Category Archives: Environment

Who’s Awarding Pinocchios for Environmental Journalism?

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Steve Maley

From the article’s graphics, you’d never guess that less than 0.3% of the assessed area was rated as severe or moderate impact in the most recent study; 79% was assessed “no impact” or “pristine”. Continue reading →

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Unwoke Advice for Climate Change Kids

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Steve Maley

Students gather in Columbus Circle in New York for a student-led protest, part of many school climate strikes around the world, against a lack of action on climate issues and to raise awareness about climate change. (Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock, as published … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump, the Energy President?

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Steve Maley

This is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote after Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address (emphasis in original): I keep circling back to the central irony of the Obama Presidency: Obama could have been the Energy President. … Continue reading →

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Father Gaia, on the Green Movement: “It’s a religion, you see. It’s totally unscientific.”

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Steve Maley

At 97, James Lovelock, futurist and creator of the Gaia Hypothesis, is just hitting his stride. And it’s causing some concern among his acolytes. (The Gaia Hypothesis holds that the Earth is more a self-regulating organism life form than a ball of molten iron … Continue reading →

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If you believe #fracking causes Oklahoma earthquakes, then you should also believe that Islam causes terrorism.

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Steve Maley

Because both beliefs are founded in the same kind of sloppy, simplified guilt-by-association reasoning applied to a complex problem. Fivethirtyeight.com has a decent, not perfect*, description of Oklahoma’s earthquake dilemma. Now, I’m a thousand miles away and only mildly educated … Continue reading →

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The stark reality of green tech’s solar and wind contribution to world energy

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Steve Maley

I would need to check the numbers to make sure they properly accounted for the use of cow dung in Africa, but this is consistent with what I’ve been saying for the last 10 years. We have yet to address … Continue reading →

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It’s Hurricane Season. It’s Junk Science Season.

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Steve Maley

Pretty much the same things in these days of Anthropogenic Global Warming. Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them, study finds Female-named storms have historically killed more because people neither consider them as risky nor … Continue reading →

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When Your ‘Goal’ is not really Your Goal

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Steve Maley

It’s a massive “tell”: The Kyoto goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions was never the global warming crowd’s true goal.

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Sometimes the Goal is Not Really the Goal

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Steve Maley

Correspondent Clark Griswold reports: I spent the last three months planning my family’s summer road trip to Wally World. My Trip-Tik anticipated stops at the Grand Canyon, the House of Mud and the World’s Second Largest Ball of Twine, but … Continue reading →

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Great Achievements in Central Planning: Cellulosic Biofuel

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Steve Maley

Cellulosic biofuel is a case of the Congress thinking it could create a market presence for a product by sheer force of will and legislation. Bad idea. Continue reading →

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