March 26, 2013 – 11:24 am
In other words, they’re pretty darned white (Washington Post) Minorities in the nation’s largest environmental organizations said in interviews that they feel the same way. In fact, they say, the level of diversity, both in leadership and staff, of groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Sierra Club and the Chesapeake Bay […]
March 23, 2013 – 5:17 pm
Just not the type you’re thinking of (Market Watch) America can boast only 500 green jobs in solar electric power generation, but 886,000 green jobs in government — many for passage of environmental laws, enforcement of environmental regulations, and administration of environmental programs, according to the new count of green jobs for 2011 released by […]
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 5, 2013 – 9:29 am
Well, the editorial board doesn’t specifically call the climate astrologers idiots, but, it’s implies it Environmentalists are fighting the wrong battles Really, they’ve been fighting the wrong battles for over 20 years. Instead of dealing with real environmental issues and wisely pushing for cost effective alternative energy, they’ve been hysterical and wrapping every real issue […]
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 12, 2013 – 3:54 pm
It was a HUUUUUUGE demonstration (via Tom Nelson) (HuffPo) Hurricane Sandy survivors and environmental advocates met in front of the White House on Monday to demand action from President Barack Obama on climate change ahead of his State of the Union address. “We’re here to deliver over 280,000 signatures to President Obama asking for climate […]
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 4, 2013 – 7:33 pm
Well, hey, the EPA already thinks that CO2, a trace gas necessary for life is a pollutant, why not deem water a pollutant? (Fox News) Virginia officials scored a key victory Thursday in their battle with the Environmental Protection Agency over what EPA critics describe as a land takeover. U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady in […]
