DNC Decides They’d Once Again Love Some Of That Sweet, Sweet Fossil Fuels Companies Cash

By William Teach August 11, 2018 – 7:56 am

After railing against fossil fuels and fossil fuels companies, after many Democrats at the state and local levels, with the blessing of national figures, suing fossil fuels companies, and passing a resolution stating they won’t take fossil fuels companies money, and having ‘climate change’ in their platform, which includes

Climate change is an urgent threat and a defining challenge of our time. Fifteen of the 16 hottest years on record have occurred this century. While Donald Trump has called climate change a “hoax,” 2016 is on track to break global temperature records once more. Cities from Miami to Baltimore are already threatened by rising seas. California and the West have suffered years of brutal drought. Alaska has been scorched by wildfire. New York has been battered by superstorms, and Texas swamped by flash floods. The best science tells us that without ambitious, immediate action across our economy to cut carbon pollution and other greenhouse gases, all of these impacts will be far worse in the future. We cannot leave our children a planet that has been profoundly damaged.

…We will transform American transportation by reducing oil consumption through cleaner fuels, vehicle electrification increasing the fuel efficiency of cars, boilers, ships, and trucks. We will make new investments in public transportation and build bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure across our urban and suburban areas. Democrats believe the tax code must reflect our commitment to a clean energy future by eliminating special tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuel companies as well as defending and extending tax incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy.

…Democrats believe that climate change is too important to wait for climate deniers and defeatists in Congress to start listening to science, and support using every tool available to reduce emissions now.

The pretty much want to stop frakking, do away with gasoline/oil, they mention they back Obama on stopping Keystone XL, and oppose drilling on all public lands. Yet

From the link

The Democratic National Committee passed a resolution Friday afternoon that activists say effectively reverses a ban on fossil fuel company donations.

The resolution introduced by DNC Chair Tom Perez states that the party “support[s] fossil fuel workers” and will accept donations from “employers’ political action committees.” It was approved by a 30-2 vote just two months after the committee adopted another resolution prohibiting donations from fossil fuel companies by a unanimous vote.

The new resolution nods to “forward-looking employers” that are “powering America’s all-of-the-above energy economy and moving us towards a future fueled by clean and low-emissions energy technology, from renewables to carbon capture and storage to advanced nuclear technology.”

Some Democrats are livid, and they’ll take long, fossil fueled flights and car rides to let the DNC know. The DNC is mostly waffling on the reasons for this, but, this looks like a biggie

Hinojosa said the resolution came in response to “concerns from Labor” that the original fossil fuel donations ban “was an attack on workers.” Just 4.4 percent of workers in the mining sector ― including coal, oil and gas ― are union members, according to the Union Membership and Coverage Database. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, however, remains a strong supporter of building pipelines and donated more than $305,000 to the DNC this year.

On one hand they’re trying to kill off projects that put money in the pockets of workers, on the other they’re trying to get campaign donations from those same workers.

The question now becomes whether any of the companies will give money to Democrats. They have to know that it would be a waste, because it won’t influence Democrats to offer support to the companies.

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Excitable Joe Romm: Trump’s Re-election Could Maybe Lead To A Climate Death Spiral

By William Teach August 10, 2018 – 3:31 pm

But, hey, remember, this is all about science!

Why Trump’s reelection may lead to a climate death spiral

Do we really need to go beyond the unhinged headline? Seriously, maybe it would be best to call these people Climatruthers, like the 9/11 conspiracy nutjobs were called Truthers or Twoofers, because both think that they are using science to push conspiracy theories. Well, let’s go on, so I can drop a graphic in

Our current climate is near the very edge of stability, according to a major new study by 16 leading climate scientists.

We are pushing the planet toward an irreversible “Hothouse Earth” — catastrophic warming of 9°F (5°C) or more with sea level rise of up to 200 feet — the study warns. And we may be much closer to the “point of no return” than most people realize.

Simply meeting the near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets that more than 190 nations agreed to in the 2015 Paris Climate Accord is not enough to be certain of avoiding this fate, the study states.

