davidl on August 30th, 2007

As to the consensus within the scientific community on the theory of anthropogenic global warming, there simplly isn’t any.   So reports Michael Asher:

Of 528 total papers on climate change, only 38 (7%) gave an explicit endorsement of the

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Eric Florack on August 30th, 2007

The Jawa report, yesterday:

Last April, the Thai government passed a law banning open-field trials of genetically-modified (GM) crops. Greenpeace was elated.

Recently, it was reported that the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry was going to seek cabinet approval for a

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Eric Florack on August 26th, 2007

The collection of idiocy calling itself Climate Progress takes environaziism to a whole new level with their post of the 6th of August, wondering in the title, “Did climate change contribute to the Minneapolis bridge collapse?”

Are we too seriously

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Eric Florack on August 22nd, 2007

Spiegel, having seen the light recently, has become a fountain of good information.

moose.gif Another example, this morning:

The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce

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davidl on August 18th, 2007

Barack ObamaThe man too dumb to be president stuck his foot in his mouth yet again: 

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) – Democrat Barack Obama said Saturday the country faces an “an urgent moral challenge” to reduce reliance on oil and

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Eric Florack on August 18th, 2007

After years of being fed the line that bio fuels were the fuel of the future, and very green, it turns out that that’s not the case.  No surprise to us, we’ve been saying it for quite some time.  But

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Eric Florack on August 16th, 2007

I came to the conclusion, some years ago, that I don’t quote Jeff Jacoby nearly as much as I should. This morning, comes yet another example of this:

INTRODUCING Newsweek’s Aug. 13 cover story on global warming “denial,” editor Jon

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Eric Florack on August 15th, 2007

Look, Glenn, the reason that people are going to four wheel drive rigs like that, is that cars have been so seriously downsized… You tend to have to work tubes of KY into your monthly driving budget, just so

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Eric Florack on August 10th, 2007

Hey Billy, even you aren’t aware of the scope of the attempt, here…. an unusual situation…

“The United States should consider implementing a European-style gasoline tax if it hopes to deal with energy security and global warming, the head of

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Eric Florack on August 10th, 2007

James Joyner says this morning:

Anthony Watts as generated a huge amount of blogospheric attention with his report on Steve McIntyre’s recalculation of temperature trends. It turns out that the Y2K bug skewed previous data from this decade.

Four

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davidl on August 9th, 2007

kate2.jpgKate, Small Dead Animals, blogs of the creaking as Al Gore’s settled science settles in yet again and his hockey stick morphs into a puck:

“As it stands, we are looking at a bladeless “Hockey Stick”, and for all

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davidl on August 7th, 2007

garbageGarbage in, garbage out.  One Chris Goodall demonstrates.  What an attention grabbing headline:

Walking to the shops ‘damages planet more than going by car’
 

Shame the headlines is not supported by by facts contained within the article itself.

Walking

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Interesting note, the other day from Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell:

The great danger of confronting peak oil and global warming isn’t that we will sit on our collective asses and do nothing while civilization collapses, but that we will

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davidl on August 1st, 2007

Randall Hoven, American Thinker, gives s short primer in how to kill babies and spread disease:

Good intentions and the urge to get something done can lead to disastrous policy. This is true for everyone. But add the power

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Eric Florack on July 28th, 2007

Reports Fox’s Bret Baier:

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he will investigate a threatening letter sent to a global warming skeptic by the head of a group advocating the use of renewable energy.

The Washington Times reports

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