The Met Office’s claim that July 1 was the hottest July day on record has fallen flat after climate bloggers discovered that the temperature peak may have been caused by a plane landing at Heathrow. Early July saw Britain basking
With Los Angeles receiving small amounts of rain on three separate days last week, red crabs washing ashore in Orange County, and three simultaneous typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean in early July, El Niño (“little boy”) is beginning to crank up
Australia has slammed the door shut on any new government-funded investment in renewable energy schemes as Prime Minister Tony Abbott extends his “war on wind power”. In doing so Mr Abbott has sent a clear message to the mendicant green
California has always had problems with homes being damaged due to earthquakes. But heavy draining of groundwater over the last four years of a persistent drought is magnifying ground subsidence that it is already destroying infrastructure and homes in the Central
A loophole has been discovered in a plastic bag ban law Hawaii lawmakers touted as “historic,” which strangely allows plastic bags to be used despite the intentions of the prohibition.
Writer and director Eli Roth, best known for his horror film Hostel, is promoting his new film The Green Inferno at Comic-Con. In an interview on Friday, Roth explained the film was inspired by so-called social justice warriors (SJWs) operating on social media.
It’s been a good year for Yosemite National Parks. After the world’s richest tech company decided to name its premier operating system “OS X Yosemite”, it sent a wave of free advertising for the historic mountain range.
Wednesday, at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing entitled “Road to Paris: President Obama’s International Climate Agenda and Implications for Domestic Environmental Law,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said President Barack Obama’s environmental policies are “driving up the cost”
But did the Pope really say that or could it be the product of an over-exited headline writer at the Associated Press? In fact, Francis said at God’s judgment, “…it will be revealed if [the powerful of the Earth] really tried to provide for Him in every person, and if they did what they could to preserve the environment so that it could produce this food.” Not even a close approximation of the headline in the story and in Alito’s ads.
The Fresno Bee has published an editorial blasting marijuana growers, noting the environmental impact of marijuana farms around the state of California and the catastrophic ecological impact effect of 18 years of medical marijuana legalization, including “exacerbating the drought.”
The cost of wind energy is significantly more expensive than its advocates pretend, a new US study has found. If you believe this chart produced by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), then onshore wind is one of the cheapest
Given that the world is full of hunger, volatile food prices, and social unrest, a pair of recent MIT Sloan Business School graduates have launched a mobile application called Spoiler Alert to make it quick and easy for companies to sell or donate millions of tons of surplus food.
The BBC has long been a champion of the alarmist view of climate change. Now, with the UN summit in Paris just months away, it has taken the opportunity to crank up its climate propaganda wing. But according to the Bishop Hill blog,
UK Chancellor George Osborne is expected to scrap green tax targets in the summer budget to be announced Wednesday. The move is designed to bring down the cost of renewable energy as subsidies spiral out of control. Conservative Members of Parliament
Californians drastically cut their water use in May, but water bills for millions of the state’s residents will inch higher as municipal water agencies continue to lose money during a record four-year drought.
In her book The Big Ratchet, Ruth DeFries explains how humanity went from hunger to plenty by making more efficient use of Earth’s resources. Even with more people than ever before, “Our current problems are more about abundance than about lack of food. Our species has never had to grapple with such surplus,” she writes.
California cities are working overtime to conserve water during the state’s record four-year drought–but one city became a victim of its own savings success when it was forced to dump more than half a million gallons of drinkable water down the drain.
Prince Charles has called for a “rewiring” of the global economic system in order to avert catastrophic climate change while urging more government intervention to ensure that it happens. Although the Prince has long been outspoken on environmental issues, his
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) could be facing a 90 per cent cut in staff over the next few years, an environmental think tank has warned. The prediction has prompted politicians and academics to issue dire forecasts
San Francisco locals are still reeling after last weekend’s Gay Pride celebrations saw Dolores Park trashed by revelers. The park was only recently re-opened after an expensive renovation.
Naomi Klein, a Canadian environmental crusader who describes herself as a “secular Jewish Feminist,” addressed Vatican officials Wednesday, bashing “economic experts” who place “outsized value on protecting corporate profits and economic growth” rather than the poor, who she said will
One California man is going well beyond skipping showers to battle the state’s record four-year drought.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders in the early voting state of Iowa will call Thursday on candidates for president to follow the teachings of Pope Francis and focus as much on the environment and income inequality in 2016 as they have in past elections on opposing gay marriage and abortion.
When it comes to fighting hydraulic fracking for oil and gas, California’s muscular environmental movement has gone zero-for-five over the last two years against Governor Jerry Brown. The bloodied green leadership on Tuesday again called on Brown to halt plans for new hydraulic fracturing in the waters off Southern California.
When President Obama and his family members travel anywhere these days, it is best to grab hold of one’s wallet. This is just the latest lesson Judicial Watch has pulled out of documents received in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests directed at the U.S. Air Force.
