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On Green Hell Blog- Anti-pesticide cranks responsible for elevated childhood asthma? June 13, 2011Crawling culprit seen in urban kids’ asthma Researchers have identified cockroaches as a potential explanation for dramatic variations between neighborhoods in asthma rates among New York City children. In some New York City neighborhoods, 19 percent — nearly 1 in 5 — children have asthma; in others, the rate is as low as 3 percent. [...]
- Paul Driessen on Oregon Dems’ attack on skeptic’s kids April 26, 2011Political Payback – Oregon Style Paul Driessen Confused visitors will be forgiven for thinking Oregon State University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Congressman Pete DeFazio and the “progressive-socialist” wing of the Democratic Party. Or for likening what’s going on there to political retribution as practiced in Third World thugocracies. (Townhall) […]
- Greenpeace assault on coal finance April 8, 2011Check out this assault on an Australian Bank for their involvement with the mining industry that quite literally sustains the country: h/t Jo Nova
- Further update on Oregon Dems attack skeptic’s kids March 28, 2011Crunch time: Payback machine grinding GOP candidate’s kids WorldNetDaily Earlier this month, WND broke the sensational story in which Art Robinson – the noted scientist who challenged Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio for Oregon’s 4th District congressional seat in November –alleged some extraordinarily nasty post-election political retribution was underway agai […]
- Carbon tax coming to the EU? March 16, 2011The European Union’s taxation commissioner plans to propose a new two-part fuel tax, split into a carbon tax of 20 euros per ton of CO2 and a minimum energy tax on motor fuels and heating fuels. (Reuters).
- Study: Greens’ red tape costs GDP, jobs March 10, 2011A first-of-its kind study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports that stalled energy projects are costing the New York economy $36.2 Billion and More Than 60,000 Jobs. (Progress Denied: A Study on the Potential Economic Impact of Permitting Challenges Facing Proposed Energy Projects).
- Update on Oregon Dems attack skeptic’s kids March 10, 2011Following on from Oregon Dems attack climate skeptic’s children Art Robinson has posted further information here. Follow the issue on Oregon State Outrage.
- EPA GHG regs put biomass plant at risk March 9, 2011Thanks to EPA’s new greenhouse gas permitting authority, a proposed Wisconsin biomass plant has come under fire from green activists. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel report: It doesn’t make sense to issue a permit for the project because it would add emissions of carbon dioxide at a rate much higher than a natural gas-fueled power [...]
- Africa’s killer dares to criticize March 9, 2011Check out this galling interview of William Ruckelshaus, the EPA administrator who banned DDT. While Ruckelshaus is correct in criticizing Members of Congress for essentially being willfully uninformed on environmental issues, his criticism is astonishingly arrogant given his own willful (and genocidal) ignorance of facts. During 1971-1972, the EPA held seve […]
- Coal exec: ‘More coal. All the time.’ March 9, 2011Don’t miss Peabody Energy exec Fred Palmer’s unapologetic interview with The Guardian (UK). Notable quotes include: “We’re 100% coal. More coal. Everywhere. All the time.” “We don’t have a political allegiance. We’re Americans and our political party is coal.” “Anyone who has the notion that we’re going to move away from fossil fuels just isn’t [...] […]
- Scoundrel CFL makers lobby against consumers March 9, 2011Light bulb makers, in the form of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, will be testifying against a repeal of the 2007 federal light bulb law on March 10 before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The trade group and its member firms have been making their lobbying rounds on Capitol Hill this week. According [...]
