Archive for the ‘Global Warming’ Category

Prosecuting Climate Dissent

November 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Global Warming

Religious persecution? ========== WSJ 11/9/2015 Sheldon Whitehouse got his man. The Rhode Island Senator has been lobbying for prosecutions of oil and gas companies over climate change, and New York Attorney General and progressive activist Eric Schneiderman has now obliged by opening a subpoena assault on Exxon Mobil. This marks a dangerous new escalation of the left’s attempt to stamp out all disagreement... Read more

Obama’s Wind-Energy Lobby Gets Blown Away

August 22 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, Liberal Press

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

The Campus Climate Crusade

March 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Global Warming, Liberal Press, Politically correct, The Left

Why is the left not willing to have open dialog, discuss facts, consider alternate opinions? Is it because they have no argument, so all they have left is to demonize individuals? ================ Kimberley A. Strassel March 26, 2015 7:12 p.m. ET Conservative thought on campus these days is rare, though for some it’s still not rare enough. Witness the growing campaign by politicians, unions... Read more

Environmental Religion

March 17 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, The Left

Very 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

Fossil Fuels Will Save the World (Really)

March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Global Warming, Politically correct, Science

I think the right honorable gentleman makes some very keen observations. === By Matt Ridley March 13, 2015 5:33 p.m. ET The environmental movement has advanced three arguments in recent years for giving up fossil fuels: (1) that we will soon run out of them anyway; (2) that alternative sources of energy will price them out of the marketplace; and (3) that we cannot... Read more

Google’s Green Efforts – WSJ

December 7 | Posted by mrossol | Global Warming

Google engineers Ross Koningstein and David Fork, writing for IEEE Spectrum, Nov. 18: Starting in 2007, Google committed significant resources to tackle the world’s climate and energy problems. A few of these efforts proved very successful: Google deployed some of the most energy-efficient data centers in the world, purchased large amounts of renewable energy, and offset what remained of its carbon... Read more

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