October 3, 2011 – 7:43 pm
We’re doomed (NY Times) Some 1,000 years ago, the Chinese named this city “Shanghai” based on its location. It literally means “above the sea.” Those pioneers probably never imagined the situation that confronts this city today: Shanghai is on its way to being below the sea. Climate change is pushing up the sea level globally. […]
October 3, 2011 – 9:12 am
But, they just wanted to heal the planet, save it from evil mankind, which is killing the planet with trace amounts of a gas necessary for life! And, shockingly, the NY Times covers it: A U.S.-Backed Geothermal Plant in Nevada Struggles In a remote desert spot in northern Nevada, there is a geothermal plant run […]
September 28, 2011 – 8:54 am
And all because of DICs When it comes to messaging, the right wing media machine has perfected the ability to turn molehills into mountain. Progressives, on the other hand, have perfected the art of turning mountains into molehills. So Joe’s admitting he’s a hardcore progressive with an agenda? Nowhere is that clearer than in the […]
September 27, 2011 – 8:06 am
All in the name of the climate change hoax* (Daily Caller) The Environmental Protection Agency has said new greenhouse gas regulations, as proposed, may be “absurd†in application and “impossible to administer†by its self-imposed 2016 deadline. But the agency is still asking for taxpayers to shoulder the burden of up to 230,000 new bureaucrats […]
September 26, 2011 – 11:40 am
Unsurprisingly, the Time magazine article by Mark Thompson takes a negative view of the Navy and how they waste money, while failing to take the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ie, Stimulus, Porkulus) to task Washington was buzzing last week with the news that Solyndra LLC, a California solar-energy firm with ties to […]
September 24, 2011 – 9:50 am
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 […]
September 22, 2011 – 6:23 pm
Let’s start off with this Less than three months before declaring bankruptcy, the federally-backed solar power company Solyndra sent a memo to Congress describing the company as “ramping” up its production, “competitive” with foreign rivals, and “on track” to hit its financial targets for the year. Uh huh. And now Solyndra Inc. wants more from […]
September 20, 2011 – 9:59 am
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 […]
September 19, 2011 – 9:41 am
See, the reason that the world is not burning to cinders from slightly above 350ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere….it’s about 387ppm now, a level certainly never seen in the history of the Earth. Doom!……..is because those mean oceans are hiding the effects New analysis led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) suggests […]
September 17, 2011 – 6:03 pm
Well, that’s. Not exactly what Doris funded Think Progress says as they link to back patting from the Climate Reality (sic) Project â€: I am incredibly proud that so many people around the world participated, but it’s also important to remember the individual actions it represents. There are countless stories of impressive grassroots mobilization. A […]
