Category Archives: Environment

Brrrrrr! It’s Getting Colder, Baby!

So, let’s see: I check ye olde Weather Channel for the ten day forecasts, and it looks like Raleigh, Washington, D.C., and the town in Joisey where my ‘rentals live, and low and behold, they are going to mostly be at or below the average highs. How can that possibly be happening? A new satellite […]

Go Green On NBC. Sigh

Did anyone out there catch the halftime report on NBC during the Redskins-Dallas game? Bubblehead Meredith provided possibly one of the most irresponsible climate change reports of all time. I wish I could find the video, but, she claimed that the seas will rise 200 feet, that climate change has dried up all the water […]

AGW Happenings: Indoctrination, Moving Animals, Moving People

Creating more climazombies A GROUP of Scarborough students learned all about their carbon footprint at a recent roadshow in Scarborough. The Carbon Footprint Roadshow, run by BP, called at George Pindar Community Sports College in Moor Lane, Eastfield. Its aim was to raise awareness about issues surrounding global warming and the students took part in […]

AGW Today: Disease, Zombies, Frogs And Birds

We’re doooooooooomed! Health experts meeting at an international conference this week in Spain predict global warming could lead to the spread of more than a dozen infectious diseases into new regions of the world. If not addressed, the experts say, the development could impact both human and animal health. VOA’s Jessica Berman reports. The Wildlife […]

AGW Today: Cattle Burps, Eating Habits, And Missing Children

Burps? BURPS? What about far….. That cattle herd sitting in the middle of the road, contently chewing away as you honk, is not just traffic nuisance. Research has revealed that cattle belching is speeding up global warming as well! Methane, which ruminating animals like cattle and sheep emit during their digestive cycle when they belch, […]

Grey Lady Now Converses With Bloodthirsty Pirates

You’ve heard about the take over of a Ukrainian warship carrying massive amounts of Russian weapons to Sudan by now, right?  Another in a long line of ships preyed upon in that area. I wonder what religion the pirates are, considering the area? Never mind, not that important at the moment. Well, this ship that […]

4.28 Billion Year Old Rock

Maybe something that only interests me, but, science is cool, and we all need a break from politics now and then The discovery of rocks as old as 4.28 billion years pushes back age of most ancient remnant of Earth’s crust by 300 million years. McGill University researchers have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth […]

AGW Today: Veggies, EU Coordination, Malaria

You know what is one of the real costs of global warming, or, should I write, attempted fixes to AGW? More problems for poor people. Case in point Eating less meat can help rich nations to combat global warming but may not work for poor countries where people depend on livestock for survival, a leading […]

AGW Today: Clean Air Is Bad For The Planet

Of all the things that cause anthropogenic global warming, this has to be the funniest In recent decades, air pollution has dropped, so more sunlight is penetrating the atmosphere, said Martin Wild of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. And what happens when more sunlight penetrates the atmosphere? It makes it down to the ground, […]

Ike Causes Massive Refinery Shutdown

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 […]

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