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Obama's Global Warming Speech Keeps Keystone Pipeline Alive

President Barack Obama’s big global warming speech on Tuesday straddled the fence on whether he will approve the popular Keystone pipeline, leaving both supporters and opponents of the project with renewed hope that the president with side with them. Obama

Obama's Global Warming Speech Keeps Keystone Pipeline Alive

The War on Fracking goes dark… really, really dark

Those who are determined to return America to a state of easily controlled pre-industrial low-energy squalor have been beside themselves since the beginning of the “fracking” revolution.  Hydraulic fracturing has tapped into immense energy resources, so there just has to

Israeli Electric Car Company to Close

By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated PressJERUSALEM It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel’s self-described status as “Start-Up Nation,” a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world’s reliance on oil —

Israeli Electric Car Company to Close

Dem. Senator Blames Tornado on Republicans

On Monday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) used the devastating Oklahoma tornado as an excuse to bash Republicans for denying global warming and implied Republicans were responsible for actually allowing the destructive natural disaster to occur.  “So, you may have a

Dem. Senator Blames Tornado on Republicans

Politico's Thrush Politicizes Oklahoma Tornado

The destructive tornado that destroyed the quiet town of Moore, Oklahoma was only a few hours gone. The devastation had yet to be measured, and the dead barely counted much less mourned and laid to rest. Politico’s Glenn Thrush felt

Politico's Thrush Politicizes Oklahoma Tornado

Hard times for the Church of Global Warming

In response to Hillary Clinton Does ‘Hard Hitting’ Climate Change Interview With Hollywood Actor : You know the global-warming fanatics have hit a low point when they’re reduced to asking Benghazi Rodham Clinton and an antique actor to shovel their

China 'Will Not Accept' Carbon Tax on EU Flights: Report

China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face fines for nonpayment. The world’s second largest economy “will not

China 'Will Not Accept' Carbon Tax on EU Flights: Report

Obama Team: Carbon Dioxide is a 'Carcinogen'

President Barack Obama’s campaign-turned-pressure group, Organizing for Action (OFA), has sent out a number of emails recently attacking Republicans on global warming. One of their top targets on the issue, amusingly, is Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), whose support for immigration

32 Record Low Temps for Every One Record High in Past Week

The week of April 23-30, 2013, was a bad one for global-warming true believers.  Measuring temperatures across the United States, and taking note of how many record-low temperatures were recorded versus how many record-high temperatures, the results were stunning. The

32 Record Low Temps for Every One Record High in Past Week

Bad science writing 101

The headline at the UK Independent caught my eye: “One giant leap for mankind: £13bn Iter project makes breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion, a solution to climate change and an age of clean, cheap energy.” Of course, as

Tom Cruise: Enduring, Apolitical Movie Star

Quick, what political party does Tom Cruise support? Cruise has been in the public eye for decades, and while we’re all aware of his marital woes, couch jumping antics and religious affiliation we know precious little about his voting preferences.

Tom Cruise: Enduring, Apolitical Movie Star

Punxsutawney Phil Is Fall Guy for Global Warming Folklore

Perhaps I’m just bitter that global warming has enveloped my home in a cold snap, but I welcome the news that an intrepid Ohio prosecutor has filed a criminal indictment against folklore’s weirdest character, Punxsutawney Phil. Oh, and the prosecutor

Punxsutawney Phil Is Fall Guy for Global Warming Folklore

LA Times: Illegal Immigration Can Reduce Global Warming

The Los Angeles Times ran a Thursday editorial by Middlebury College Professor Bill McKibben arguing that allowing millions of illegal immigrants into America will reduce global warming. “I feel it’s urgent that we get real immigration reform, allowing millions to

LA Times: Illegal Immigration Can Reduce Global Warming

Jonah Goldberg: Conservatives Don't Need a Movie Studio

Ace and John’s debate over ideology and film reminded me of Jonah Goldberg’s wonderfully counter-intuitive column this week about leaving liberal Hollywood to liberals. His points about the unintended political consequences of “The Wire” and how no amount of global

Aarrgh! Sky gods angry!

In response to Blaming Sandy on Climate Change, Obama Contradicts Himself in SOTU: I was almost a bit surprised that Obama tried skimming that little “global warming causes hurricanes” stone, because the climate-change cult has grown a bit sensitive about

Climate Gods Angry

In response to Out of the Mouths of Reporters: After blaming “climate change” (caused, apparently, by my electric Margarita machine) for volcanos, earthquakes, and tsunamis, why the hell not asteroids? I eagerly await some intrepid journo-scientist investigating how climate change

Wall-to-wall propaganda

In response to Out of the Mouths of Reporters: Another thought about the “global warming attracts asteroids” nuttiness: Leftists understand that even patently absurd propaganda can be effective when it’s wall-to-wall.  Global warming (and later, when that term became too

Global warming primitivism

In response to Out of the Mouths of Reporters: That’s really one for the books, Ace, although as you mentioned, it’s not really all that far removed from the regular fare at the Church of Global Warming.  It’s funny how

Out of the Mouths of Reporters

CNN’s having a hell of a couple of weeks, huh?  CNN Reporter Deb Feyerick: Is the approaching asteroid caused by global warming? We, as a society, are degenerating. How is this any different from primitive tribesmen blaming every dead bird