…polar bears start drowning. Sadly, that’s not a joke.
ANWR Okay For Now
Good news: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives abandoned, at least temporarily, a drive to open Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling after concluding on Wednesday the initiative was threatening passage of a huge bill to cut spending. "ANWR and OCS will be out" of the legislation, said House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle, … Read More
I’m Doing My Part…
From the Detroit Free Press: Ford Motor Co., with its hybrid SUVs, is the only American automaker to crack the top-10 fuel economy list for 2006 vehicles. *** Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG make eight of the top 10 cars, mostly hybrid electric-gasoline or diesel-powered. Ford Escape hybrid SUVs, two-wheel and four-wheel drive, round out the … Read More
Yes, We Can Blame Global Warming
Yesterday, I blogged about this stupid quote from Jonah Goldberg: If global warming explained the current spate of big hurricanes, there would be more in the South Pacific and elsewhere. It’s my understanding there haven’t been. Jonah’s "understanding" notwithstanding, there’s always this, from the latest issue of Science: We conclude that global data indicate a 30-year trend toward more frequent and … Read More
How Stupid Is Jonah Goldberg?
Answer: Pretty stupid. The issue is whether or not global warming is leading to increases in ocean temperatures, which leads to more ferocious hurricanes. I acknowledge that the scientific jury is still out on this issue, but Jonah’s explanation why it is not so is — well — stupid. Pointing to this NOAA chart, he writes: We are almost done … Read More
More Playing Politics With Science
More evidence of expert assessments being “massaged” at the White House here: A White House official who once led the oil industry’s fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming, according to internal documents. In handwritten notes on drafts of several reports issued in … Read More
Wingers Celebrate Environmental Rape
"Lookout Caribou" and "Let the raping of Mother Nature begin" are some of the gloats from winger blogs like this one over the news that the Senate has voted to allow exploratory oil drilling in Alaska (ANWR). What wankers.