Category Archives: Environment

Effort To Save Everglades Faulters, Bush’s Fault

Leave it to the NY Times The rescue of the Florida Everglades, the largest and most expensive environmental restoration project on the planet, is faltering. Seven years into what was supposed to be a four-decade, $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction, federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Projects are already years behind […]

TTLF: Good News! Air Fresheners Kill You

File this one under "environmentalists gone wacko(er)" (hat tip Conservative Belle.) A group of heavyweight environmental organizations is asking the federal government to crack down on air fresheners, products that scientific studies show can aggravate asthma and pose other health risks. In response to the groups’ petition filed Wednesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]

Gore Tells Us How To Go Green

In all seriousness, his ideas, while rather basic, are not bad. I’ll be the first to admit that I liked his pre-climahystericy ideas on the environment. I liked John Kerry’s platform for the environment in 2004-except he had no way to pay for it. Just because someone is a political "enemy," doesn’t automatically mean they […]

Cape Wind Opposition Hurt Senator Swimmer

Ooooooh, the chance to combine climate change with Ted Kennedy! Irresistable! (From Real Clear Politics via Michelle M) Once upon a time, Ted Kennedy could count on his daily dose of veneration. The right wing hated the Massachusetts Democrat, but progressives honored him as a defender of old-school liberalism. In a remarkable turnaround, liberals are […]

Kill The Global Warming Moose!

More proof that global warming is pretty much a natural thing A GROWN moose belches out methane gas equivalent to 2100kg of carbon dioxide a year, contributing to global warming, Norwegian researchers say. That is more than twice the amount of CO2 emitted on a round-trip flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Oslo to the […]

How Much Would Climate Change Cost?

How bad are carbon offsets when the Washington Post has a negative article about them? On the Internet, erasing your role in climate change seems as easy as ordering a DVD — and cheaper than a cup of coffee a day. With a click, a credit card and $99, visitors can pay a Silver Spring […]

Low Emissions = Happiness (?)

Silly socialists (BBC) Europe’s carbon emissions have risen markedly over the last 40 years, but the extra fuel use has brought little increase in happiness, a report says. Written by the New Economics Foundation (Nef), it says that reducing social inequality and energy consumption are key drivers of improved wellbeing. Iceland has the highest ratio […]

Global Warming Today: China The Worst

Which begs the question, will the liberal GWACBM disciples go after China like they go after America? (Actually, it begs lots of questions, such as, why are they so fixated on blaming Man to start with, but, let’s move on, shall we?) (Guardian) China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest producer of […]

Contradiction Friday: CFL Bulbs Can Be Dangerous

Well, really, I sorta knew this anyhow (CNSNews.com) – At a time when fluorescent bulbs are gaining in popularity among global warming activists, politicians and consumers, Brandy Bridges discovered a dark side to energy-efficient lighting. With Congress and state legislatures considering fluorescent-only legislation, the Prospect, Maine, resident is going against the grain – removing every […]

Wind Farms: An Excellent Idea

I wish that more communities and States would look at the possibility REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Two hundred towering windmills, each so tall that its blades would loom over the U.S. Capitol Dome, could be built in the Atlantic Ocean near one of Washingtonians’ favorite beach retreats, under a plan being considered in Delaware. The […]

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