June 4, 2012 – 8:34 am
California has lots and lots of environmental regulations that stifle business and its economy. Now, not all of them are bad, but, what’s a Democrat governor to do when these regulations get in the way of his high dollar boondogle? (Oakland Tribune) Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to fast-track California’s $69 billion high-speed rail project […]
May 28, 2012 – 7:20 pm
And it’ll only cost another $500,000 (via Tom Nelson) (LA Times) Now, in what has become one of the most critical conservation issues in the state, wind farms are considering using radar units and experimental telemetry systems that they hope will avoid harming birds by identifying incoming species early enough to switch off the massive […]
May 18, 2012 – 3:10 pm
Then we’d be Saved! (Grist) Nothing like deprivation to muddy up your understanding of “want†vs. “need.†For instance, here’s a sampling of items I’ve considered “needs†over the past two weeks: new sports bras, shower curtain, new couch pillows, lime-squeezer kitchen gadget, iPad case, duchess satin bridesmaid dress, cat scratching post, and a handmade […]
April 29, 2012 – 2:45 pm
Extreme environmentalism run amok (East Oregonian) Oregon officials were successful in getting permission to kill sea lions that feed on protected salmon trying to swim upriver to spawn. Now they want federal approval to shoot a sea bird that eats millions of baby salmon trying to reach the ocean. In an April 5 letter to […]
April 23, 2012 – 3:02 pm
The strong arm of government tyranny strikes again (Human Events) Planning a vacation this summer to Miami’s Biscayne Bay for a little fishing? Think again, because the National Park Service wants to set aside a large swath of the pristine area as a marine reserve zone, so you might have to leave the fishing poles […]
April 21, 2012 – 11:08 am
I’d forgotten about this story, which I saw a few days ago at a different news outlet, till I was perusing the blogroll, and saw it over at the Lonely Conservative (Fox News) The upcoming United Nations environmental conference on sustainable development will consider  a breathtaking array of carbon taxes, transfers of trillions of dollars […]
April 19, 2012 – 7:49 am
Resident Grist Warmist David Roberts says this graph should “make your blood run cold” (via Tom Nelson) That’s from a new report — “Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence†— from folks at the Breakthrough Institute, Brookings Institution, and World Resources Institute. It’s a welcome and much-needed attempt […]
April 14, 2012 – 1:21 pm
Yet another report that confirms the reality that Obama’s green jobs push was an utter failure (via The Lonely Conservative) (al Reuters) Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada, to celebrate his administration’s efforts to promote “green energy.” Stretching row upon row […]
April 12, 2012 – 12:09 pm
Actually, this is kind of a bummer: we do need to use more alternative energy sources. Most conservatives would agree. What we don’t agree with is how they have been pushed by liberal governments (Bloomberg) Global investment in clean energy dropped to its lowest since the depths of the financial crisis three years ago as […]
March 19, 2012 – 3:20 pm
The green boondoggles continue (NLPC) Securities law firms are lining up to get a piece of the action after a class action lawsuit was filed against federally subsidized First Solar, Inc., allegedly because the company failed to disclose the massive costs it was incurring due to defects in its solar panels, leading investors to believe […]
