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Renewable Energy’s Big Secret
February 20, 2013, The Washington Times
Climate change has again moved to center stage. Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama stated, “But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.” Two days later, Senators Sanders and Boxer introduced a legislative package calling for a carbon tax on coal mines, refineries, and natural gas facilities. On Sunday, an estimated 35,000 climate crusaders joined a rally on the national mall in Washington, urging President Obama to block the Keystone XL pipeline project.
Teaching Climatism in Schools—Next Generation Science Standards
February 6, 2013, The Washington Times
Man-made global warming must be taught in our schools, according to the latest release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The January draft release of the NGSS by the National Research Council is a recommendation for concepts to be used by states in kindergarten through high school. But the recommendations are filled with ideology and unproven assumptions about climate change.
Government Issues Warning, But Are Rising Temperatures a Health Risk?
January 15, 2013, The Washington Times
Last Friday, the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC) issued a draft report titled “Climate Change and the American People.” The report was produced by the 60-person NCADAC and supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of our federal government. The report concludes that “Climate change is already affecting the American people” and that US communities will face “economic or health-related challenges.” Sadly, common sense is hard to find in the 1146-page document.
Lisa Jackson Leaving EPA and Path of Economic Destruction
January 2, 2013, The Washington Times
Lisa Jackson, President Obama’s chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned last week. For four years she led our nation down a regulatory path of economic destruction unmatched in the 40-year history of the EPA. New regulations from Ms. Jackson’s reign of terror impact power plants, industrial plants, refineries, and vehicles, as well as the cost of almost all goods and services. Unless her policies are rolled back, Americans will pay for decades with higher energy prices, job losses, and economic stagnation in exchange for negligible environmental benefits.
Kerry as Secretary of State: Global warming first, world hunger, disease, and nuclear arms second
December 24, 2012, The Washington Times
With barely a whimper from the media, John Kerry is President Obama’s official nominee for Secretary of State. Mr. Kerry is the senior Senator from Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and was the 2004 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Kerry has also been a long-time crusader in the effort to try to stop global warming.
Unfounded Fears? Mayan End of the World and Climate Catastrophe
December 18, 2012, The Washington Times
The Mayan calendar is about to end, and with it, the world.
People love nothing more than an apocalypse. Meteor collisions, alien invasions, super volcanoes, nuclear winter, and global warming all provide great material for mass entertainment and breathless news reporting.
Doha Conference: United States Must Pay for Climate Change “Loss and Damage”
December 12, 2012, The Washington Times
The United States must pay for its evil carbon-emitting ways. According to the United Nations Doha Climate Conference that ended on December 8, developing nations should be compensated for “associated loss and damage” from climate change by the wealthy nations. Developing nations will now pursue industrialized nations for compensation from sea level rise, extreme weather, and other events allegedly caused by past emissions of greenhouse gases. Since the US was the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases until 2007 when China assumed the lead, the US is the primary target of this conclusion.
Misguided PBS Spreads Acid Ocean Alarm
December 11, 2012, The Washington Times
On December 6, the PBS News Hour showed a segment titled “Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic,” with Hari Sreenivasan reporting. The story discussed the recent loss of Florida coral reefs and the possible impact on recreation and tourism if reef degradation continues. But PBS wrongly told viewers that reef degradation was due to warmer ocean temperatures and “ocean acidification,” both allegedly caused by human carbon dioxide emissions. Sreenivasan concluded with, “Time that maybe is running out for coral reefs in Florida and elsewhere.”
The EPA and December 7th—A Date that will Live in Infamy
December 7, 2012, The Washington Times
December 7, 2009 is a date that will live in infamy. Not in memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor, but the day the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared carbon dioxide to be a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
So, How’s Your Green Energy Stock Doing?
December 1, 2012, The Washington Times
Is green energy a fad that has run its course? The investment community seems to think so. RENIXX® World, the Renewable Energy Industrial Index of the world’s top green energy companies, hit an all-time low below 146 on November 21, down more than 90 percent from the December 2007 peak.
A Subsidy That’s Blowin’ in the Wind
November 26, 2012, The Washington Times
The U.S. wind industry is in despair. The Production Tax Credit (PTC), a subsidy of 2.2 cents per kilowatt hour to producers of electricity from wind turbines, is set to expire at the end of this year. The American Wind Energy Association cites a study by Navigant Consulting, claiming that, “…37,000 Americans stand to lose their jobs by the end of the first quarter of 2013 if Congress does not extend the PTC.”
Climate Alarmism: Using Our Fear of Hurricanes
November 4, 2012, Politico
Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, leaving a path of destruction. More than a 100 people have been killed and 8.5 million lost power. Nineteen states from Maine to Tennessee were impacted, with deaths reported in 10 states. Widespread flooding and fires caused extensive damage in New Jersey and New York. More than two feet of snow fell in western Maryland, West Virginia, and parts of Tennessee. The power of nature in action is frightening to behold.
