Category Archives: Environment

AGW Today: Krugman Works Climate Alarmism With Environment

In an entirely predictable op-ed piece, Paul Krugman works the BP oil spill, environmentalism, and climate alarmism all into the mix. And, like all hysterical liberals, he swings for the rafters and misses: Drilling, Disaster, Denial It took futuristic technology to achieve one of the worst ecological disasters on record. Without such technology, after all, […]

Gulf Oil Spill: Guess Who Was The Top BP Donation Recipient, Plus Ex Post Facto

If you guess Barack Hussein Obama, take a shot of tequila (via Jammie Wearing Fool). Open Secrets posted this story back on the 30th During the 2008 election cycle, individuals and political action committees associated with BP — a Center for Responsive Politics’ “heavy hitter” — contributed half a million dollars to federal candidates. About […]

Cape Wind Project Finally Green-lighted!

Ted Kennedy must be spinning in his Bourbon soaked grave after all those years of stalling it After nine years of regulatory review, the federal government gave the green light Wednesday to the nation’s first offshore wind farm, a highly contested project off the coast of Cape Cod. The approval of the 130-turbine farm gives […]

Having Solved All Of America’s Problems, Congress Considers Dolphin And Killer Whale Shows

Oh, wait, they haven’t solved any of the problems, such as high unemployment, massive deficits, increasing health costs, threats of Islamic terrorism, etc and so on? Goodness! This must be super mega duper important, though: Congress weighs risks, benefits of killer whale and dolphin shows A SeaWorld curator told Congress today that the theme park’s […]

Leftist Eco-Terrorists Busted Before They Could Bomb IBM Near Zurich

Can you imagine if these were TEA Partiers? It would be splashed all over the news. But, hey, since they are eco-nuts, not much to see, move along A routine traffic-stop in Switzerland has allegedly thwarted eco-terrorists from blowing up the site of the £55million nano-technology HQ of IBM in Europe. The three members – […]

Climahysterics Upset Because Bush Was Pro-Solar

Reason # 4 why climate alarmists are nuts: they talk the talk, but, when push comes to shove, they will not actually allow alternative energy facilities to be built The Mojave Desert in southeastern California is the mother lode of renewable energy. The sun shines about 360 days a year, making it hugely valuable territory […]

100 Places To Visit Before Climate Change Doesn’t Destroy Them

Oh, wait, sorry, I let my natural skepticism and denial get in the way of a good climate alarmist screed, as Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria completely loses his mind (or is he just trying to be overly controversial so that someone actually reads their magazine?): 100 Places To Remember Before They Disappear (Had to use a […]

Say, Where Are All Those “Green” Jobs?

Twenty years ago, “green” meant real environmental issues, such as clean air, water, and land. It meant protecting species, wise land usage, refoliation, stopping deforestation, replacing dirty with clean. Now it means climate alarmism, and it is failing: Training for Green Jobs Is the Easy Part Joliet (Ill.) is discovering what cities across the U.S. […]

CST: Where’s The Beef? Plus Green Sex Sins

Collapsing Science Today: Hmm, looks like another alarmist meme has bit the dust In the past environmentalists, from Lord Stern to Sir Paul McCartney, have urged people to stop eating meat because the methane produced by cattle causes global warming. However a new study found that cattle grazed on the grasslands of China actually reduce […]

AGW Today: Greenpeace Knows Where You Are, Plus Cap And Tax

Here’s a cute little missive from a Greenpeace writer from the other day, which required someone else from Greenpeace to explain that “no, Gene wasn’t really pushing for violence. Really. I’m serious. Because we at Greenpeace are never violent. We don’t spike trees, assault ships, or push people to violent acts through our extreme rhetoric.” […]

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