Category Archives: Environment

AGW Today: Hamburgers And Steak Baaaaaaaad!

Here’s a good way to get people to buy into anthropogenic global warming: tell them they can no longer eat beef. Hamburgers are the Hummers of food in global warming When it comes to global warming, hamburgers are the Hummers of food, scientists say. Simply switching from steak to salad could cut as much carbon […]

AGW Today: Mercury and OMG WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!

The United Nations is not real fond of mercury Environment ministers must crack down on mercury poisoning to protect the health of hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Sunday. “A clear and unequivocal vision of a low mercury future needs to be set,” UNEP head Achim Steiner said […]

AGW Today: Save The Manatees!!!!!!

Poor things. Someone should tell the Florida Manatees about global warming OK, that’s not fair, but it got your attention.  This winter has been cold all the way down to Florida.  Yesterday morning, 90% of the nation had temperatures dropping below freezing. However, this latest arctic air mass has made it all the way down to […]

Get Ready For The National AGW Teach-In!

No. Seriously. Really. I’m not kidding (though I wish I was) We stand at a unique moment in human history. The window for action on global warming is measured in months, not years. Decisions that we make—or fail to make—in 2009 will have profound impacts not only for our children and grandchildren, but for every […]

AGW Today: What’s The Punch Line?

From the world of AGW, Even left now laughing at global warming So-called “global warming” has shrunk from problem to punch line. And now, Leftists are laughing, too. It’s hard not to chuckle at the idea of Earth boiling in a carbon cauldron when the news won’t cooperate: Nearly four inches of snow blanketed the […]

Let’s Build New Nuke Plants And Paint Things White To Stop Climate Change!

Actually, these are two good ideas to implement, regardless of whether the Hysterics want them in order to stop AGW. First: Reactivating Nuclear Reactors for the Fight against Climate Change The federal government echoes those sentiments. The Bush administration pushed though loan guarantees, whereby the costs of delays in construction would be paid for by […]

Barack Obama – Neo-Conservative (?)

Who could have expected that Obama would be a big States Rights guy, like we on the Conservative side want the GOP to be? Reversing another Bush administration policy, President Obama announced this morning that he will order environmental regulators to immediately look at the request by Massachusetts and at least a dozen other states […]

Consensus: AGW Just Not A Concern For Americans

The anthropogenic global warming hysterics always talk about consensus. Well, how’s this? A new poll suggests that Americans, preoccupied with the economy, are less worried about rising global temperatures than they were a year ago but remain concerned with solving the nation’s energy problems. The findings are somewhat at odds with President Obama, who has […]

Today’s “Holy Crap It’s Cold!” News

And you thought it was bad in the upper Midwest? No chance of that! NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — The chilly weather in southern Florida this week was cold enough to force some iguanas to fall from trees. Experts say the cold-blooded reptiles go into a deep sleep when the temperature falls into the 40s. Their […]

AGW Today: Believers Must Stop Using The Interwebz

It’s confirmed: the Internet is bad for global warming, er, climate change, or whateverthehell they are calling it nowadays. Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new […]

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