(blah blah blah to the end)

What’s news is that one international team of scientists say we may be close to the point of no return for the Hothouse Earth — and that we have a president, who, if he is able to continue his climate-destroying policies into a second term may make  avoiding that point of no return all but impossible.

The climatruthers will be singing the same “doom is juuuuuuust around the corner” song a 100 years from now as the climate flips to a Holocene cool period.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 10, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is wood rotting from too much carbon pollution heat, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on the NFL’s male cheerleaders.

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Man Arrested For California Wildfire, Charged With Arson And Climate Change

By William Teach August 10, 2018 – 10:30 am

It’s funny how every time there’s a wildfire the Cult of Climastrology blames “climate change’, and then we find out it was from poorly maintained electric lines or someone set the fire

Holy Fire: Man suspected of arson for California fire that put 20,000 people under evacuation

A man has been arrested in connection with the Holy Fire in California that has caused more than 20,000 people to be evacuated from their homes.

Police in Orange County have arrested suspect Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, on suspicion of arson. Mr Clark was booked into Orange County jail for two counts of felony arson, one count of felony threat to terrorise and one count of misdemeanour arrest,according to officials from the Cleveland National Forest. He has been held on $1m bail. (snip)

“This is a monster,” said Todd Spitzer, Orange County supervisor. “Who would go out with low humidity and high wind and the highest heat temperatures this time of the year…” (snip)

The suspect apparently has a strained relationship with some of his neighbours. Weeks before the fire, Mr Clark allegedly sent a message to Mike Milligan, a volunteer fire chief in the community, reading: “The place is going to burn just like you planned.”

Of course, Warmists will manufacture links that this wouldn’t be as bad without ‘climate change’, because this is what they do. In fact, there are less wildfires now. And we can’t forget environmental laws that stop the clearing of brush in a place that historically is dry and windy during certain parts of the year.

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Surprise: Democratic Socialist Darling Refuses To Debate

By William Teach August 10, 2018 – 8:03 am

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated that she would debate anyone, and, when an offer was made, she made it about sexism

(Fox News) Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro challenged democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a debate, offering to donate $10,000 to her campaign if she accepted — but it triggered a sparring match online.

Shapiro initially tweeted a video on Wednesday in which he mocked Democratic National Committee chairperson Tom Perez for calling Ocasio-Cortez, a New York congressional candidate, the “future of the Democratic Party,” before issuing his challenge.

“Miss Ocasio-Cortez, I’m really excited that you’ve been elevated to that position and I would love to have a real conversation with you about the issues. You’ve noted that you think Republicans are afraid to debate you or talk to you or discuss the issues with you,” Shapiro said.

“Not only am I eager to discuss the issues with you, I’m willing to offer $10,000 to your campaign, today, for you to come on our Sunday special,” he continued. “We can have an hour long conversation about all the topics under the sun, really probe your belief system.”

Here’s how she responded

To which Shapiro responded

Discussion and debate are not “bad intentions.” Slandering someone as a sexist catcaller without reason or evidence does demonstrate cowardice and bad intent, however.

We shouldn’t be surprised that AOC would refuse to debate her beliefs, nor go down the sexism route, because, really, even her discussions with friendly media have turned into dumpster fires they’re so bad.

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Democrat Anti-ICE Talk Leads Man To Offer $500 To Kill A Federal Immigration Officer

By William Teach August 10, 2018 – 7:51 am

Now, just imagine that some sort of push by a Republican led to a Trump supporter offering money to anyone who would, say, kill a Planned Parenthood abortion doctor. Would this be splashed all over the news? Instead of mostly being a small story?

(CBS Miami) A man who offered on social media to pay $500 to anyone who would kill a federal immigration officer was arrested on Thursday, prosecutors said.

Law enforcement officials said they hope the arrest of Brandon Ziobrowski sends the message that they will not tolerate a rise in threats against immigration officers and others amid increasingly heated political debates.

“The agents and officers out there enforcing federal laws are doing their job, plain and simple,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said. “Those who disagree with their mission are of course free to say so. But there is a difference between public debate and intentionally putting others in fear of their lives.”

