Author Archives: Steve Maley

Monster Chiller Horror Global Warming!

This headline/subhead in The Guardian (UK) reminds me of the plot of a really bad 1950s monster movie: Global warming monitoring needs to find ‘missing heat’, say scientists Further study on oceans needed before hidden heat ‘comes back to haunt … Continue reading

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Big Oil Sells Out?

I don’t know who disgusts me more — Sen. Graham, or the oil companies. Senators consider gasoline tax as part of climate bill Estimates put it in the range of 15 cents a gallon. Some oil companies are on board … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Subsidies

In the 1980s, Congress, searching for domestic energy supplies, created incentives in the form of production tax credits for ethanol and for unconventional natural gas. The history of those two programs, and the current state of affairs in the energy … Continue reading

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Arbeit Macht … Warm?

In a single Huffington Post column, NASA’s famous warmist-alarmist Dr. James Hansen invokes Godwin’s Law on climate change, criticizes President Obama for his lack of stalwart leadership in that area, and offers a climate change solution that would also discourage … Continue reading

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EPA: Mission Creep on Steroids

Iron Eyes Cody, the faux-Indian of the Keep America Beautiful ad campaign, had a point. In the 1960s, our environment was a mess. I can remember streams full of suds from non-biodegradable detergents. Litter was a big problem everywhere. The … Continue reading

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Big Bird Learns It’s Not Easy Being Green

This is not a post about Sesame Street or the Childrens Television Workshop. No, this is about a literal big bird, a griffon vulture, and its unfortunate failure to maintain separation from a large power-generating windmill in Crete. Let’s got … Continue reading

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Revisiting Obama’s ‘Tough Decisions’ on Offshore Drilling

Remember the State of the Union, way back in January? President Obama shared a vision of our nation’s energy future: But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. That means building … Continue reading

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We’re Taxing Tanning Booths, So Why Not Nail Salons?

One of the many features of the Health Care Bill that Nancy Pelosi was oh-so-anxious that we boobs find out about is a new 10% tax on tanning services. That one somehow slipped past most Americans as they watched the … Continue reading

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An Earth Hour Retrospective: Measuring the Impact

Calling #EarthHour 2010 a “blip” does a grave injustice to real, honest-to-goodness blips. Our pals at wattsupwiththat.com have completed their multivariate statistical analysis of the impact of last night’s Earth Hour on energy consumption in California: 2010 Earth Hour in … Continue reading

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North Korea celebrates Earth Hour! (Ooops! That photo is from 2006…)

North Korea celebrates Earth Hour! (Ooops! That photo is from 2006…)

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