January 31, 2009 – 8:56 am
Time to pony up, True Believers. If you want it, you need to buy it Clean energy investments of $515 billion per year is needed between now and 2030 or carbon emissions will reach levels deemed unsustainable by scientists. That is at least the conclusion participants in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland make. […]
January 30, 2009 – 9:34 am
From the world of AGW, Even left now laughing at global warming So-called “global warming” has shrunk from problem to punch line. And now, Leftists are laughing, too. It’s hard not to chuckle at the idea of Earth boiling in a carbon cauldron when the news won’t cooperate: Nearly four inches of snow blanketed the […]
January 26, 2009 – 7:15 pm
Who could have expected that Obama would be a big States Rights guy, like we on the Conservative side want the GOP to be? Reversing another Bush administration policy, President Obama announced this morning that he will order environmental regulators to immediately look at the request by Massachusetts and at least a dozen other states […]
January 24, 2009 – 9:12 am
The anthropogenic global warming hysterics always talk about consensus. Well, how’s this? A new poll suggests that Americans, preoccupied with the economy, are less worried about rising global temperatures than they were a year ago but remain concerned with solving the nation’s energy problems. The findings are somewhat at odds with President Obama, who has […]
December 14, 2008 – 9:14 am
Will this be the new meme to push governments to deal with AGW? Climate Change ‘hits poor hardest’ Sir David Attenborough and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have called on world leaders to do more to protect the poor from the devastating effects of climate change. The two were among 19 signatories of a letter to The Times […]
December 10, 2008 – 8:01 am
Well, if not, get ready: Science paves way for climate lawsuits People affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue the oil and power companies they blame for global warming, a leading climate expert has said. Myles Allen, a physicist at Oxford University, said a breakthrough that allows scientists to […]
December 3, 2008 – 8:26 am
Who turned off the heat? There’s nothing a lion likes better than stretching out in the sun to take a lazy afternoon nap. But if they had any hopes of warm weather, this pride in Scotland were in for a big disappointment when temperatures dropped below zero yesterday. Maybe they could send Al Gore over, […]
September 25, 2008 – 8:30 am
Update: While searching Thomas for what Congress did yesterday, I ran across this gem H.R.7051 : To prohibit issuance of any lease or other authorization by the Federal Government that authorizes exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in the fishing grounds known […]
September 24, 2008 – 9:34 am
The Surrender Monkey is thrilled, and demanded he be given special time today, because, he does appreciate a good surrender Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set […]
September 13, 2008 – 1:21 pm
Um, this really blows (all pun intended) (Bloomberg) Hurricane Ike, which made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast today, caused more than 19 percent of the nation’s refining capacity to close and may limit fuel deliveries across the country. At least 13 refineries in Texas shut down as Ike approached. Gulf Coast refineries and ports […]