Ziobrowski, of Cambridge, is charged with using interstate and foreign commerce to transmit a threat to injure another person. He was arrested in New York, where he was visiting a friend.

His Twitter account was finally suspended, but not before someone in the government grabbed a screenshot

And he’s also not a big fan of the police

Ziobrowski also tweeted about his desire to kill Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain and said guns “should only be legal for shooting the police like the second amendment intended,” prosecutors say.

Perhaps some reporter could ask Democrats like Kirsten Gillibrand about their abolish ICE push.

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Say, Are Hail And East Coast Tornadoes Signs Of ‘Climate Change’ Doom?

By William Teach August 9, 2018 – 3:24 pm

We used to just call this “weather.” Now, every time a storm happens the “news” media has to wonder whether these are signs of doom due to newspapers delivering their tree killing editions in fossil fueled vehicles. First up, the NYC paper with a virulent racist on its editorial board

Tornadoes on the East Coast May Be a Sign of Things to Come

A tornado, albeit a weak one, touched down in New York City last Thursday, in the College Point neighborhood of Queens. A few days earlier, a stronger tornado was spotted near the town of Douglas, in central Massachusetts. And a few days later a whirlwind ripped through nearby Webster, displacing dozens of people from their damaged homes.

The storms were far from the region in the middle of the country known as Tornado Alley, where the bulk of the nation’s tornadoes occur. In a summer already marked by simmering heat that researchers have linked to global warming, is climate change also making tornadoes more common in places where they once were infrequent?

Though individual weather events are distinct from the more broadly changing climate, global warming does influence weather patterns. Still, any link between climate change and the frequency of tornadoes is far from straightforward, according to researchers.

First, the point was made that this is out of the ordinary, despite the fact that summer is typically a time when tornadic activity tends to move to the east coast. Tornado Alley is more of a spring and fall thing. Did writer Kendra Pierre-Louis know this or do any research, or did she just impart what she thought was Science because she heard the phrase “Tornado Alley” and ran with it? Regardless, the point here is to fear monger early on before people moved on to other stories while tweeting about how east coast tornadoes are signs of climate change doom, thinking they never ever happened prior.

In fact, if you read the rest of the article, you’ll find out that scientists really have no clue, though you have a few that attempt to impart opinion without actual scientific fact.

And then

Does climate change contribute to severe hailstorms in Colorado?

Monday’s hailstorm and two earlier this summer in Colorado Springs and southern El Paso County were part of what atmospheric scientists are calling an “active” but not unusual year for hail events.

“This is a more active year than normal, but convective storms in July and August are not totally out of the ordinary,” said Katja Friedrich, an associate professor in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. “It is still an unfortunate event with repercussions, though, because of the damage at places like the zoo.”

In fact, despite some squishy writing, the answer is somewhere between “probably not and we have not a clue.” Good for writer Liz Forster for starting out with an attempt to tell all those who freaked out about the round of hail and blamed ‘climate change’ that they need to just calm down and take a chill pill. Because people did freak. Hail, and tornadoes, have always been around.

https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/1026969898566737920

And, even if there is an uptick during a warm period (and what happens during cool periods?), there is no proof that this is mostly/solely caused by Mankind.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 9, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post on wealth shaming Betsy De Vos.

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We’re Totally At A New Tipping Point, But We Can Do Something About It

By William Teach August 9, 2018 – 10:30 am

This has been huge among the Cult of Climastrology members over the past few days

Scientists warn of ‘hothouse’ tipping point

An international team of scientists released a new study this week warning that even if governments around the world meet the carbon emission reductions called for in the Paris Agreement, there is a risk of ‘no return’ towards climate change as Earth hits what they called a “hothouse” tipping point. The authors warn that the transition towards an emission-free world economy has to be accelerated before parts of the planet become inhabitable due to changes in climate and (the most pressing issue for the Cayman Islands) sea-level rise.

“Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene“, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, warns of a domino effect as natural phenomena currently storing greenhouse gases emit those gases in a warmer world.

