Category Archives: Enviroweenies

Even The Washington Post Thinks Dumping Taxpayer Money Into Green Enterprises Is A Bad Idea

The actual take-away from the Washington Post editorial is that Obama should appear to be more upset, because it looks bad politically for him to be so blase’ about blowing half a billion dollars on a company that was bound to fail (Washington Post) ONCE THE OBAMA administration’s paragon of a clean-energy future, Solyndra has […]

Newest Enviroweenie/Warmist Idea: Poop Powered Toiletcycle

That shark is starting to get a little to large to jump (Gizmodo) You’re looking at the Toilet Bike Neo. It’s the creation of Japan’s commode-king TOTO and is just what it looks like—a toilet-motorcycle hybrid. That runs on human excrement. Wait, wha? The Toilet Bike Neo will be conducting its roughly 500 mile trip […]

Ugandan Troops Burn Homes, Kill Children In Name Of Globull Warming

Ah, but not in the way you think, as Prison Planet points out Armed troops acting on behalf of a British carbon trading company backed by the World Bank burned houses to the ground and killed children to evict Ugandans from their homes in the name of seizing land to protect against “global warming,” a […]

Good News! Obama Wants To Kill Asthmatic Kids

Well, that’s the headline you’d read from every liberal website if George W. Bush had enacted rules such as this (via the Weekly Standard) Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government’s latest attempt to protect the Earth’s atmosphere. The Food and Drug […]

Good News! Cost Of CFLs To Skyrocket

This one’s a few days old, but, puts a bit of knowledge into the legislating people into CFLs unintended consequences In the name of fighting pollution, China has sent the price of compact fluorescent light bulbs soaring in the United States. By closing or nationalizing dozens of the producers of rare earth metals — which […]

Solyndra Applied For Second Federal Loan

The question is, did they get it? Failed solar panel maker Solyndra’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings show that seven months after the Obama administration’s Department of Energy approved a $535 million federal loan guarantee, Solyndra applied for a second one valued at $469 million. “On September 11, 2009, we applied for a second loan […]

FBI Raids Solyndra

Damn, I guess this was breaking news from earlier, as the FBI has raided Solyndra FBI agents served search warrants this morning at Solyndra, the Fremont solar company that abruptly closed last week, two years after receiving more than $500 million in federal stimulus money, an agency official said. The search is part of a […]

Whoops! Even David Brooks Notices Green Jobs Are A Farce

Must suck when your house of cards falls With the economy stagnating and unemployment high, where are the jobs of the future going to come from? A few years ago, it seemed as though the Green Economy could be a big part of the answer. Only to confirmed leftists. New clean-energy sources could address environmental, […]

Vermont Enviro’s Love Wind Power, Just Not In Vermont

Here we go again, another enviro group which loves “green” energy, but doesn’t want it where they can see it (via Master Resource) Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Annette Smith, executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment. It is not too late for Vermont to stop and take a serious look at wind […]

Shocker: Green Energy Will Kill Jobs And Income Levels

As we approach the time of Obama’s wishy washy jobs whine, we can surely assume that it will include lots of bloviating for more green jobs. And yet another study shows that the government push for these kills real jobs The UK’s headlong rush into renewable energy –one ignored by the rest of the world […]

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