October 10, 2015 – 1:19 pm
I wonder why (via Paul Homewood) Two clean energy firms go bust within hours ‘because of Tory U-turn on energy policy’ Two of the UK’s leading clean energy companies have gone into administration on the same day, blaming the Government’s U-turn on energy policy. Nearly 1,000 staff were laid off in Leicester yesterday as home insulation […]
September 8, 2015 – 10:00 am
An interesting video, via NoTricksZone, highlighting the environmental destruction and scenery blight of wind farms A new video (below) has been produced by wind-energy protest group www.rtf-radmarathon.de presenting a series of before-and-after photos that drive home the profound negative impacts wind parks are having on Germany’s idyllic landscapes and natural scenery. Here’s what it looks like
August 27, 2015 – 3:17 pm
This is actually a pretty good idea, using wastelands instead of pristine wilderness. Think about turning huge swaths of dilapidated Detroit into a solar farm (Christian Science Monitor) When utility giant Exelon built its pioneering inner-city solar plant on an abandoned factory site in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood, there was at least one unanticipated hazard: […]
August 24, 2015 – 2:26 pm
They will be hardest hit (MRC) While discussing the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, administrator Gina McCarthy admitted who would be hit the “hardest†by the federal climate regulations. “We know that low-income minority communities would be hardest hit,†McCarthy said. She prefaced her statement by saying that the cost increases to Americans as a […]
August 10, 2015 – 11:31 am
Not quite the outcome Obama expected (Rasmussen) President Obama earlier this week announcedan even more ambitious plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, but voters see more costs than rewards. The president’s plan will require a 32% drop in carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 2030 and a 28% increase in the […]
August 6, 2015 – 4:09 pm
This is simply the first step, politely asking prior to going to court for a restraining order (AP) The campaign to stop President Barack Obama’s sweeping emissions limits on power plants began taking shape Wednesday, as 16 states asked the government to put the rules on hold while a Senate panel moved to block them. […]
August 3, 2015 – 6:59 am
Unsurprisingly, the Associated Press finds that the majority of Americans will be losers (WRAL) President Barack Obama is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. The tweaks to Obama’s unprecedented emissions limits on power plants, to be unveiled at […]
July 7, 2015 – 7:47 am
On the bright side, there are so few of them, because only a tiny percentage of people are willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a vehicle that can’t travel very far per charge (UK Daily Mail) They have been hailed as the environmentally-friendly solution to getting around towns and cities. But new […]
June 18, 2015 – 8:54 am
Pope Francis released his encyclical today regarding “climate change”, which calls for more “green” energy, which has members of the Cult of Climastrology squeeing in support (no word on whether Leftists will also follow the Pope’s pronouncements on abortion). Hardcore enviros and Warmists have long been pushing for the immediate end of the use of […]
May 21, 2015 – 7:57 am
Can you guess who will be hurt by this idea, as being pushed mostly by White Liberals? (USA Today) How much Californians pay for electricity could soon depend on when they use it — and some could see their summer bills go up substantially. The California Public Utilities Commission could soon ask Southern California Edison […]