April 9, 2013 – 9:21 am
While they do get paid a bit more in the “green” economy, a much lower percentage are working in the “green” economy. Supposedly, there are 3.4 million “green” jobs (school bus drivers, scrap metal workers, employee at a bike shop, and, yes, even an oil industry lobbyist) out there, but…. (Climate Progress) ….the green sector […]
April 6, 2013 – 8:32 am
Another “green” company to add to the list of Obama green failures (h/t Dana) (The Hill) Fisker Automotive, a federally backed maker of plug-in hybrid cars, laid off 75 percent of its workers Friday as it struggles to stay afloat and find new capital, according to press accounts. Fisker drew $193 million of a $529 […]
March 15, 2013 – 8:55 am
Once again he’s on the campaign trail for his “green energy” meme (Washington Post) The pitch President Obama will make as he visits the Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago Friday involves a bit of policy jujutsu: let’s take the money we make by producing oil to stop using it altogether. Sequester? What Sequester? […]
March 12, 2013 – 6:52 am
I, and others, have posted material showing that electric cars and hybrids are not exactly environmentally nor hotcoldwetdry friendly. Here’s another in the Wall Street Journal (h/t Dana) Bjorn Lomborg: Green Cars Have a Dirty Little Secret Electric cars are promoted as the chic harbinger of an environmentally benign future. Ads assure us of “zero […]
March 1, 2013 – 8:47 am
Surprising, Mother Jones’ Tim McDonnell never mentions how Democrats, especially the late Ted Kennedy and current Secretary of Climate Change, er, State, John Kerry worked hard to block the Cape Wind project (Mother Jones) Despite massive growth of the offshore wind industry in Europe, a blossoming array of land-based wind turbines stateside, and plenty of […]
February 18, 2013 – 7:14 am
They’re really, really upset about the potential use of Canadian tar sands by fellow Americans (Politico) Tens of thousands of people converged on the National Mall on Sunday to urge President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, a project they say will cause irreparable damage to the climate. The rally, which was organized […]
February 17, 2013 – 3:48 pm
How many times have I and others written about the enviroweenie/climate astrologer groups saying they believe in “green” energy but then protest and sue to stop actual construction? Here’s another (via A View From The Beach) (Power Mag) A legal battle is brewing between the Department of the Interior (DOI) and three public-interest environmental groups […]
February 5, 2013 – 7:37 am
Of course, they’ll have to be pushed there since they can’t travel very far under their own power (Reuters) Recent moves by Japan’s two largest automakers suggest that the electric car, after more than 100 years of development and several brief revivals, still is not ready for prime time – and may never be. In […]
January 26, 2013 – 6:57 am
The big news on court decisions was about the Obama violating the Constitution when he made 3 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (which made Lawyers, Guns, and Money’s Scott Lemieux go barking moonbat with his headline). Yet, another was just as important but slid under the rada (Daily Caller) A federal court […]
January 25, 2013 – 3:56 pm
You know, like in her own home. Her domicile. Her property (The Blaze) Jennifer Stahl has been a strong advocate against the smart meter program in Naperville, Ill., for the last two years. The issue came to a head Wednesday afternoon when she was arrested while refusing to let the utility workers install the controversial […]
