Category Archives: Environment

Climate Change, Climate Skeptics and Climate Fools

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Steve Maley

Under eleven grafs of organic compost, the NYT Green Blog buries its discomfiting lede: unless we’re willing to get serious about nuclear energy, it’s all just talk. Continue reading →

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Maybe we should have Fair Trade Offshore Oil #rsrh

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Steve Maley

Not sure what point this is trying to make. Oh, and fair trade coffee isn’t fair.

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The Ongoing Federal War On Natural Gas #rsrh

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Steve Maley

Formal Reprimand Issued To Flatulent Federal Worker | The Smoking Gun “DECEMBER 21–A federal employee was formally reprimanded this month for excessive workplace flatulence, a sanction that was delivered to him in a five-page letter that actually included a log … Continue reading →

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Is a Carbon Tax in our Future?

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Steve Maley

As folk wisdom tells us, “Where there’s smoke, there’s carbon emissions.” And where there are carbon emissions, there are internationalists hell-bent on hobbling the American economy in the name of Global Warming. Several recent signs: In 2010, the Treasury Department … Continue reading →

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I’ll have Geology for 500 trillion cubic feet, Alex. #rsrh

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Steve Maley

H/T @MarcellusGas on twitter. http://MarcellusCoalition.org

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Urine as fuel? #rsrh

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Steve Maley

Now this really pi**es me off. Teens Create A Way To Use Urine As Fuel – Forbes Four teenage girls figured out a way to use a liter of urine as fuel for generating six hours of electricity. Fourteen-year-olds Duro-Aina … Continue reading →

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Carbon Taxes. That didn’t take long. #rsrh

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Steve Maley

Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says “Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. … Continue reading →

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‘Eco-Taxes’ Planned for a Second Obama Term?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Steve Maley

The issue of Climate Change has been a no-show in the 2012 election cycle; one would think that ManBearPig had been named an endangered species. But a two-year study commisioned by Barack Obama’s Treasury Department will recommend ways to “green” … Continue reading →

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The Abounding Promise of Solar Energy #rsrh

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Steve Maley

From Human Events: Well, yesterday, The Denver Post detailed the criminal investigation of Abound Solar, a defunct solar-panel manufacturer in Colorado that was run on taxpayer “investments,” for securities fraud, consumer fraud and financial misrepresentation. Abound shuttered its Colorado plant during the … Continue reading →

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Paging Mr. Oil, Mr. Gas, Mr. Coal: Obama on Energy

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Steve Maley

Much of Tuesday night’s Presidential Townhall from Hofstra University focused on energy, and oil and gas policy in particular. Taking credit for recent increases in oil and gas production seems to be a particular obsession of President Obama’s. As I … Continue reading →

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