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Environment

Climate Change, Clouds, and Computer Models

by @rblinne on July 24, 2009 · 0 comments

in #tcot, Environment

One of the things I often hear from global warming skeptics is how the computer models are bad. What this shows is that these skeptics do not have a clue on how science really works. Models are used to test hypotheses. You let the model make a prediction and you see which of the models [...]

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Mark Steyn Claims Global Warming Has “Stopped”

by @dmooney9 on July 8, 2009 · 2 comments

in Environment

The last time I wrote about Mark Stein our comment inbox was flooded with complaints from his adoring minions. But he’s done it again. The self styled expert on all things Muslim is now an environmental expert.
On the Limbaugh show today guest host Steyn said Obama is trying to get the world’s economic superpowers to [...]

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CBO: Cap and Trade Will Cost $175 per Household

by @rblinne on June 22, 2009 · 14 comments

in Environment, GOP

The Republicans inflated the cost of cap and trade by a factor of 20x according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Climate change legislation pending in Congress would cost U.S. households only about $175 annually in higher energy and consumer prices, far less than the $3,100 “burden” opponents have claimed would result, according [...]

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As Earth Day ends…

by @Karoli on April 22, 2009 · 3 comments

in Energy, Environment

This is one of the photos I used to protest the threat of offshore drilling as an answer to rising gas prices last summer. This beach is 8 miles from my home, is a haven for migrating whales, pelicans, great blue herons and stubborn photographers. Just up the road there is a military firing range, [...]

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EPA: GHG are a Health Hazard

by @rblinne on April 17, 2009 · 1 comment

in Energy, Environment

Interesting announcement in the Friday data dump. The EPA declared greenhouse gases to be a health hazard.
Having received White House backing, the Environmental Protection Agency declared Friday that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are a significant threat to human health and thus will be listed as pollutants under the Clean Air Act — a [...]

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Obama keeping promises better than expected

by @dmooney9 on March 23, 2009 · 0 comments

in Energy, Environment, Government Affairs, Healthcare, Politics, Taxes

@dmooney9 Politifact tracked 513 promises Obama made during the primaries, and yesterday took a look at his top 10.
Here is a summary of their scorecard: Of the 10 promises, 1 has been fully kept, 1 has been kept via compromise, 5 are in the works and 3 have had no action taken on them. I [...]

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