Where are all the “windmill huggers”? ======== By Robert Bryce WSJ Aug. 18, 2015 7:09 p.m. Chalk one up for the bald eagle. The avian symbol of American freedom has beaten the Obama administration and the wind industry in court, though the majestic birds still don’t stand a chance when flying near the subsidy-fueled blades of green-energy production. On Aug. 11, a federal judge in... Read more
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Obama’s Wind-Energy Lobby Gets Blown Away
August 22 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, Liberal PressWhere is the outrage against the EPA?
August 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Obama, The LeftThey’re here to help us, don’t mind this little issue… ====== ug. 11, 2015 7:41 p.m. ET 436 COMMENTS ‘Ghostbusters” has been playing again on cable, so we are reminded that the villain of that movie classic was a bully from the Environmental Protection Agency. He broke the ghost-containment grid and all hell broke loose. So who you gonna call today when the E-men... Read more
Where’s the Delta Smelt?
April 29 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Environment, ScienceAs I have said earlier, this is a religion. ========= By Allysia Finley April 26, 2015 5:58 p.m. ET In California, it takes about 1.1 gallons of water to grow an almond; 1.28 gallons to flush a toilet; and 34 gallons to produce an ounce of marijuana. But how many gallons are needed to save a three-inch delta smelt, the cause célèbre... Read more
Rethinking the U.S. Surrender on Nuclear Power
April 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, The LeftIts religion. ============ By Eric McFarland April 27, 2015 7:11 p.m. ET The ghosts of Lenin and Mao might well be smirking. Communist and authoritarian nations are moving to take global leadership in, and profit from, the commercial use of nuclear power, a technology made possible by the market-driven economies of the West. New research and development could enable abundant, affordable, low-carbon energy as... Read more
Fossil Fuel Free Is No Country for the Poor
March 28 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, EnvironmentAs I have posted before: Fossil fuels have done more to improve the lot of the poor than ANYTHING ELSE in the past, or ANYTHING proposed by the benevolent elite. ============ By Donald J. Boudreaux March 27, 2015 5:56 p.m. ET Richard Branson,Arianna Huffington and several other business icons recently called on world leaders to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Such a... Read more
Environmental Religion
March 17 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, The LeftVery good argument, indeed. ============ From a speech by the late novelist Michael Crichton to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, 2003: Today, one of the most powerful religions in the Western World is environmentalism. Environmentalism seems to be the religion of choice for urban atheists. Why do I say it’s a religion? Well, just look at the beliefs. If you look carefully,... Read more
