Category Archives: Environment

Bummer: Rhino Poacher Crushed By Elephants, Eaten By Lions

Does it make me a bad person that I got a good laugh at this? RHINO POACHER CRUSHED BY ELEPHANT, DEVOURED BY LIONS IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK A suspected rhino poacher was trampled to death by an elephant and his body devoured by lions in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, officials said Monday. South African […]

Selfie Chaos Forces California Canyon To Close Over Poppy Blooms

If you’ll hearken back to a UK Guardian article about selfie madness in national parks, about how people taking selfies are ruining the parks and ruining the experience for others. And, no matter how far left the UK Guardian is, they are exactly correct. Too many are going to beautiful places not to enjoy them, […]

Good News: Air Pollution Is Raaaaacist

Science is joining the Social Justice Warriors Unequal air: Pollution from whites disproportionately affects blacks, Hispanics The air that Americans breathe isn’t equal. Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately breathe air that’s been polluted by non-Hispanic whites, according to a study. This new research quantifies for the first time the racial gap between who causes air pollution – and […]

Federal Court Seriously Quotes Children’s Cartoon Movie In Pipeline Decision

I’ll admit, I’m not a big fan of this pipeline due to the area it travels through (though, really, lots and lots and lots of pipelines do the same and nothing bad happens), but the reason it was killed is absurd Court tosses permit for pipeline to cross Appalachian Trail A federal appeals court has […]

National Parks In The Selfie Era: ““Most visitors just don’t know how to behave in a wild place”

The UK Guardian is usually a hotbed of hardcore Leftism, ‘climate change’ insanity, and environmental extremism. This, though, is worth the full read, a long expose by Annette McGivney, Patrick Reilly, Brian Maffly, Todd Wilkinson, Gabrielle Canon, Michael Wright and Monte Whaley Crisis in our national parks: how tourists are loving nature to death Just […]

NY Times Notices That Palm Oil Is Pretty Bad For The Environment And ‘Climate Change’

You may remember me railing against palm oil. It has led to deforestation, destruction of wildlife habitats, intentional and unintentional killing of wildlife. Like the Times once realized that using food for fuel was a Bad Idea, they now realize "Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe. …A […]

Focusing On Plastics Is A “Dangerous Distraction From Climate Change” Or Something

Interesting. Plastic pollution is an actual real environmental problem. Regardless of whether you focus on it coming big time from India and China, there are lots of measures that we in the 1st world can do to reduce our own plastic pollution. Reusing bottles. Recycling them and other plastics. Not throwing them on the side […]

Suddenly, Washington Post Is Against Using Food For Fuel (’cause Trump)

This reminds me of the time that the NY Times came to the realization that using food for fuel is a Bad Idea (it’s worth reading the full article, as it still applies today). Of course, that was during the Obama administration (4/7/2011), so there was no hint of Blaming Obama. Now we have the […]

Say, What About The Environmental Cost Of Illegal Immigration?

This is not the first time that it has been noted that illegal aliens leave tons of trash along the border and the remote areas they attempt to cross. One would think the environmentals would have an issue with this Trash at the Border Highlights the Environmental Cost of Illegal Immigration Several weeks ago, various […]

Next Warmist/Enviroweenie Target: Halogen Light Bulbs

This is For Your Own Good Europe to ban halogen lightbulbs After nearly 60 years of brightening our homes and streets, halogen lightbulbs will finally be banned across Europe on 1 September. The lights will dim gradually for halogen. Remaining stocks may still be sold, and capsules, linear and low voltage incandescents used in oven lights will be […]

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