Opinion
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A123 and Fisker Fire at Each Other as Taxpayers Run for Cover
Opinion -As if taxpayers didn’t already have to stomach enough corruption, incompetence and dysfunction in the government's promotion of "green" energy, two past exemplars failure have returned to discharge blame at each other. -
Global Warming Programs Force Hike in California Power Bills
Opinion -The California Public Utilities Commission approved large rate hikes in electricity prices due in part to high costs associated with the state’s global warming restrictions. -
Maryland Wind Farm Threatens Bald Eagles
Opinion -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials report a proposed wind energy project in Maryland would pose a “significant risk to eagles” and the developer should trim back its construction plans. The U.S. -
The Sierra Club Exposed
Opinion -In a news cycle where the lack of transparency is revealed daily, it is refreshing when something previously opaque exposes its true motives. Such is the case for the Sierra Club and its desire to block oil and gas drilling. -
Apple CEO Tim Cook Contradicts Himself with Lisa Jackson Hire
Opinion -After last week’s announcement that Apple would hire former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to handle environmental issues, a series of videos released last week by Duke University were amusingly timed. -
New Data: Climate Models Predicted Too Much Warming
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #94Climate models used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other climate groups to predict future temperatures have failed miserably predicting climate in recent years, new data show. -
Revisiting Climategate as Climatism Falters
Opinion -Climatism, the belief that man-made greenhouse gases are destroying Earth’s climate, is on the wane. Once riding high, the ideology of man-made climate change is losing its influence in governments across the world. -
EPA Hands Over Documents to Advance McCarthy Nomination
Opinion -EPA officials agreed to address transparency concerns voiced by Republican U.S. senators in return for the lawmakers agreeing to attend nomination hearings on President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy. -
BLM Cancels California Oil Lease Sales, Blames Sequester
Opinion -The Obama administration announced it is cancelling legally required oil and gas lease sales in California for at least the rest of the year. -
Corn Production in the USA Is Already Adapting to Warming
Opinion -So what’s the longer-term outlook for the crop? -
Sen. Whitehouse, Tornado Opportunists Wrong on All Counts
Opinion -Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., took advantage of last week’s tornados in the Midwest to boost their climate change plans. -
Cooling Looms as Earth’s True Climate Calamity
Opinion -Although we have been enmeshed in a long debate over global warming and climate change, this controversy has been politically motivated, not a response to actual global warming, as there has been no warming for 16 years. -
EPA Climatism: Dictating Our Lives, Living Standards, and Life Spans
Opinion -Numerous articles document how European climate policies have been disastrous for affordable energy, economic growth, entire industries, people’s jobs and welfare, wildlife habitats and human lives. -
Illinois Passes Nation’s Toughest Fracking Restrictions
Opinion -The Illinois Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill imposing the toughest fracking restrictions in the nation. The bill now advances to Gov. Pat Quinn (D) who is expected to sign the bill into law. -
California Assembly Rejects Fracking Ban
Opinion -The California State Assembly overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have banned oil and natural gas fracking in the state. By a vote of 37-24, the Democrat-dominated Assembly voted down AB 1323. -
Why Does Apple Want Lisa Jackson and Her Ethical Cloud?
Opinion -Apple’s hiring of former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson last week gives her a soft landing place, after she fled her cabinet role spurred by a flurry of evasions and deceits over alias email accounts she and her underlings used to hide correspondence -
Renewable Energy’s Reversal of Fortune
Opinion -“They told us the wind turbines were going to be good for the city; that our electric rates would go down. But that hasn’t happened. -
A Love Letter from Canada: Drill, America, Drill (and Dig)
Opinion -Heartland Institute friend and policy advisor Tom Harris is a nice guy — one of the kindest, most-considerate men I've ever met. He's also Canadian, which pretty much explains all the niceness. -
Glacial Retreat Shows Warmer Temps 400-600 Years Ago
Opinion -A retreat of glaciers in the Canadian Arctic shows temperatures were at least as warm as today 400-to-600 years ago. -
Is it a Failure to Communicate, or Faulty Climate Science?
Opinion -Earlier this month, a New York Times article by Andy Revkin voiced concern over a gap between “the consensus” of climate scientists and public acceptance of the theory of human-caused global warming. Revkin pointed to a study published in April by Dr. -
Alarmists Caught Doctoring ‘97 Percent Consensus’ Claims
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #93Global warming alarmists and their media allies have been caught doctoring the results of a widely cited paper asserting there is a 97 percent scientific consensus regarding human-caused global warming. -
Peer-Reviewed Study Finds CO2 Not Responsible for Recent Warming
Opinion -Carbon dioxide emissions are not the primary factor in recent global warming, a newly published peer-reviewed study reports. -
A Vote for Permanent Poverty
Opinion -Late last month, the elected officials of a small, rural New Mexico county became the first in the nation to vote for permanent poverty. -
Mindless ‘Green’ Indoctrination of Children
Opinion -“We’re from the Earth Guardians group, and we’re working on fracking and how it’s going to affect our future and our health. So we wrote this song for all the gas companies that are putting their profits ahead of our future.