Friday’s crash of the Virgin Galactic space-plane in California was, of course, a tragedy. One test-pilot was killed and another seriously injured. But there is, at least, a silver lining: There’s no need to worry about another possible issue concerning
Baroness Sandip Verma, a member of the House of Lords and a minister in the Department of Energy and Climate Change, said global warming has slowed because of measures taken by the government. Verma’s remarks came in response to Viscount
Is this the worst ad of the 2014 election cycle? It’s certainly a contender. The National Abortion Rights Action League had created a new war-on-womeny ad about a near future in which Cory Gardner has banned birth control leading, somehow,
Climate change is happening – but not because of human activity, Daniel Botkin, professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at University of California Santa Barbara has said. Moreover, the focus on man-made global warming is
A British government minister has come up with possibly the best explanation yet for the planet’s stubborn failure to show any sign of “global warming” since 1998. Apparently it’s a sign that Britain’s climate policies are working. Baroness Verma, a
Actor Woody Harrelson has lent his voice for climate change in a brand new advertisement titled “Our Fight” that calls out global warming skeptics and urges those concerned about environmental issues to head to the polls on Nov. 4. According
Last week, 28 European leaders met at a summit in Brussels to reach a climate deal that would build on previous targets of a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases, a 20 percent boost in the use of renewable sources,
The secretary for the environment Liz Truss was taken apart by Andrew Neil on yesterdays’ Sunday Politics over climate change policy, having to fall back on the stock answer “we know warming is taking place” five times during the course
Wind power is too variable and too unpredictable to provide a serious alternative to fossil fuels, a new study by the Scientific Alliance and the Adam Smith Institute has confirmed. The researchers concluded that, although it is true that the
As someone who embraces as much mystery as possible before seeing a movie, especially a Christopher Nolan movie, I’m being careful in my reading of the incoming “Interstellar” reviews, which are so far pretty good. With 18 reviews in (the
An Australian climate change lobby group has faced a backlash after creating a billboard advert comparing coal miners to paedophiles. The ad was one of a number of possible images posted onto the Facebook page of the Australian Youth Climate
A Real Science report released October 25 shows the U.S. is having its coolest year on record. According to Real Science, “the percentage of US [Historical Climatology Network] stations to reach 90 degrees was smallest on record this year.”
When Owen Paterson was sacked from his position as Environment Secretary back in June, he blamed the ‘Green Blob’ – a conglomeration of “powerful, self-serving” environmental lobbyists. Now an investigation by the Mail on Sunday has given shape to that
Billionaire Tom Steyer’s climate change super-PAC, NextGen Climate Action, has targeted Colorado Republican U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner for his support of a “personhood” measure that would give legal rights to humans beginning at conception. As The Hill reports, NextGen
Man-made climate change is a myth and all efforts to prove its existence have failed, according to Weather Channel founder John Coleman. The award winning weatherman, whose career spans over sixty years, drew on the support of over 9,000 Ph.D.
The co-founder of the Weather Channel is making waves among meteorologists by saying “climate change” is “nothing but a lie.” John Coleman, who co-founded the Weather Channel in 1980, says that the theories of man-made climate change are no longer
When is it acceptable for a terrorist to go berserk in a shopping mall and machine gun innocent victims to death? When it’s all being done for the noble cause of environmentalism, of course! Such is the take-home message of
SANTA MONICA — There are fourteen candidates for just three seats on the Santa Monica city council. There are a multitude of federal, state, and local offices. There are even some controversial statewide ballot questions. But the one issue that
When President Obama said that all of his policies were on the ballot this year, every Democratic candidate – except, perhaps, Nancy Pelosi – must have cringed. But the President was right: every Democratic candidate should be held accountable for
Cypriot ship owners are speaking out against EU regulations which they say will push up the cost of shipping and make it harder for European companies to compete with the rest of the world, according to the Cyprus Mail. Draconian
I would like to thank Lord Lawson and the Global Warming Policy Foundation for inviting me to deliver the annual lecture – an important event in the calendar. As a member of the Cabinet for four years I supported Coalition
LONDON, United Kingdom – Former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has called for Britain to abandon is carbon targets, saying that renewable energy cannot help Britain meet its energy needs and only a combination of shale gas, Combined Heat and Power
Rock legend Neil Young told radio host Howard Stern on Tuesday that the “free world” ought to fight climate change rather than the Islamic State, or ISIS. Visiting the Howard Stern Show for a long-awaited interview, Young slammed both Democrats and
On Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined for the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas how the Pentagon plans to address “climate change” issues that could plague the military. Hagel asserted that warmer climates, oceans rising, and other weather
