Carbon-Capture-and-Storage Projects Make “Measured Progress”
Despite a series of high-profile cancellations, projects to capture and store the carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and other sources are under construction (SciAm)
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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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- Claim: Air pollution causes autism June 18, 2013This is junk science because… … if this were true, autism rates would have exploded in the U.S. in the 1940s and continued high until the 1970s or so. Moreover, autism rates would be soaring in China right now. Additionally, … Continue reading →
- Aussie Climate Commission says 80% of fossil fuel reserves must stay in ground to avoid warming June 18, 2013What warming? UPI reports: A new report calls for 80 percent of global fossil fuel reserves to stay in the ground to avoid climate change. “The current amount of carbon embedded in the world’s indicated fossil fuel reserves would, if … Continue reading →
- As warmism melts, dead-enders look to Bill Nye’s creationist strawman for salvation June 18, 2013Nye seems to think that people will start believing in warmism if they are convinced that “deniers” believe the Earth is 4,000 years old. Check out this NYTimes puff piece on Bill Nye, who keeps talking about climate “deniers” in … Continue reading →
- UK Met Office convenes meeting to make up excuses for lack of global warming June 18, 2013The BBC reports: About 20 of the UK’s leading scientists and meteorologists are due to meet at the Met Office to discuss Britain’s “unusual” weather patterns. They will try to identify the factors that caused the chilly winter of 2010-11 … Continue reading →
- G8 dumps global warming from agenda June 18, 2013Planetary fever takes a back seat to real issues. RTCC reports: The crisis in Syria and the ongoing economic downturn have pushed climate change out of the spotlight at the G8 summit this week. The Queen’s speech in May, which … Continue reading →
- China set to launch cap-and-trade; EU-designed program already looks doomed June 18, 2013RTCC reports: China’s first carbon market will launch on Tuesday amid warnings that it could face similar oversupply problems to the EU system. Read more…
- Greenpeace calls NSA spying a ‘double evil’ because the NSA data center is powered by coal June 17, 2013“And what kind of power is fueling the data center that Big Brother is building to store our illegally collected Facebook posts and phone calls? Coal, of course!” The data center, which is estimated to draw 65 megawatts of electricity, … Continue reading →
- Study: Moderate drinking during pregnancy does not seem to harm baby’s neurodevelopment June 17, 2013Otherwise, virtually all baby boomers would have impaired cognitive processes… oh wait… The media release is below. ### Moderate drinking during pregnancy does not seem to harm baby’s neurodevelopment No impact on 10 year olds’ ability to balance; but social … Continue reading →
- Bad news for warmists: Record Greenland ice melt in 2012 due to… June 17, 2013Not climate change… but… “Thin cloud cover.” RedOrbit reports: Scientists have been trying to determine what led to the 50-year-record ice melt in Greenland. In April a team of scientists wrote in the journal Nature that they determined that the … Continue reading →
- Enviros to hold off on climate lawsuit pending Obama announcement June 17, 2013Laughably, the enviros say EPA wants to avoid sue-settle. Platts reports: Three influential environmental groups that could have sued the administration as early as Monday for failing to finalize the first-ever GHG standards for new power plants will hold off … Continue reading →
- Study adds fuel to enviro campaign against burning biomass June 17, 2013The new CO2 emitter is that may effect the biomass equation is… disturbed dirt. An enviro writes at HuffPost: Burning our forests for electricity is a bad idea — bad for our climate, bad for local ecosystems, and bad for … Continue reading →
- Claim: Eating red meat increases risk of Type 2 diabetes June 17, 2013This is junk science because… The results are all in the range of statistical noise, a reality that is underscored by the following: Type 2 diabetes is not an identifiable disease; The dietary and other risk factors data are all … Continue reading →
- Study: Spiders scaring grasshoppers could help save the planet from global warming June 17, 2013“It’s going to force some thinking about the vital roles of animals in regulating carbon.” The media release is below. ### New study shows predators affect the carbon cycle A new study shows that the predator-prey relationship can affect the … Continue reading →
- Another shocking disclosure about the illegal EPA human testing experiments June 17, 2013JunkScience.com readers have previously learned that EPA has been subjecting human study subjects (without obtaining informed consent) to exceedingly high short-term exposures to diesel exhaust (2-hours at roughly 30x typical ambient PM2.5 exposures). You’ve also learned that these experiments have … Continue reading →
- Delingpole: Why do I call them bat-chomping, bird-slicing eco crucifixes….? June 17, 2013James Delingpole writes: I wonder what it will take before the world truly wakes up to the horror, the corruption, the expense, the pointlessness, the total wrongness-in-every-way of the wind industry. My guess – and it will happen – is … Continue reading →
- Report: Religions seen slow to go green; Enviros encouraged by Pope’s name choice June 17, 2013Reuters reports: Pope Francis’s stress on environmental protection since he was elected in March and his choice of the name of a 13th century nature lover – Saint Francis of Assisi – may make a difference for all religions trying … Continue reading →
- Claim: BPA increases the risk of prostate cancer June 17, 2013This is junk science because… The headline should probably continue: “…increases risk of later cancer in Frankenstein.” The experimental model involves combining fetal rat tissue with human prostate cells, then grafting/implanting the resulting prostate-like tissue into mice. The mice with … Continue reading →
- Study: Frog die off now caused by global warming June 17, 2013Well, if pesticides can’t be blamed, global warming must be the next culprit in line. Oregon State researchers report: Amphibian populations are declining worldwide and a major cause is a deadly fungus thought to be spread by bullfrogs, but a … Continue reading →
- What If You’re A Skinny Type 2 Diabetic? June 17, 2013It is estimated that 80 percent of type 2 diabetics are overweight. It’s not clear who came up with this figure, or–more importantly—how it was determined. Perhaps it is tied in with modern medicine’s love for cataloging risk factors, especially … Continue reading →
- Fossil Fuel Divesters: Colleges, institutions should re-invest in ‘solutions to climate change’ June 17, 2013Just don’t ask Calpers for any investment advice! The Nation says: It is time to shift money into solutions to climate change. These solutions in particular need investment, and a lot of it, now. While one college or pension may … Continue reading →
- Claim: Air pollution causes autism June 18, 2013
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