With the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) advancing rapidly through Iraq and posting images of their brutal mass executions, plans have begun to evacuate America’s embassy in Baghdad. In Washington, however, Secretary of State John Kerry hosted a
Denying climate change is like saying the moon is made of cheese, President Obama has said in his latest attempt to persuade an unconvinced world that “global warming” is the most urgent crisis of our time. Obama was speaking to
President Barack Obama arrived in Palm Springs, California on Saturday via Air Force One to spend Father’s Day playing golf. Hours earlier, he had lectured graduating students at University of California, Irvine, about the need to “do something” about climate
President Obama delivered the commencement speech at UC Irvine on Saturday afternoon, telling graduates they “have a right to be optimistic” and urging them to get involved in the fight against climate change. According to NBC Los Angeles, the President
Climate McCarthyism has claimed another victim. Dr Caleb Rossiter – an adjunct professor at American University, Washington DC – has been fired by a progressive think tank after publicly expressing doubt about man-made global warming. Rossiter, a former Democratic congressional
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaking before the Commonwealth Club of California Wednesday night, triggered a minor controversy with his remarks about homosexuality. Perry was addressing a question about the platform of the Texas Republican party that supported the possibility for
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is seeking a new head gardener for his residences in Canberra and Sydney. The job application is an exhausting 50 pages, reports the Sydney Morning Herald, and spectacularly detailed, demanding, among other things, that the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has few closer allies than Australia, but climate change could prove a touchy issue when Australia’s conservative prime minister makes his first White House visit Thursday. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who was elected in
Suzy Amis-Cameron, the actress/wife of avowed environmentalist James Cameron, has some bad news for meat eaters who love Mother Earth. You can’t enjoy a steak and say you’re an environmentalist. Period. Amis runs a special school dedicated, in part, to
Although some may say good riddance to the side-show behavior at Venice Beach, Climate Central is predicting that, within 30 years, global warming-triggered conditions could produce “unprecedented coastal flood heights in the Los Angeles area.” The LA Weekly reported that
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore criticized new EPA regulations that he says are “all about politics,” and “almost nothing about science” that “will punish the red states,” and “benefit people in the blue states” in an interview with the Fox Business
The cause of climate alarmism has suffered yet another devastating setback: new research suggests that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is not, after all disappearing due to man-made global warming, but because it has a volcano underneath. For years, the
Showtime’s docu-series Years of Living Dangerously gathered a who’s who of eco-celebrities to alarm viewers regarding the impact of climate change. Matt Damon. Harrison Ford. Don Cheadle. James Cameron. Now, the pay cable has recruited the Celebrity-in-Chief himself to personally
Major insurance companies appear to be looking into a new tactic to recover money from paid claims. Such companies may start suing cities and states that they contend are not taking enough action to curb climate change. Last May, Farmers
A new $5 billion Tesla Motors plant, called a “Gigafactory,” which could employ as many as 6,500 workers, is being competed for by Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and California. California lawmakers and CA governor Jerry Brown’s administration are attempting
There’s a kind of willful blindness at Vox that is almost poignant. How can a site purportedly devoted to avoiding the pitfalls of partisanship so often fail to acknowledge their own baked-in bias. From its inception Vox has linked itself
A bunch of self-important luvvies has signed a letter calling for a moratorium on Britain’s barely nascent fracking industry. (H/T Bishop Hill) The list of contributors is like a Who’s Who from Hell. They include: Michael Mansfield QC – champagne
The Washington Post is alarmed and has declared Norfolk, Virginia a “victim” of global warming because of a “faster” rising sea level. That’s right, the Post has said that the sea is rising at Norfolk “faster” than anywhere else. Reporter
In this week’s address, President Barack Obama discussed efforts by the EPA to cut carbon pollution, what he argued was a contributing to anthropogenic global warming. He also warned the costs of the problem are human lives and their livelihood.
President Barack Obama received a chilly reception for his warnings against the alleged dangers of climate change during his address at West Point Wednesday. The cadets exhibited little warmth in applauding their Commander in Chief, which should come as little
It has recently become popular to blame natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and other bad weather on climate change. Groups like the National Wildlife Federation have gone to great lengths to try and convince people of this. On their website, the NWF says,
CNN boss Jeff Zucker wants to revamp the struggling network, but nobody reportedly wants to work there. A CNN source told the New York Post that the unstable network is having problems recruiting key talent to a place that was
Tuesday in a speech to 200 business leaders at the “Inclusive Capitalism conference” in London, Prince Charles made the case that a fundamental transformation of global capitalism to a more “inclusive capitalism” would be needed to halt “dangerously accelerating climate
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Charles warned business leaders on Tuesday to take action against climate change or watch the world continue on a path to destruction – the latest forthright comment from the heir to the British throne in a
A California billionaire who is dedicating his fortune to pushing greenism on America is hoping that his billions will cajole Florida to vote for Democrat Charlie Crist for Governor this year. Through his Super PAC, NextGen Climate Action, hedge fund
