“Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree: #climate change is real, man-made and dangerous.” Remember that statement, a while back, from some bloke on Twitter? What we now know with more than 97 per cent certainty that this guy – or whoever
This was the week when global warming jumped the shark. Just like it did last week. And the one before… 1. Soon children will have forgotten what outdoors looks like, claims HuffPo Doctors at a Washington, D.C. paediatric clinic are
There is no doubt the European Union sees itself as the world’s green crusader, fighting climate-change and saving the planet one wind turbine at a time. From the vacuum cleaner to the light bulb, there is no electrical appliance too
On Thursday at Harry Reid’s annual energy conference in Las Vegas, Hillary Clinton said, “Climate change is the most consequential, urgent, sweeping collection of challenges we face.” The former Secretary of State and the likely 2016 Democratic frontrunner for president
All right, so we’re slightly premature. By one measure – according to Bishop Hill – we’re still a month away before “no global warming” achieves its coming of age. But by other measurements, as Matt Ridley notes in the Wall
Today, a leaked EU document crushed David Cameron’s hopes for an important economic portfolio for his EU Commission nominee, Lord Hill. It will come as a shock to some, given the claims in today’s Telegraph that Lord Hill could get a junior
Earlier this year, the president claimed that under his leadership, the world has become less violent than it has ever been. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest followed up a month later by claiming that the administration has “substantially improved the
“The chickens are coming home to roost”. So said the Ukip energy spokesman, commenting on the news that businesses are being asked to join a 1970s style energy rationing program this winter to stop Britain being plunged into darkness. Offices
AUSTIN, Texas — George P. Bush, the Republican nominee for Texas Land Commissioner, gave an interview recently to Neena Satija of the Texas Tribune, in an article that also ran in the New York Times as part of their partnership
Real estate magnate and reality TV star Donald Trump told Breitbart News that Americans feel “embarrassed” by the lack of leadership from President Barack Obama with the assortment of global and domestic crises dominating the news right now. “They are
Deep-pocketed environmental activists like Tom Steyer and others have painted “a big, green bull’s-eye” on Colorado in 2014 according to a report by the Denver Post. Along with several other groups now active in Colorado “the Environmental Defense Fund on Tuesday vowed
A new joint study from the University of Arizona, Cornell University, and the U.S. Geological Survey predicts that the chances of a Southwestern “megadrought”– a drought that lasts for 35 years — are now anywhere between 20 and 50 percent.
The Prime Minister of Samoa has launched a heartfelt plea in the Guardian newspaper on behalf of his allegedly drowning Pacific nation. (H/T Bufo 75) Unless concerted international action is taken to deal with the threat of ‘climate change’, apparently,
Transcript as follows: President Obama’s outrageously unconstitutional behavior just keeps accumulating. The latest example is a rumored intention to use his “pen and phone” to circumvent bipartisan congressional opposition to his radical “climate change” agenda. Reportedly, the President will assert
Democrats are more afraid of global warming than the threat posed by the Islamic State terrorists, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The poll shows that 68 percent of Democrats believe that global climate change is a major threat
Douglas Carswell has joined UKIP. About bloody time; this is a long awaited move. Carswell has been in closer political alignment to UKIP than to the Conservatives for years; on Europe, on climate change, on localism, on restoring public faith
On Thursday’s “The Five,” co-host Greg Gutfeld outlined the problems with President Barack Obama’s reported forthcoming policy maneuver to take on so-called climate change. According to Gutfeld – it is illegal, wrong, crazy and evil. “The president plans to sign
First they showed us the melting ice caps. But we just said: “Yeah. It’s what ice does in summer.” Then they showed us the drowning polar bears. But we just said: “Proves nothing. And anyway the polar bear population has
On Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer slammed the idea floated out by the Obama administration, reported in The New York Times on Wednesday, in which the United States along with other nations
The Obama administration is reportedly attempting to bypass congressional ratification for an international move called a “sweeping international climate change agreement.” According to The New York Times, Obama is preparing to hammer out this climate change agreement to “compel nations
