Author Archives: Steve Maley

The Bayou Corne Sinkhole, Part I: Ridiculing the Press

Scientifically illiterate and agenda-driven journalists can ruin what is actually a valid story. Today’s example is the coverage of the Bayou Corne sinkhole, an ongoing environmental situation of considerable concern at the Napoleonville Salt Dome in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. About … Continue reading

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Cheap Energy and the Third World. #ethics #wuwt #rsrh

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/21/double-the-burn-rate-scotty/ By Willis Eschenbach “[T]he world’s poor people are starving and dying for lack of cheap energy today. Driving the price of energy up and denying loans for coal-fired power plants is depriving the poor of cheap energy today, on … Continue reading

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Al Gore Channels Nigel Tufnel

In a “lightly edited”* interview transcript with the Washington Post‘s Ezra Klein, Former Vice President and Nobel** Laureate Al Gore puts climate deniers on the same moral plane as supporters of slavery and apartheid. (Clear logical connection there, Mr. Vice-President.) … Continue reading

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Science are hard.

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Interior: Keystone XL Pipeline will impact “cultural soundscapes” and “high quality night skies”.

As part of the State Department’s review of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, 1.2 million comments have been received from interested parties including environmental groups and the public at large. The Department of the Interior has commented too, expressing concern … Continue reading

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If you’re going to do a Cult of Personality, there’s no point in doing it halfway.

http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk02900&num=10829 The “Ten Principles for the Establishment of the One-Ideology System” are regulations that govern the everyday lives of the North Korean people. They were officially announced by Kim Jong Il in 1974. The original Ten Principles, to which the … Continue reading

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Sunday morning, Lake Martin

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40% Growth in Oil and Gas Jobs Since 2007. #oilandgas

From FuelFix.com, the energy blog of the Houston Chronicle: Jobs in the oil and gas sector have grown 40 percent in the last five years, helping to counteract the tepid one percent increase in total U.S. employment. The oil and … Continue reading

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Senator Harry Reid and Identity Politics

When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) sees Republican opposition to Obama administration policies, he “hopes” it’s not based in racism. Believe it or not, it is possible to hold a divergent opinion in good faith. Sometimes, Sen. Reid, a … Continue reading

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R.I.P. George Duke

“I was in a rock band, I played with a bunch of Brazilians, I played R&B with Parliament-Funkadelic and all of that,” he said in an interview before his most recent album, “DreamWeaver,” was released last month. “I mean, I’ve … Continue reading

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