So, essentially the same old doom and gloom, predicting tipping points that always fail to materialize, assigning causation to mankind while mostly ignoring nature, except, of course, when they say that mankind is simply making natural processes worse, and why are you questioning them, you darned deniers!!!!! Which leads us to Mother Jones on the same subject

Stop Despairing and Do Something About Climate Change

In all fairness, even writer Eric Holthaus notices the unhinged, breathless coverage of the scary prognostication from the media

Well, the authors say, it will be existentially difficult to adapt to a world with runaway permafrost melt, global forest die-offs, rapid sea level rise, and supercharged extreme weather. These aren’t just tipping points. The authors call them tipping cascades. That kind of world will make the current version of Earth look like paradise.

But the bottom line is, we have no choice but to press on through this fear. This is our actual planet we’re talking about, the only place in the entire universe capable of supporting life as we know it.

The next decade will almost surely decide our fate. That should empower us. It means every act has meaning; we have the chance to save the world as we know it every single day. In this scenario we now find ourselves in, radical, disruptive climate action is the only course of action that makes sense.

What, what acts are they?

Liverman and the other authors anticipated a defeatist response and published a multi-page document of possible solutions which, when combined with other research on the most important actions people can take, gives a blueprint for hope, not despair.

Well, that’s pretty much it. Stop despairing and do something which I won’t really tell you about.

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Judge Hears Texas’ Arguments To End DACA

By William Teach August 9, 2018 – 8:58 am

On one hand, you have some judges supporting this unconstitutional and extra-legal program which was only supposed to be temporary but is really meant to give these illegals permanent standing. On the other, you have people who say “hey, we have laws”

(Texas Tribune) The state of Texas will continue to incur irreparable financial harm if an Obama-era immigration program isn’t halted immediately, attorneys for the state argued in Houston on Wednesday.

But lawyers representing nearly two dozen recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program countered by saying Texas sat back for six years and did nothing, and its attorneys have yet to prove the harm the state claims it has faced since the program was implemented in 2012.

Those were just two of the arguments presented to U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen on Wednesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Trump Administration in May to end the 2012 program, which protects immigrants brought into the U.S. as children from deportation and allows them to obtain a two-year work permit.

Hanen in 2015 halted a more far-reaching immigration program, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA, after he agreed with Texas and 25 other states that the initiative was too broad for the president to create on his own and that federal procedures were violated when it was implemented.

Assistant Texas Attorney General Todd Disher said Hanen’s prior decision should be applied to this current case because both programs were implemented by similar methods.

Regarding that prior decision

Hanen’s 2015 ruling, which was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, was also cited as a reason that the 2012 program was a unilateral overreach of executive authority.

“The Fifth Circuit correctly held the [Immigration and Nationality Act] does not permit the reclassification of millions of illegal aliens.”

Essentially, what DACA did was offer “temporary” relief from being deported, yet, when does that end? The idea was that Congress would suddenly rush to legalize these “kids” who were “brought” here illegally. Yet, that did not happen. Because there are enough people in Congress who realize that coming illegally is against federal law and we should not be rewarding bad behavior that would entice others to come illegally. The DACA kids just expected to be given citizenship. They didn’t want to earn it, nor pay for it, as so many others do who go through the normal method.

Over at the USA Today, Texas AG Ken Paxton writes

“I am president, I am not king. I can’t do these things just by myself.”

“With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that’s just not the case.”

Despite these statements, President Obama nevertheless proceeded with his notorious DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program. DACA unilaterally granted legal status to a whole class of illegal aliens without congressional approval. It therefore represents a dangerous exercise of executive power, which, if left unchecked, allows the President to set aside any duly enacted law. On Wednesday, as the attorney general of Texas, my office argued DACA’s unconstitutionality to a federal court.

Back in June 2017, I wrote a letter to President Trump urging him to follow through on his campaign promise to rescind DACA. True to his word, the President promised to cancel DACA by March5, 2018 if Congress did not amend federal law. When Congress failed to act and the president rescinded the original executive action, federal judges blocked him, issuing the logically inconsistent holdings that President Trump cannot unilaterally undo an executive action his predecessor had unilaterally undertaken in the first place.

Read the rest.

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