But some believe that mankind is now causing hurricanes…
Climate and State High Temperature Records–Where’s the Beef?
October 24, 2012, Polymontana
The summer of 2012 will be remembered as a hot one by most Americans. Beginning with an unseasonably warm spring, the year continued with a prolonged heat wave into July and August in the Midwest and other locations. Temperatures exceeded triple digits for days in Colorado, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and many other heartland states, producing the worst agricultural drought since the 1950s. Temperatures were described by the news media as “broiling,” “sizzling,” “scorching,” “frying,” and “unprecedented…”
Climate alarmism was as hot as the weather…
2012 Presidential Debate: Not One Word about Climate Change
October 9, 2012, News Blaze
The silence about climate change was deafening in the first 2012 presidential debate. In 90 minutes, neither President Obama nor Governor Romney mentioned climate change or global warming, despite many opportunities to do so. This “omission” was noted by The Atlantic, The Hill, and other websites…
Sounding the ice cap alarm while ignoring the elephant
September 28, 2012, PhillyBurbs
On Sept. 20, the PBS News Hour did a segment titled “Arctic Icecap Shrinks to Record Low Level,” with Ray Suarez interviewing Walt Meier of the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Ray leads off the segment: “The seasonal shrinkage in Arctic ice is more extensive than ever before…According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the low point came on Sunday, when ice covered just 24 percent of the Arctic Ocean. The previous low of 29 percent was set in 2007.” The substance of the PBS segment was correct but misleading for what it did not tell viewers…
The President Decides to Stick with Climatism
September 17, 2012, Tampa Bay Online
In President Obama’s remarks to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, he stated, “…My plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet—because climate change is not a hoax. More droughts and floods and wildfires are not a joke. They’re a threat to our children’s future. And in this election you can do something about it.”
The president’s remarks support the ideology of Climatism—the belief that manmade greenhouse gases are destroying Earth’s climate…
Al Gore’s “Climate Reality” CEO, Maggie L. Fox, Cancels Climate Change Discussion
September 17, 2011, Icecap
On Wednesday, September 14, Al Gore commenced a 24-hour global web broadcast titled “Climate Reality” to “reveal the complete truth about the climate crisis.” Mr. Gore’s introductory video clip stated: “Across the globe, cataclysmic weather events are occurring with such regularity that it’s being called ‘a new normal.’”
Maggie L. Fox, President and CEO of the Climate Reality project, and I were scheduled for an on-air discussion on the topic of climate change…
Will California Reject Climatism?
October 30, 2010, Big Government
On November 2, American citizens will go to the polls to elect our political leaders. One state measure demands the attention of environmental and energy interests across the nation: Proposition 23 in California.
Climatism: That Climate Change Chameleon
October 20, 2010, American Thinker
Climatism, the belief that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying Earth’s climate, is a remarkably flexible ideology. Called “global warming” for many years, advocates renamed the crisis “climate change” after the unexpected cooling of global surface temperatures from 2002-2009. Last month John Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, urged everyone to start using the term “global climate disruption.” What’s next, “catastrophic climate calamity?”
Dangerous Carbon Pollution – Propaganda from Climatism
October 8, 2010, Big Government
Climatism, the belief that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying Earth’s climate, is a remarkably flexible ideology. Called “global warming” for many years, advocates renamed the crisis “climate change” after the unexpected cooling of global surface temperatures from 2002-2009. Last month John Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, urged everyone to start using the term “global climate disruption.” What’s next, “catastrophic climate calamity?”
The American Automobile: Target of Climatism
September 28, 2010, Big Government
Environmental groups have launched a new effort, the Safe Climate Campaign, to radically transform the American automobile and fight climate change. Nathan Wilcox, global warming director at Environment America, states: “Americans want cars that go farther on a gallon of gas. They want our country to use less oil. They want our politicians doing more to address the problem of global warming, not less.” But the proposals are so extreme that the mini-van so loved by Soccer Moms may become an endangered species.
Climatism: Redoubling Misguided Efforts
September 19, 2010, American Thinker
Undaunted by Climategate disclosures and the failure to pursue climate legislation in the Senate, the climate movement is stepping up the attack. At an August 10 virtual town hall held by Repower America, former Vice President Al Gore stated, “We are not defeated. We are redoubling our efforts …We need to solve the climate crisis.” Thousands of supporters listened to the call. Inspired by Mr. Gore, they intend to “roll up their sleeves” and “turn their attention to the future.” Unfortunately, the climate movement is long on enthusiasm and ideology, but short on science and economic sense.
Wind Energy House of Cards
August 31, 2010, Energy Tribune
The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently issued their 2009 Wind Energy Report. Brian Smith, chair of the IEA Wind Executive Committee, states that wind member countries “installed more than 20 gigawatts of new wind capacity” (nameplate capacity). The report was written by representatives of 20 member countries, consisting of 14 European nations, Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and the United States.
