Category Archives: Government idiocy

Chris Horner responds to the EPA statement today on the question of them running a black-ops program

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Earlier today I posted this story linking to the IBD editorial: Is the EPA running a black-ops program? I got this direct email statement from the EPA, to which Horner responds. This email was sent directly to me this morning, my … Continue reading →

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Is the EPA running a black-ops program?

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

UPDATE: I got a direct email from the EPA with a statement. See below. From Investors Business Daily: Clandestine Government: During his first full day in the White House, Barack Obama promised he’d brought with him “a new era of … Continue reading →

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The Secret 28 Who Made BBC ‘Green’ Will Not Be Named

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

The BBC pits six lawyers against one questioning blogger, Tony Newbery of Harmless Sky, who was making an FOI request for the 28 names. In the process, the judge demonstrates he has partisan views on climate change. Via Dr. Benny … Continue reading →

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More ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ from Seinfeld

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

I’ve always said that the global warming story is just like another product of Vandelay Industries, as some of the more alarming parts foisted on us are simply sitcom variety fiction. Even Jim Hansen’s NASA GISS office has a hilarious … Continue reading →

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Will a new ‘Weather Commission’ be a benefit or a travesty?

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

This smells like Trenberth’s doings at the behest of Al Gore and his “Dirty Weather” Campaign. If so, then I’m against it, because all this will do is create another bureaucracy loaded with opinionated thinkers sucking up more tax dollars … Continue reading →

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Government Gone Wild: California Department of Fish and Game diverts fishing and hunting license monies to study climate change

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

This is excerpts from a column that appeared Sunday by Chico Enterprise-Record editor David Little. To say he’s annoyed would be an understatement, especially when he titles it ‘Another startling episode of ‘Your Tax Dollars At Work’  – Anthony By … Continue reading →

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A stern rebuttal to the Stern review

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

A member of the UK parliament, MP Peter Lilley, has written a scathing rebuttal study to the 2006 “Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change” which has been used a a basis for UK government to move forward with … Continue reading →

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“North American energy independence by 2020″

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently released an outline of his plan to achieve “North American energy independence” by 2020. While the white paper (1) is short on specific details, it does contain quite a … Continue reading →

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Follow the warming money

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

This might make you mad. That’s even more reason to read about it. $1.9 million in environmental justice grants 10th May 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1.9 million in environmental justice grants to 76 non-profit organizations … Continue reading →

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Germany’s new “renewable” energy policy

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Wind and solar power + soaring electricity prices = outsourced jobs + more coal burning Meanwhile, eco activists demand “sustainable lifestyles” – for other people Guest post by Kelvin Kemm It is amazing how biased the international media is when … Continue reading →

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And it’s gone…Governor Brown’s office responds to WUWT

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Sunday, I point out the glaring error in California Governor Jerry Brown’s website with a climate time-series that only showed 1/3 of the year, January-April: I got an email for the direct of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research … Continue reading →

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Climate FAIL: Governor ‘Moonbeam’ Brown’s ‘denier page’ can’t even get the temperature graph right

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

UPDATE: 8/20/12 3:50 PM PDT The Governor’s office changes the page – see below. I’ve been sitting on this one quietly for almost a week now, and nobody seems to have caught this glaring error in California Governor Jerry Brown’s … Continue reading →

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Newly declassified document from Inspector General: U.S. climate change spending abroad is a mess

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

… more concerned with spending money than in monitoring its effectiveness.” From Fox News, which has the exclusive story: Inadequate oversight, lax bookkeeping, sloppy paperwork, haphazard performance agreements and missing financial documentation have plagued U.S. State Department spending of tens … Continue reading →

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National Weather Service buying hollow point bullets?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

UPDATE: Via Business Insider, my posit that this was a typo is confirmed. See below. At first I didn’t believe this, but there it is on the Federal bids page, screencap and link below. See the screencaps for an explantion. … Continue reading →

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Apparently Governor Brown, you’ve never visited the weather station at Lake Tahoe

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

I had to laugh. Governor Jerry “moonbeam” Brown has created a comical clone of the Skeptical Science website at his state office website, and announced it today in lake Tahoe with this missive via the Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert: The … Continue reading →

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California Air Resources Board cap and trade program circumvents state open meeting laws with a Moonbeam assist

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

Strong headline, I know, but I didn’t believe this was true until I researched it myself. First some background; I once served as an elected official on my local school board. During orientation and virtually every annual CSBA meeting after … Continue reading →

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Sierra Club hires EPA official who wanted to ‘crucify’ EPA lawbreakers

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

The Hill reports: A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official who resigned earlier this year for comparing his work to crucifixion has found new employment with a leading green group. The Sierra Club on Friday announced that Al Armendariz would … Continue reading →

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In Colorado wildfires, ‘worst in state history’, why won’t the Forest Service use the biggest firefighting tool available?

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

AP labels the 2012 Colorado wildfires worst in state history in this story. My friend and fellow climate skeptic, nationally syndicated radio host Lars Larson, asks some pointed and pertinent questions about what appears to be some of the most … Continue reading →

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More climate idiocy from California

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

If the looming spectre of rising electricity prices due to CARB’s upcoming “cap and trade” isn’t enough, now the Department of Water resources has opted to be less efficient by giving low cost electricity the boot. Somebody else will buy … Continue reading →

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NOAA National Weather Service caught in a ‘budgetary ponzi scheme’

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

NOAA comes under criticism again, this time over National Weather Service funding By DON CUDDY June 05, 2012 12:00 AM The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its embattled head Dr. Jane Lubchenco are again the target of criticism after … Continue reading →

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