Category Archives: Environment

Six Flags Great Adventure To Cut Down 18k Trees For Solar Panels

Sadly, this is serious NJ theme park to cut 18K trees to go solar http://t.co/ob4Na1xAOK pic.twitter.com/F2x5t2Nrhm — NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) March 27, 2015 A theme park plans to cut down more than 18,000 trees for the construction of what it says will be the largest solar farm in New Jersey. Six Flags Great Adventure […]

Big Wind Practicing Mountain-top Removal In Vermont

I’ve mentioned multiple times that I am no big fan of coal, and would like to see it replace with a viable alternative that is environmentally cleaner (environmentally meaning the environment, not CO2) and has a similar power density and cost. Furthermore, mountaintop removal has always been horrible, though, it is considerably safer for workers […]

Say, Should Tackling Hotcoldwetdry Trump Real Environmental Concerns?

That’s what Miles King at the UK Guardian wants to know, though he puts it without snark Should tackling climate change trump protecting nature? Does the need to mitigate the effects of man-made climate change override the need to protect nature? Climate change is with us, and is one of nine reasons why scientists are […]

Study Highlights Extreme Amount Of Plastic Pollution In Oceans

I rarely drop so many posts in the morning, and I have several more sitting in draft, as well as some other pieces of interest saved to Pocket, but I feel rather strongly on this one. Kudos to typically hyper – Warmist Chris Mooney for leaving “climate change” out of the story (others, who will […]

Greenpeace Pulls “Spreading Awareness” Stunt, Faces Criminal Charges In Peru

And they’re really, really sorry. Because they got caught (UK Daily Mail) Peru has vowed to prosecute Greenpeace activists after they allegedly damaged the world-famous Nazca lines during an environmental publicity stunt. Activists from the group unfurled cloth letters spelling out a green energy slogan at the millennia-old site on Monday, adjacent to where the […]

Climate Change Blamed For Coyote And Bear Attacks

Because they say so (Climate Progress) In September, the Los Angeles area community of Seal Beach decided to start trapping and euthanizing coyotes in response to several pet deaths associated with the thriving urban predators. This controversial trap-and-kill policy is one of the most eye-catching developments in recent years as urban and rural wildlife boundaries […]

Hydro-electric Dams Now Deemed Bad For “Climate Change”

Remember the good old days when Warmists said we should transition away from fossil fuels for energy and look towards solar, wind, geothermal and hydrothermal? Well, wind is known to have a negative impact on the environment. Solar power is not exactly great for the environment, either. Many environmental groups have protested the building of […]

Obama To Implement More Stringent Ozone Regulations

Amongst the 3415 new regulations Team Obama is quietly implementing, this is one that I actually rather agree with (NY Times)  The Obama administration is expected to release on Wednesday a contentious and long-delayed environmental regulation to curb emissions of ozone, a smog-causing pollutant linked to asthma, heart disease and premature death. The sweeping regulation, […]

Bummer: New GOP Senate Gearing Up To Cause Climate Mayhem

Grist’s Ben Adler is Very Concerned The new GOP Senate is already gearing up to cause climate mayhem … But their biggest win by far was taking control of the U.S. Senate. As of this writing, Republicans had already secured 52 Senate seats, thanks to knocking off Democratic incumbents or replacing retiring Democrats in Arkansas, […]

Post-Islamic Terrorist Attacks, CBC Wonders If Islam Is The “Green Religion”

Canada has seen two terrorist attacks in recent weeks. First there was the hit and run by an Islamist on a Canadian soldier. Then there was a the gunman who killed another Canadian solder, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police state was driven by ideology. Islamic ideology. Now we get this from the Canadian […]

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