Daily Archives: February 12, 2014

Welcome To Raleigh Snowmageddon

Yes, I’m usually kind of lame at responding to comments during the day. That whole work thing, and it being kind of a pain to type that much on an Android. I have a good excuse for today: I left work around 2pm, and walked in my door at 547pm. It normally takes me around […]

Good News: EPA Clean Coal Rule Could Skyrocket Energy Prices

Sounds like a great idea! (Daily Caller) An Obama administration official has said that the new clean coal rules could increase electricity prices by as much as 80 percent. Dr. Julio Friedmann, the deputy assistant secretary for clean coal at the Department of Energy, told House lawmakers that the first generation of carbon capture and […]

If All You See…

…is warmth created snow from too much use of central heating during fossil fuels created cold snaps, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Black & Right, with the Ewww of the day.

Per Climate Models, The Observations Must Be Wrong

A pithy post by Dr. Roy Spencer 95% of Climate Models Agree: The Observations Must be Wrong I’m seeing a lot of wrangling over the recent (15+ year) pause in global average warming…when did it start, is it a full pause, shouldn’t we be taking the longer view, etc. These are all interesting exercises, but […]

Deranged Envirowackos Demonstrate At Oil Exec’s House

How deranged? This deranged (Washington Free Beacon) Masked protesters carrying torches and threatening organized violence protested outside the home of an executive at a major oil pipeline company last week. Eight environmental activists gathered on the lawn of Mark Maki, a member of the Enbridge Energy Company’s board of directors and president of Enbridge Energy […]

House Passes Clean Debt Ceiling Hike

Many conservatives/Republicans range from agitated to apoplectic. Liberals are crowing. The Washington Post’s uber-leftists (like the WP’s opinion pages aren’t chock full of them, has to be at least a 85-15% split) goes with this provocative headline GOP debt limit extortion is dead Because attempting to limit the insane debt increases is apparently a bad […]

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