Category Archives: Politics

Boxer’s carbon tax proposal would enrich people already feeding from the public trough… meanwhile Suzanne Goldenberg bags her journalism skills

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

While the Guardian’s environmental amateur journo Suzanne Goldenberg bloviates about the horrible possibility that some climate skeptic think tanks may have actually gotten a drop in the bucket of funding compared to all the billions of money poured down the … Continue reading →

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SOTU: Energy Fabrications, Falsehoods and Fantasies

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Guest Post by David Middleton During his State of the Union Address, President Obama had a few things to say about energy snd I have a few replies. Pres. Obama: We buy… less foreign oil than we have in 20 … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, petroleum, Politics | 125 Comments

Keystone XL: NASA’s James Hansen risks arrest…. again

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

From @connect in my Twitter feed today: I count 39 in this photo, including half bodies at far left. IMHO, 39 angry activists don’t speak for the country. Hansen, seen standing at far left in the grey fedora, keeps coming … Continue reading →

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New bill to limit IPCC funding from USA

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Luetkemeyer Seeks to Prohibit Federal Funding for Job-Killing UN Climate Change Initiatives  WASHINGTON, D.C. _ Following last night’s State of the Union Address in which the president pledged to implement a job-killing climate change agenda, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) … Continue reading →

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State of the Union climate spin doctors stand ready to take your call

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

People send me stuff. In this case somebody sent me something that I hadn’t gotten through the ‘approved’ channels. Thanks to “Son Of Soylent Green” for this tip via email. Looks like Obama is getting ready to ramp up the … Continue reading →

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Vitter, Issa Investigate EPA’s Transparency Problem, More Suspicious E-mail Accounts

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

For Immediate Release Contact: Luke Bolar / Vitter (202) 224-4623  Becca Watkins / Issa (202) 225-0037 January 29, 2013 Vitter, Issa Investigate EPA’s Transparency Problem, More Suspicious E-mail Accounts EPA Region 8 Administrator violates e-mail rule, uses private e-mail accounts … Continue reading →

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Study: Global warming belief tracks the weather

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

From the University of New Hampshire , comes this explanation of what we observe seasonally in the news, that warming events are inevitably linked to global warming. Climate change beliefs of independent voters shift with the weather, UNH study finds … Continue reading →

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How Green Was My Bankruptcy? U. S. Army Edition.

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Guest Post by David Middleton Great News! Siemens will generate an 18% return on a project that will have a negative return on investment (-9%)… All at the taxpayers’ expense! At first glance, this looked too good to be true…

Posted in Economy-health, Energy, natural gas, Politics, solar power | Tagged , , , , , , | 78 Comments

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

It’s snowing, and it really feels like the start of a mini ice age – London Mayor Boris Johnson

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Image Credit: Climate4You.com From The Telegraph – By London Mayor Boris Johnson “The Sun is god!” cried JMW Turner as he died, and plenty of other people have thought there was much in his analysis. The Aztecs agreed, and so … Continue reading →

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‘climate’ being teed up for a big comeback this year by Obama administration

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

People send me stuff. This comes from a Washington insider. Not for attribution but a relative of mine of some seniority at State [Department] indicated to me an understanding within that institution that ‘climate’ was being teed up for a … Continue reading →

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Kerry as Secretary of State: Global warming first, world hunger, disease, and nuclear arms second

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Guest post by Steve Goreham Originally published in 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News, Politics | Tagged | 107 Comments

A post election oddity I’m noticing

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

Fair warning – Don’t click through if you don’t want to read something political in nature. I’m sensitive to those that don’t want to read that sort of thing, hence the fair warning. Nothing bad here, just a curiosity and … Continue reading →

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Here it comes–a carbon tax

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut the U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says By Mathew Carr – Bloomberg News Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit after winning a second term … Continue reading →

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Sandy and the presidential election

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

From Fox News, a surprising metric from exit polls. They write: Many analysts felt that the arrival of Hurricane Sandy gave the president a boost last week by allowing him to display leadership in front of the American people, as … Continue reading →

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Climate totally absent from all presidential debates

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

The first time the debates have been silent on climate since 1988.  Over at Joe Romm’s paid for propaganda arm of the Center for American Progress they recently wrote: Why It’s Impossible To Ignore Climate In A Presidential Foreign Policy … Continue reading →

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Winning versus losing energy policy

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

We can and must rejuvenate our economy by developing America’s resource bounties Guest post by Paul Driessen “As the Democrats become more committed to, and defined by, a green agenda, and as they become dependent on money from high-tech venture … Continue reading →

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No wonder ‘climate’ wasn’t mentioned in the presidential debate

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

While my favorite tweet this morning called climate “the third rail” (i.e. don’t touch the electrified rail or it will kill your presidential bid, there’s even a Wiki entry on it) the reality seems to be simply that it is … Continue reading →

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Bjørn Lomborg and Dr. Roy Spencer to be in Fox News special tonight on climate skepticsm and green agenda

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

This should be good. From Fox news, video follows. Bret Baier travels across America, revealing rogue regulators, tracing the truth about the president’s environmental agenda and exposing programs that could devastate our economy!

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Al Gore on Obama’s failed debate performance – ‘it was the altitude’, not the attitude

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

I would not have believed this if I wasn’t able to see it myself. This bloviation even tops Gore’s “Earth’s interior is millions of degrees” comment on live TV. Watch this video segment from Gore’s Current TV: 

Posted in Al Gore, Humor, Politics, Ridiculae | Tagged , , | 158 Comments