Daily Archives: September 19, 2009

California hoses its energy future – again

Posted on September 19, 2009 by

According to the New York Times, a major solar power project in California has been canceled. It seems that even creating solar power in the middle of nowhere in a desert can’t get past California environmentalists these days. If not … Continue reading →

Posted in energy, ridiculae | 169 Comments

Climate Alarmists rush to judgment on dead walruses, ignore other possibilities

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All over the web today, there’s the theme of: “dead walrus = caused by climate change”. On the Climate Progress blog they have this picture of the dead walruses (seen at left) which have been circulated by the Associated Press. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Arctic, climate_change, media, sea ice | 134 Comments

Carbon offsets lose 20% of their value in the last week at CCX

Posted on September 19, 2009 by

It appears that the carbon offset market is dying in the USA. You may recall the WUWT story from 9/9/09 on the Chicago Climate Exchange trading price dropping to 25 cents per metric ton. See Market Confidence Low: Carbon Credits … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon credits | 59 Comments

Treasury Department Releases Documents Showing Cap-and-Trade Costs Could Hit $300 Billion Annually

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This passage from page 7 “justifying” the tax is telling: “Domestic policies to address climate change and the related issues of energy security and affordability will involve significant costs and potential revenues, possibly np to several percentage points of annual … Continue reading →

Posted in economy-health, politics | 48 Comments