- Oregon Dems attack climate skeptic’s children March 7, 2011Democrat-run Oregon State University is apparently retaliating against climate skeptic and congressional candidate Dr. Art Robinson by taking action without cause against his three graduate student children. Robinson put together the petition against climate alarmism signed by 31,000+ U.S. scientists and unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Peter DeFazio in OR-4 l […]
- Sierra Club chief admits lobbying for business March 4, 2011At the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics conference today, Sierra Club chief Carl Pope casually mentioned that the Sierra Club sits down with corporations having environmental regulatory problems and then uses its expertise in “changing public policy” to help the corporation solve its problem with the government — a novel role for a non-profit organization that […]
- CAGW hysteria risks public health March 3, 2011Activists love to talk about the hypothetical far-future “health risks” of a less-cold planet. They are not so keen to discuss the very real harms caused by their hysterical anti-carbon claims here and now. We at JunkScience.com are not so reticent. The immediate trigger for this is an article in the Adelaide Advertiser from South [...]
- Shell wants you to walk March 2, 2011At the annual Rentseekers Ball (aka the Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics Conference), Royal Dutch Shell gave attendees room-warming gifts — pedometers, with a note that was headlined “Take the First Step.” If they want us to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so much, why do they sell us gasoline?
- How to speed nuke permits: ‘Issue them’ March 1, 2011At today’s House Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing on EPA’s job killing greenhouse gas regulations, Rep. Cory Power (R-CO) asked panel witness Dan Reicher — a longtime anti-nuke campaigner trying to position himself as some sort of “clean energy” expert — what could be done to accelerate the issuance of nuke plant permits. While Reicher [...]
- ‘Clean energy’ central planning misfires in India March 1, 2011New Dehli’s experiment with “clean” natural gas turned out to be not so clean after all. A University of British Columbia study reports that, “A pioneering program by one of the world’s largest cities to switch its vehicle fleet to clean fuel has not significantly improved harmful vehicle emissions in more than 5,000 vehicles – [...]
- Arizona Public Service proposes ratepayer rip-off March 1, 2011Arizona Public Service is proposing a rate package that includes “decoupling” — i.e.: If approved, that would allow APS to collect a certain amount of revenue per customer regardless of how much energy was sold. Such plans essentially allow a company to earn more money for selling less electricity. Wake up Arizona. Decoupling should be [...]
- Is Obama With Eye On ’12 Mulling An EPA Rollback? March 1, 2011By Steve Milloy March 1, 2011, Investor’s Business Daily It looks as though President Obama may have decided that getting re-elected in 2012 is more important than saving the planet from the much-dreaded global warming. But then how does he break it to the people who helped elect him and whose support he will need [...]
- Is Obama prepping the left for bad news on EPA? February 28, 2011The coincidence of: Sen. Sherrod Brown’s letter to Obama about EPA regs; Pew Center chief Eileen Claussen’s “prediction” in today’s Guardian about Obama; and Grist.org’s howling about the Brown letter, may be signs that Obama is preparing his base for the impending news that the EPA will be delaying implementation of its greenhouse gas regulations [...] […]
- Anti-pesticide cranks responsible for elevated childhood asthma? June 13, 2011
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- Cap-and-trade works in Northeast? Freak chill strikes memorial Day weekend May 26, 2013Wow, that Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is really effective!
- Warmist Trenberth: Global Warming Is Here To Stay, Whichever Way You Look At It May 26, 2013“Another prominent source of natural variability in the Earth’s energy imbalance is changes in the sun itself, seen most clearly as the sunspot cycle. From 2005 to 2010 the sun went into a quiet phase and the warming energy imbalance … Continue reading →
- Progressive Israeli Warmist: Reducing greenhouse gas won’t change a thing for Israel’s citizens May 26, 2013“In Israel’s latest budget plan, the item dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been cancelled, arousing frustration among the country’s environmental organizations. However, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not the most urgent problem facing Israelis regarding climate change, and … Continue reading →
- Britain calls for EU target to halve emissions by 2030 May 26, 2013The Independent reports: Britain has challenged Europe to sign up to an ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. Ed Davey, the Climate Change Secretary, called on fellow EU governments to sign up to the … Continue reading →
- Top UK Scientist: Why I think we’re wasting billions on global warming May 26, 2013“If you suppose that the annual UN climate talks will save us, forget it.” Read more at the Daily Mail.
