Category Archives: Environment

Study Highlights Extreme Amount Of Plastic Pollution In Oceans

I rarely drop so many posts in the morning, and I have several more sitting in draft, as well as some other pieces of interest saved to Pocket, but I feel rather strongly on this one. Kudos to typically hyper – Warmist Chris Mooney for leaving “climate change” out of the story (others, who will […]

Greenpeace Pulls “Spreading Awareness” Stunt, Faces Criminal Charges In Peru

And they’re really, really sorry. Because they got caught (UK Daily Mail) Peru has vowed to prosecute Greenpeace activists after they allegedly damaged the world-famous Nazca lines during an environmental publicity stunt. Activists from the group unfurled cloth letters spelling out a green energy slogan at the millennia-old site on Monday, adjacent to where the […]

Climate Change Blamed For Coyote And Bear Attacks

Because they say so (Climate Progress) In September, the Los Angeles area community of Seal Beach decided to start trapping and euthanizing coyotes in response to several pet deaths associated with the thriving urban predators. This controversial trap-and-kill policy is one of the most eye-catching developments in recent years as urban and rural wildlife boundaries […]

Hydro-electric Dams Now Deemed Bad For “Climate Change”

Remember the good old days when Warmists said we should transition away from fossil fuels for energy and look towards solar, wind, geothermal and hydrothermal? Well, wind is known to have a negative impact on the environment. Solar power is not exactly great for the environment, either. Many environmental groups have protested the building of […]

Obama To Implement More Stringent Ozone Regulations

Amongst the 3415 new regulations Team Obama is quietly implementing, this is one that I actually rather agree with (NY Times)  The Obama administration is expected to release on Wednesday a contentious and long-delayed environmental regulation to curb emissions of ozone, a smog-causing pollutant linked to asthma, heart disease and premature death. The sweeping regulation, […]

Bummer: New GOP Senate Gearing Up To Cause Climate Mayhem

Grist’s Ben Adler is Very Concerned The new GOP Senate is already gearing up to cause climate mayhem … But their biggest win by far was taking control of the U.S. Senate. As of this writing, Republicans had already secured 52 Senate seats, thanks to knocking off Democratic incumbents or replacing retiring Democrats in Arkansas, […]

Post-Islamic Terrorist Attacks, CBC Wonders If Islam Is The “Green Religion”

Canada has seen two terrorist attacks in recent weeks. First there was the hit and run by an Islamist on a Canadian soldier. Then there was a the gunman who killed another Canadian solder, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police state was driven by ideology. Islamic ideology. Now we get this from the Canadian […]

Gulp: The Very Scary Climate Cost Of Halloween Candy!

We’re dooooooomed because of Halloween. Here’s Warmist Diana Donion at the Huffington Post Trick or Treat? The Frightening Climate Costs of Halloween Candy Americans will spend more than two billion dollars on candy this Halloween, making it candy’s biggest holiday. This is fun for kids, great for dentists, and downright fantastic for the Mars family. […]

Did Deforestation Help Unleash Ebola?

An interesting proposition from Grist Perhaps you have heard about Ebola, otherwise known as The Most Terrifying Disease Of Our Modern Times (Sorry, MERs; panic is a fickle friend). But you might not have heard that Ebola’s origin story also features a favorite environmental arch-villain? And by “favorite,” I mean “actually the worst”: deforestation. You see, the […]

Enviros Wonder Why “Green” Groups Are So Darned Lilly White

Visiting any hardcore enviro/climate change groups is almost like attending a Redheads Of Alaska meeting. The white is blinding Green must diversify or die Roughly 50 environmentalists of various racial backgrounds — African American, Native American, Latina, and Caribbean — gathered at the National Press Club yesterday with a message for mainstream green institutions: If […]

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