September 6, 2011 – 11:15 am
Here we go again, another enviro group which loves “green” energy, but doesn’t want it where they can see it (via Master Resource) Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Annette Smith, executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment. It is not too late for Vermont to stop and take a serious look at wind […]
September 5, 2011 – 9:18 am
As we approach the time of Obama’s wishy washy jobs whine, we can surely assume that it will include lots of bloviating for more green jobs. And yet another study shows that the government push for these kills real jobs The UK’s headlong rush into renewable energy –one ignored by the rest of the world […]
September 1, 2011 – 1:41 pm
Yesterday, we learned that solar panel maker Solyndra, recipient of $535 million in Department of Energy loans via the Stimulus act, was closing shop, laying off 1,100 workers, and filing for Chapter 11 (there are also rumors that they are going to send part of their business to China, but, I can’t find confirmation on […]
August 15, 2011 – 1:44 pm
The Liberal Law Of Unintended Consequences at work (though, with liberals, I’m not sure that the word “work” should really be associated with the) Energy-saving light bulbs leap in price First the European Union banned the sale of traditional 100-watt light bulbs in favour of “energy-saving” alternatives. Frosted-style bulbs, too, disappeared from British shop shelves […]
August 3, 2011 – 5:11 pm
Well, OK, I guess, because during a cool period, fauna has a much tougher time growing. But, hey, everyone (else) needs to pay a carbon tax to stop this dire, dire threat! SUMMIT COUNTY — The warmer and drier conditions predicted across the West by most climate change models will help invasive grasses replace native […]
July 17, 2011 – 4:02 pm
From the UK Telegraph by Andrew Gilligan, a peak at the future of Britain In the film Billy Elliot, a boy strives to be a dancer against the backdrop of the miners’ strike. Now, the place where they filmed it is the focus of another defining industrial struggle, with hundreds of thousands of jobs at […]
July 16, 2011 – 8:30 am
Funny how this news was lost in the shuffle Friday, and I had to go to a British newspaper to find out Republicans claimed to have struck a blow for freedom on Friday when the House of Representatives voted to strip all funding from government programmes promoting energy-saving lightbulbs. The measure, brought as an amendment […]
July 15, 2011 – 4:48 pm
Sometimes, the irony linked to the theory of unintended consequences decides to proclaim itself with a bullhorn A recently approved herbicide called Imprelis, widely used by landscapers because it was thought to be environmentally friendly, has emerged as the leading suspect in the deaths of thousands of Norway spruce, eastern white pine and other trees […]
July 13, 2011 – 7:56 am
That’s what uber GINK, Lisa Hymas, at Grist wants to know, and she is always good for an unhinged and humorous rant about reducing the Earth’s population of Homo Sapiens Contraception has long been the province of women. Isn’t it about time for men to get in on the game? Ever heard of a condom, […]
July 5, 2011 – 1:02 pm
Hey, it’s a spotted owl sighting! It has been two decades since the fate of a bashful bird that most people had never seen came to symbolize the bitter divide over whether to save or saw down the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest. Yet it was not until Thursday that the federal government offered […]