- Lord Monckton: So far, climate skepticism is right May 26, 2013By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley May 25, 2013, JunkScience.com So far, the climate sceptics are right, the cry-babies wrong. For the latter, Martin Wolf (Financial Times, May 15) writes that the greenhouse effect is real (yes, but how much warming … Continue reading →
- Shot Down: EPA lead ammunition ban blocked by federal court May 25, 2013“There is quite simply no sound science that shows the use of traditional ammunition has harmed wildlife populations or that it presents a health risk to humans who consume game taken with such ammunition.” A federal court on Thursday halted … Continue reading →
- Leno: Obama Can Close Gitmo By Making it a Government-Funded Solar Company May 25, 2013“The doors will be shut in a month. The whole thing will collapse and shut in a month.” Watch the video at Newsbusters.
- Snow blankets parts of Europe — FLASHBACK: Climategater says ‘Children won’t know what snow is’ May 25, 2013A few days before summer starts, much of the continent is still in winter’s grip. See the pics at Al Jazeera. FLASHBACK: “Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past.”
- Climate change art exhibition opens in Beijing May 25, 2013Wake us when the regime change exhibit opens. Read more at The Guardian.
- NASA Scientist: Climate models don’t support existence of liquid water on young Earth May 25, 2013So do climate models say we should be here at all? From Astrobiology Magazine: Michael Meyer, lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters, also pointed out that we should never become complacent in our scientific understanding. For … Continue reading →
- NASA Honcho: “Earth’s climate has done nothing but change” May 25, 2013From Astrobiology Magazine: …Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director, said that one goal is to examine a variety of planetary bodies as a system, to see if there are trends or similarities. He also pointed out that from a … Continue reading →
- Global Freezing: Mt. Washington Observatory camera iced over to start Memorial Day weekend! May 25, 2013Here’s the live shot (Saturday 9:45 am) from the Mount Washington Observatory. Click for the live Mount Washington camera. [h/t Steve Goddard]
- Snow possible over Memorial Day weekend in Northeastern states May 25, 2013“And weather.com said it could even get cold enough to see snow at higher altitudes in northern New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire and northern Maine.” Read more at NBCNews.com. FLASHBACK: “Snowfalls are now just a thing of the … Continue reading →
- Paul Ehrlich calls Sen. Inhofe a ‘genuine moron’ May 25, 2013Just so Population Bomb-er Paul Ehrlich knows that he can block @JunkScience from his Twitter feed and that won’t matter:
- Population Bomb-er Paul Ehrlich: ‘Oil barons part of the biggest criminal conspiracy on Earth’ May 25, 2013The alarmists seem to forget that much of the oil industry supported cap-and-trade, and now some have voiced support for a carbon tax. If only there were “oil barons” who would band together against the like of Ehrlich… Even though … Continue reading →
- Now he tells us: Steven Chu admits no interest in energy economics until taking Energy Sec. job May 24, 2013How did he get the Energy Secretary job in the first place? In 2008, he advocated for gasoline prices to rise to $8-$9 to curb demand… and, of course, economics is what drives how people use energy. From Chu’s Stanford … Continue reading →
- Warmist dead-ender Steven Chu: Climate change is No. 1 problem May 24, 2013From an interview with Stanford.edu: As energy secretary, you encouraged better collaboration between science and technology and government to tackle the biggest problems of the day. What’s the No. 1 problem on your list? Climate change. We’re heading into an … Continue reading →
- Warmists: London to be washed away every 10 years by 2100 May 24, 2013“There is still extra uncertainty that arises because our models are not complete.” Extreme storm surges that can breach the barrier would in the past have occurred with a frequency of about 1 in 1,000 years, but in a warmer … Continue reading →
- California to ban beach fires May 24, 2013The Washington Times reports: The South Coast Air Quality Management District will decide this summer whether to order the removal of 850 bonfire pits from Los Angeles and Orange county beaches on the pretense that fire is bad for the … Continue reading →
- Cap-and-trade works in Northeast? Freak chill strikes memorial Day weekend May 26, 2013
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