Category Archives: Government idiocy

DOE Green Energy Loans: $11.45 million per job and a rounding error’s worth of averted carbon emissions.

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

Guest Post by David Middleton The cost of each taxpayer-financed green energy job created since 2009: $26.32 billion divided by 2,298 jobs = $11.45 million per job… Green energy jobs and DOE loans are tallied under programs 1703 and 1705 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Carbon dioxide, Coal, Energy, Government idiocy, natural gas, Politics, solar power | Tagged , , , , , , , | 55 Comments

Yeo Ho Ho! We told you so

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

From the I smell bacon department and Josh: Tim Yeo’s fall. For those who don’t know, he is an MP and Chairman of the UK Energy and Climate Change Select Committee. Front page in The Sunday Times today and, of … Continue reading →

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King Canuccitelli plans to tax carbon right out of the air

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

Many readers know the story of the Viking turned King who was said to be able to hold back the sea, only to realize that he had no such power. King Canute the Great, the legend says, seated on his … Continue reading →

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‘Richard Windsor’ seems to be a governmental ‘everyman’ issue

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

It seems that the Associated Press has taken notice of what CEI’s Chris Horner first reported (here at WUWT and elsewhere) about the EPA’s secret email alias of “Richard Windsor” and has found the same sort of off the books … Continue reading →

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Saturday silliness – more motivation to leave California

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

Yesterday I lamented the potential banning of fire. For those of you that don’t know, I live in a town that rivals Berkeley for nuttiness. Thanks to the progressive thinking fomented by Chico State University, Chico is often like an … Continue reading →

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Time to leave – California wants to ban campfires at the beach

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

From the Washington Times, idiocy only bureaucrats could muster: “Since man first rubbed a pair of sticks together to make a fire, we’ve gathered around a campfire to cook food, enjoy good company and bask in the warmth of the … Continue reading →

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Washington passes wind

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Reader Richard Lyman submits this story from AP and the “What we all knew but Washington would never admit because it stinks to high heaven department“. It is about how certain green interests get a pass on Endangered Species Act … Continue reading →

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Lomborg: Californians are paying ridiculous subsidies for electric cars

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

 Guest post by Bjørn Lomborg I’ve said electric cars get subsidized too much. Turns out I was wrong. In California, they are subsidized ridiculously too much. Tesla gets $45,000 for each car it sells in state and federal subsidies. The … Continue reading →

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Lords a leapin

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Guest post by Mike Jonas From the UK’s BBC comes this news item: Trillion-euro shortfall facing EU energy sector – Lords Committee Under the obligatory photo of chimneys spewing steam, is a totally uncritical article on the final report from … Continue reading →

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English Winters Back To Normal–Julia Blames Global Warming!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

By Paul Homewood According to the Sun, Britain’s winters are getting colder because of melting Arctic ice, the Government’s forecaster said yesterday. Met Office chief scientist Julia Slingo said climate change was “loading the dice” towards freezing, drier weather — … Continue reading →

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A new high resolution look at North Korea, where it is ‘Earth Hour’ every night

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

We’ve made fun in the past of the lack of basic electrical infrastructure in North Korea, comparing its light footprint from space with the anti human progress Earth Hour, and with good reason – It’s really a dark country in … Continue reading →

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Forget the need for a U.S. carbon tax – the economy has put a big dent in gasoline use and driving

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

UPDATED: see below A few days ago I did a report on the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) numbers for carbon dioxide emissions, showing that it was clearly down, and back to levels not seen since 1994, and noting that … Continue reading →

Posted in carbon tax, Economy-health, Energy, Government idiocy | Tagged , , | 156 Comments

Climate Change: Key Mission for the US Navy?

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Guest post by Steve Goreham Originally published in The Washington Times. The United States Navy has embraced climate change ideology. In an interview with the Boston Globe on March 9, Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, the Navy’s top officer in … Continue reading →

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Oil Production on Federal Lands Fell Again in 2012 – Climate Progress Blames Geology

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Guest post by David Middleton “We produce more oil at home than we have in 15 years.” –President Obama, Feb. 12, 2013 Yes, Mr. President, we do produce more oil at home than we have in quite a long time. … Continue reading →

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‘Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.’

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

That headline is from this article in The Atlantic. Below is from Globalwarming.org What EPA Transparency Looks Like in Most Open, Honest Administration Ever This time, we got actual emails … that revealed a lot … about the fine art … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: Hansen’s 4 year doom cycle gets rebooted

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

WUWT readers may recall this from 2009: Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms… That is how we will preserve our … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Government idiocy, James Hansen, Politics | Tagged , , | 137 Comments

The climate fools rush in at the inaguration

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

From AP Video: President Barack Obama is pledging to respond to what he calls “the threat of climate change.” He says that failing to do so would be a betrayal of the nation’s children, and of future generations. (Jan. 21) … Continue reading →

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NOAA SOTC Claim that 2012 Was Warmest La Nina Year is Wrong

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

NOAA’s Definition and Data Contradict Their Claim That 2012 Was The Warmest La Niña Year Guest post by Bob Tisdale In the 2012 State of the Climate Report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated (my boldface): 2012 ranked as … Continue reading →

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EPA Doubles Down on ‘Richard Windsor’ Stonewall

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Guest post by Chris Horner [Emails are now available online - see below] After First admitting to Jackson’s false identity, EPA pretends it doesn’t exist So much for we have nothing to hide. In EPA’s first production of Lisa Jackson’s … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, Hansen and Karl go on about certainty

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

There’s a press conference going on right now with NCDC’s Tom Karl and NASA GISS Dr. James Hansen. They want us to believe them, about the certainty of their conclusions from data. I just checked the “State of the Climate … Continue reading →

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