Category Archives: Climate

Does Drilling in ANWR Make More Sense than the Alaskan Offshore?

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Steve Maley

At this writing, Shell Oil is awaiting final permits from the Department of the Interior and EPA for drill two of five wells in the Arctic Ocean offshore Alaska that were originally planned for 2012. Later than normal breakup of … Continue reading →

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DMI exits wind tower business, lays off 384 workers, blames loss of PTC #rsrh

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Steve Maley

Wind tower manufacturer DMI Industries, Inc. will close its Tulsa plant in three months after its parent company decided to exit the wind energy business. DMI will close the Tulsa plant in November and lay off 167 employees in Tulsa. … Continue reading →

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James Lovelock, Father of Gaia Theory, Endorses Natural Gas Fracking

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Steve Maley

James Lovelock, now 92 years of age, is the father of Gaia theory, the idea that Mother Earth is a sort of sentient, self-regulating organism. So it was noteworthy a few weeks back when he walked back some of his … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 2012: The Day the Tide Turned

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Steve Maley

Happy Earth Day 2012, everyone! One day we may look back on this as the time when the tide began to recede – that being the tide of Anthropogenic Global Warming hysteria. The canary in this particular mine is the … Continue reading →

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That brownie will kill you. In other news, ‘I drank your milkshake’. #rsrh

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Steve Maley

From the venerable New York Times: Think of the public as a consumer in a grocery aisle passing a box of brownie mix, the consultant said. The brownie on the front is so delectable that she can imagine the taste … Continue reading →

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Canada to Kyoto: ‘Sayonara!’

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Steve Maley

On Monday, Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that his country would exercise its legal option to end its participation in the Kyoto Protocols. The Protocols were a United Nations initiative, adopted in 1997 with a goal of rolling carbon … Continue reading →

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Is Irene a Harbinger, or Just a Cigar?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Steve Maley

Is Hurricane Irene a “harbinger of human-induced Climate Change” as a New York Times headline suggests, or just a seasonal tropical cyclone? Hurricane season, after all, peaks in mid-September. Seeing Irene as Harbinger of a Change in Climate By JUSTIN … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Easy Going Green, Part II

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Steve Maley

This week, American Electric Power scuppered plans for a $668 million carbon sequestration project at the utility’s Mountaineer Power Plant in West Virgina. The Mountaineer project had been heralded as the flagship of “clean coal” technology: the process involves using … Continue reading →

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Apparently, Climate ‘Science’ Is Not A Two-Way Street

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Steve Maley

Tornadoes in Alabama and the South: Is Climate Change to Blame? The bottom line: It’s plausible that the warming of our planet could affect the frequency and intensity of tornadoes, though there’s little solid evidence to back up the claim. … Continue reading →

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