannot be attributed with confidence to manmade global warming
Their new research suggests the ’90s were not greatly different from some other decades – such as the 1830s and 1940s – that also showed marked temperature spikes. Continue reading Nature Mag Admits: Recent climate, glacier changes in Antarctica within normal bounds; Changes cannot be attributed with confidence to manmade global warming
Study: Summer Antarctic melting has increased 10-fold since mid-20th century
“Today, we see almost ten times as much (5%) of the annual snowfall melting each year.” Continue reading Study: Summer Antarctic melting has increased 10-fold since mid-20th century
Study: Cutting specific pollutants would slow sea level rise
Of course, sea level must be rising somewhere first. Continue reading Study: Cutting specific pollutants would slow sea level rise
NYTimes sows chemophobia: Asserts almost 85,000 chemicals not proven safe; Babies born ‘pre-polluted’; Wants mandatory expensive testing
The reality is that chemicals have helped people around the world live healthier, wealthier and longer lives. In contrast, anti-chemical fearmongering has accomplished little, if anything. Continue reading NYTimes sows chemophobia: Asserts almost 85,000 chemicals not proven safe; Babies born ‘pre-polluted’; Wants mandatory expensive testing
China, U.S. agree to cooperate on climate change
Meanwhile they allow lunatic North Korea to threaten others with nuclear destruction. Continue reading China, U.S. agree to cooperate on climate change