Category Archives: Enviroweenies

How Many Body Armored Police Does It Take To Check For Dirty Water?

The answer would be eight (via Climate Depot (Alaska Dispatch) When agents with the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force surged out of the wilderness around the remote community of Chicken wearing body armor and jackets emblazoned with POLICE in big, bold letters, local placer miners didn’t quite know what to think. Did it really take […]

Obama Admin Concerned About Repairing Sound Barrier

This is of particular concern for them as Mankind raises the global temperature (Townhall) This past Thursday, the Obama Administration quietly introduced a new endeavor intended to address the environmental effects of manmade objects that travel at supersonic speeds.  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney revealed the program, adding that, “In the eight years preceding […]

Surprise! $500 Million In “Green” Training Money Wasted

I know, you’re pretty darned surprised. Who would have thought that so much money would be wasted on “green” projects by the Obama/Democrat Stimulus plan? (Fox News) A federal audit shows that nearly a half-billion dollars in government funds was spent on training workers for so-called “green jobs.” The only problem is that not enough […]

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 […]

Aaaand, Now Warmists/Enviroweenies Want To Ruin Alcohol Consumption

Hey, they’re ruining everything else they can think of for Other People (never for themselves), might as well go for liquor That’s the spirit: A guide to sustainable liquor Questionable drunk texts aside, many of us believe that our occasional (or frequent, no judgment!) nightcap is basically harmless as long as we’re not doing something […]

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 […]

Nanny Bloomberg Pushes Law To Force Composting

Why is NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg such a popular fellow? Because he perfectly encapsulates what Progressives stand for: bigger and bigger governmental control over Other People’s lives, from big things down to the tiny things. This is what Progressives want, but notice the use of the phrase “Other People’s lives”. When it comes to laws, […]

Horrified Bird Watchers See Rare White Throated Needletail Whacked By Wind Turbine

But, as we’ve seen, most Warmist supporters forget that they’re cult is supposed to be based in environmentalism, and tell us that a few bird deaths are no big deal, not when we’re saving Gaia from catching a fever and having Bad Weather (UK Daily Mail) There had been only eight recorded sightings of the […]

How Much Energy Is Required For Two Slices Of Toast?

An important question an enviroweenie/Warmist wants answered from Grist (because your average E/W doesn’t seem to have the brainpower to do the Internet search themselves, so instead will ask someone else to do the work, thereby increasing the amount of energy needed to find the answer) Ask Umbra: Can my bicycle power my toaster? How […]

Hey, Are Enviroweenies Annoying?

Even enviros might notice that they are (via Tom Nelson) (Bloomberg) For an answer, Dumb Question visited with Mark Tercek, president of the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who has embraced “natural capital.” It’s the concept in environmental economics that natural systems, such as storm-blocking coastal wetlands or water collection, […]

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