Category Archives: Energy

Obama Will Evaluate Keystone XL Solely On Its “Climate Change” Effects

In a long, boring interview with the NY Times, in which (NMP) Obama dishes forth the same old failed policies, engages in lots and lots of Blamestorming as if this wasn’t his second term in office, patronizes, and offers little in the way of new policies, we find this bit on page 5 (via Tom […]

Hooray! Warmists Finally Proclaim All Power Outages Caused By “Climate Change”

I was wondering when they would get around to this blamestorming talking point, and I blame you, dear reader, for all the power issues for refusing to give up your fossil fueled vehicle, using hair spray, and having a fridge with an ice maker. Oh, and per Warmist doctrine, no, I’m not giving up mine. […]

Bummer: Report Finds Fracking Chemicals Didn’t Pollute Pa. Waters

Despite all the yammering of Liberals, Democrats, and Warmists, virtually every talking point regarding hydraulic fracturing goes down in flames (CBS) A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the […]

India Demands Wind Farms Accurately Predict The Wind

As Jo Nova points out “What the Nanny-State Goddess Giveth…” (Bloomberg) India’s move to stabilize its power grid by asking wind farms to accurately predict their output a day in advance or face fines will deepen the slowdown in Asia’s second-biggest wind market, Tata Power Co. (TPWR) said. A directive took effect this week ordering […]

Orange County Getting New 5 Megawatt Solar Plant

And it only requires that 35 acres of trees be clear cut (Raleigh N&O) Orange County, one of the most environmentally conscious areas of the state, is finally getting a major league solar farm of its own. Except for the clear-cutting of 35 acres A 5-megawatt solar project under construction in the rural community of […]

Fairfield, Illinois, Bans Strip Clubs Because Of Fracking

Of course, what’s to stop the creation of strip clubs in surrounding towns? (via Grist) (Evansville Courier and Press) While Southern Illinois residents hope capitalize on an expected oil boom in the region — officials at Fairfield, Ill., have formed a “fracking committee” to look for opportunities that an increase in oil production could bring […]

Surprise! “Green” Companies Ripping Off Poor, Minority Customers

Gee, who would have thought there could be malfeasance within the “green” economy? There are hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars flowing around the world, much of it government related, with little oversight. The mafia sure seems to like the green economy. Companies take government money then run, often leaving behind environmental messes. […]

Bummer: NY Times Says Planet To Burn Up If We Don’t Switch To Expensive Alternatives

Now we have Thomas Friedman hyperventilating But I would not get caught up in the anti-carbon pollution details of the president’s speech. I’d focus on the larger messages. The first is that we need to reorder our priorities and start talking about the things that are most consequential for our families, communities, nation and world. […]

Clean Energy Could Kill Off Endangered Killer Whales

I’m sure quite a few Warmists would be OK with this. They’re fine with wind turbines killing off endangered birds, as well as just killing off millions and millions of other birds (Daily Caller) A new clean energy project could wipe out the killer whales off the coast of Washington State, according to an environmental […]

Big Carbon Footprint Obama To Give His Deflection To Climate Change Speech Today

The big question is, will he forgo either traveling in a huge fossil fueled motorcade or taking fossil fueled Marine 1 to Georgetown and instead slapping on the Mom Jeans and ride his bicycle? Yeah, we know which mode of transportation he’ll choose (CBS) With little to no hope on Capitol Hill for action on […]

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