December 14, 2008 – 9:14 am
Will this be the new meme to push governments to deal with AGW? Climate Change ‘hits poor hardest’ Sir David Attenborough and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have called on world leaders to do more to protect the poor from the devastating effects of climate change. The two were among 19 signatories of a letter to The Times […]
December 10, 2008 – 8:01 am
Well, if not, get ready: Science paves way for climate lawsuits People affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue the oil and power companies they blame for global warming, a leading climate expert has said. Myles Allen, a physicist at Oxford University, said a breakthrough that allows scientists to […]
December 3, 2008 – 8:26 am
Who turned off the heat? There’s nothing a lion likes better than stretching out in the sun to take a lazy afternoon nap. But if they had any hopes of warm weather, this pride in Scotland were in for a big disappointment when temperatures dropped below zero yesterday. Maybe they could send Al Gore over, […]
September 25, 2008 – 8:30 am
Update: While searching Thomas for what Congress did yesterday, I ran across this gem H.R.7051 : To prohibit issuance of any lease or other authorization by the Federal Government that authorizes exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in the fishing grounds known […]
September 24, 2008 – 9:34 am
The Surrender Monkey is thrilled, and demanded he be given special time today, because, he does appreciate a good surrender Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set […]
September 13, 2008 – 1:21 pm
Um, this really blows (all pun intended) (Bloomberg) Hurricane Ike, which made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast today, caused more than 19 percent of the nation’s refining capacity to close and may limit fuel deliveries across the country. At least 13 refineries in Texas shut down as Ike approached. Gulf Coast refineries and ports […]
September 3, 2008 – 12:02 pm
I love it. First we have the drill here, drill now push. Republicans stood up to Queen Nancy and stayed on the House floor. Now we get more sanity U.S. Republicans called on Monday for an end to a controversial requirement that gasoline contain a set amount of ethanol, a policy backed by the Bush […]
August 21, 2008 – 9:17 am
Refuting the liberal’s meme that American just doesn’t have that much oil, so we should all sit in the dark quite a bit of the time when it is cloudy and/or the wind is not blowing. And that we should all become corn farmers (CNS News) Let’s start with some sense of the oil resources […]