There are two main reasons why President Obama stands a polar bear’s chance in hell of imposing a binding carbon emissions reduction treaty on the US in the name of combating catastrophic, unprecedented man-made global warming. 1. It will kill
In a triumph for climate change, four hundred pairs of Google Glass were ruined instantly yesterday when the heavens opened above Reno, Nevada, causing the Burning Man festival to be shut down. Burning Man is an annual gathering of some of
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has been caught red-handed manipulating temperature data to show “global warming” where none actually exists. At Amberley, Queensland, for example, the data at a weather station showing 1 degree Celsius cooling per century was “homogenized”
California environmentalists were giddy after the market for pollution credits traded up in price to a new high on record volume. But rather than a sign of greater enthusiasm to fight CO2, the California legislature quietly passed in 2012 a
After constant claims that the earth had but “ten years left” before global warming would destroy us all, temperatures suddenly stopped rising in the 1990s. Now, scientists say that the “pause” in rising temperatures might last another ten years. The
Climate change is a serious problem because… Ferguson. So says environmental activist Deirdre Smith of left-wing pressure group 350.org. In an editorial written for Common Dreams (“Breaking News and Views for the Progressive Community”), she claims that it “isn’t hard” to
“Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great Climate War?” “Well, son. I voyaged up to the Arctic Circle in a nice big boat with a bunch of installation artists, mime practitioners, YouTube cat short specialists and climate scientists on
Perhaps the most worrying aspect of the new manifesto from UKIP – Britain’s Tea Party – is the debt it owes to its most bitter ideological opponents, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. From the simperingly centrist, faux-Tory Prime Minister, it
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld part of a complaint by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) that adverts for clean coal being run by Peabody Energy were misleading and should not be used, EurActiv is reporting. The Peabody-backed Advanced
Tom Steyer, the fossil-fuel powered hedge funder has suffered further setbacks on his $100 million mission to save the world from ‘global warming’ by destroying the US economy. He is hoping to raise $50 million from left-wing environmentalist billionaire donors
A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that the Keystone XL pipeline, if approved, would cut global oil prices. For many on the left, that’s the bad news. The official U.S. State Department estimate of carbon
The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gina McCarthy has said in an interview that she believes “climate science” ought to be included in the school curriculum. “Very much so,” she says. “I think part of the challenge
Sony Pictures Classics will bring a new documentary to theaters in the coming months that attacks those who scrutinize the latest global warming headlines. Will film critics label the finished product “one-sided” or “propaganda” as they so often do with
Grapes throughout much of California will be harvested early due to the dry, hot weather conditions resulting from the Golden State’s fourth year in a deep-cutting drought. The rough climate change has caused for an earlier than normal ripening of
Some of the world’s biggest PR firms have publicly ruled out working with climate change sceptics. The Guardian reports that a number of the top 25 global PR firms responded to a survey saying that they would never represent clients
Climate change and a growing world population will make staving off world hunger more difficult in the future, Secretary of State John Kerry told an audience convened for a panel on “Resilience and Food Security in a Changing Climate” at
On the centennial of World War One, perhaps the most urgent question is this: Could we fall into another such global war? Could we end up in another conflict such as the one, a century ago, that took 20 million
Gov. Jerry Brown met with Catholic bishops in Mexico on Tuesday to discuss the controversial topic of immigration on a trip designed to strengthen trade and provide climate change solutions. During his stay, Brown referred to the rise in illegal
A shadowy Californian-based foundation called Sea Change – part-funded by Democrat hedge-fund billionaires and a mysterious Bermuda-based company called Klein Ltd – has been funneling millions of dollars into hard-left environmental causes including the campaign against the affordable energy on
While in Mexico discussing trade and climate change issues, Gov. Jerry Brown said that Texas governor Rick Perry’s plan to deploy National Guard troops along the nation’s southern border will be short-lived and that “wiser minds will prevail.” The Marine
