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- Pielke Jr’s Follow Up Q&A from the Senate EPW Committee Thu, 22 Aug 13, 4:37amPeople send me stuff. Below is a letter I received today that has a number of follow up questions answered by Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. after his blockbuster testimony last month. Pielke’s responses are all about questions...
- Gina McCarthy’s Responses to Sen. Vitter’s Questions Part II: Fuel Economy* Thu, 16 May 13, 5:17amGina McCarthy — President Obama’s nominee to succeed Lisa Jackson as EPA Administrator — is often described as “straight shooter” and “honest broker.” Is that reputation deserved?...
- Climate change caused the Oklahoma tornado? Crikey, these people are getting desperate! Thu, 23 May 13, 12:46am"This is climate change. We were warned about extreme weather. Not just hot weather. But extreme weather. When I had my hearings, when I had the gavel years ago – It’s been a while – the scientists all agreed that what...
- Senator Whitehouse apologizes for inciteful tornado remarks Wed, 22 May 13, 9:24amRecall this story from yesterday: US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse From Rhode Island Provides Erroneous Information To American Public in Global Warming Rant Foxnews reports on the apology...
- Stunning ignorance on display from Senator Barbara Boxer over Oklahoma tornado outbreak Wed, 22 May 13, 3:27amVia POLITICO’s Morning Energy – May 21, 2013: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif. – Chair of Senate Environment & Public Works Committee) took to the Senate floor and invoked the Oklahoma tornadoes in her speech on global...
- 400,000 Lost Jobs by 2016 — Heritage Study of Boxer-Sanders Carbon Tax Proposal Sat, 13 Apr 13, 4:09amHeritage Foundation analysts David Kreutzer and Kevin Dayaratna yesterday released a study on the economic impact of carbon tax legislation (the Climate Security Act of 2013) sponsored by Sens...
- President Obama Nominates Gina McCarthy for Head of the EPA Tue, 5 Mar 13, 6:34amToday, President Obama announced that his nominee to replace Lisa Jackson as head of the EPA is Gina McCarthy. McCarthy, who currently manages the EPA’s Air and Radiation office, has played a critical role in developing...
- The Sanders-Boxer carbon tax will be 15 times costlier than letting warming happen Mon, 18 Feb 13, 2:21amInter-temporal investment appraisal of the Sanders/Boxer carbon tax bill by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Standard climatological and economic techniques, combined in an investment appraisal of the proposed Sanders/Boxer...
- Boxer’s carbon tax proposal would enrich people already feeding from the public trough… meanwhile Suzanne Goldenberg bags her journalism skills Fri, 15 Feb 13, 5:19amWhile the Guardian’s environmental amateur journo Suzanne Goldenberg bloviates about the horrible possibility that some climate skeptic think tanks may have actually gotten a drop in the bucket of funding compared to...
- Boxer’s carbon tax proposal would enrichen people already feeding from the public trough… meanwhile Suzanne Goldenberg bags her journalism skills Fri, 15 Feb 13, 5:19amWhile the Guardian’s environmental amateur journo Suzanne Goldenberg bloviates about the horrible possibility that some climate skeptic think tanks may have actually gotten a drop in the bucket of funding compared to...
- BREAKING: Carbon Tax bill coming Thursday to Senate Wed, 13 Feb 13, 2:21pmSenators Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer will outline the legislation on Thursday morning. They are even going to let that whack job 350.org activist Bill McKibben speak. Sheesh. Billed as “major” and “comprehensive”...
- Scientists Find No Trend in 370 Years of Tropical Cyclone Data Fri, 30 Nov 12, 2:48amWith Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) citing Hurricane Sandy as a reason to have another go at climate legislation, to say nothing of the media spin depicting Sandy as punishment for our...
- National Climate Ethics Statement Wed, 30 Nov 11, 5:24pmDickens Goes Metro writes in comments for our other redonkulous climate ethics story today Penn State to lecture on “climate ethics” what I thought at first was a spoof...
- Cap-and-Trade Setback In California Mon, 23 May 11, 1:48pmCalifornia Superior Court judge Ernest Goldsmith ruled on Friday that the state’s Air Resources Board (ARB) must halt “any futher rulemaking and implementation of cap-and-trade” until the agency examines...
- High Energy Costs: Factor in California Business Exodus Tue, 19 Apr 11, 5:51am“California is experiencing the fastest rate of of companies relocating to out-of-state or out-of-country locations since a specialized tracking system was put into place two years ago,” reports business relocation...