April 13, 2011 – 12:02 pm
Hmm, looks like uber-alarmist Louise Gray, who writes for the UK Telegraph, has now delved into the fashion industry The Marks and Spencer (M&S) lingerie set, that will be available online, was made in an ‘eco factory’ in Sri Lanka where energy has been reduced a third through measures like making sure all lighting is […]
March 30, 2011 – 5:30 pm
OK, I sorta stole the headline from Skeptic’s Corner (Warning! Your Underwear purchase may kill polar bears!), but, the author has a point U.S. scientists say a global carbon-labeling scheme for consumer products should be initiated as a sorely needed measure to mitigate climate change. Writing this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, Michael […]
March 24, 2011 – 9:00 am
Now that Tim Pawlenty has announced that he has formed a presidential exploratory committee, it is time to start looking at his conservative credentials. Overall, he would appear to be a great candidate. But, there is one problem I see A video created by a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota captures Tim Pawlenty, the former […]
February 14, 2011 – 9:10 am
The Sydney Morning Herald digs in to the numbers SUCCESSIVE federal governments have spent more than $5.5 billion over the past decade on climate change programs that are delivering only small reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at unusually high costs for taxpayers and the economy. An analysis by the Herald of government schemes designed to […]
December 8, 2010 – 9:05 am
Remember when developing countries were referred to as third world rat holes, er, countries? And how they have been “developing” for going on 20-30 years? Countries where many of the peasants need to cut down trees in order to survive? And the countries use the trees to continue “developing”? Well, now For years, policymakers and […]
November 22, 2010 – 9:34 am
I just new you needed some more unhinged Gore (via Tom Nelson) Nobel Peace Prize winner and champion climate campaigner Al Gore outlined the doom the world is awaiting because of climate change and expressed disappointment at world leaders failing to clinch a treaty to fight the new global terror. Terming the logjam in climate […]
September 22, 2010 – 8:44 am
On the surface, this seems like a good idea At the Clinton Global Initiative today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and various partners described details of a plan to curb the clouds of toxic cooking smoke killing nearly 2 million people a year in the world’s poorest places. More than 2 billion people rely […]
September 13, 2010 – 9:01 pm
While I certainly support the use of wind power, all you climate alarmists need to realize that they just do not appear out of thin air, and there is a price to pay The Dhule wind project brought the erection of about 550 windmills on land used by 2,000 adivasi. The tussle over the land […]
July 23, 2010 – 7:40 am
At least for this year Senate Democrats pulled the plug on climate legislation Thursday, pushing the issue off into an uncertain future ahead of midterm elections where President Barack Obama’s party is girding for a drubbing. Rather than a long-awaited measure capping greenhouse gases — or even a more limited bill directed only at electric […]
May 12, 2010 – 9:30 am
Well, not quite a bill, more of an outline. Well, really, the outline is more of a deck, which has annoyed some climate alarmists, via Tom Nelson Twitter / Kate Sheppard – After six months of negotiations, all we have for tomorrow is a 21-page outline?!? Twitter / David Roberts – Is the EPA doing […]