Something your mother probably never taught you. ========= WSJ 4/7/2016 By Bjorn Lomborg The Obama administration released a new report this week that paints a stark picture of how climate change will affect human health. Higher temperatures, we’re told, will be deadly—killing “thousands to tens of thousands” of Americans. The report is subtitled “A Scientific Assessment,” presumably to underscore its reliability. But the report... Read more
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
What Kills More People Cold or Heat?
April 8 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, Obama, ScienceAnimas River Accounting?
February 17 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Party Politics, The Left, US ConstitutionYou want to talk about ‘hall passes’ or what? ============= WSJ – 2/17/2016 If a private company dumped three million gallons of toxic sludge into Colorado waterways, we’d be flooded with daily media updates for months. Yet the press has by now forgotten the disaster unleashed in August when EPA contractors punctured an abandoned mine. New evidence suggests the government isn’t coming clean... Read more
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment
When it’s in your backyard… But I thought everyone was in love with “Green”? ===== By Robert Bryce Feb. 7, 2016 4:30 p.m. ET 895 COMMENTS Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders in December introduced a sweeping renewable-energy plan that would, among other things, require tens of thousands of new wind turbines. Sen. Sanders’s “people before polluters” proposal may help rally his followers, but it won’t be... Read more
Obama’s Wind-Energy Lobby Gets Blown Away
August 22 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, Liberal PressWhere are all the “windmill huggers”? ======== By Robert Bryce WSJ Aug. 18, 2015 7:09 p.m. Chalk one up for the bald eagle. The avian symbol of American freedom has beaten the Obama administration and the wind industry in court, though the majestic birds still don’t stand a chance when flying near the subsidy-fueled blades of green-energy production. On Aug. 11, a federal judge in... Read more
Where is the outrage against the EPA?
August 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Obama, The LeftThey’re here to help us, don’t mind this little issue… ====== ug. 11, 2015 7:41 p.m. ET 436 COMMENTS ‘Ghostbusters” has been playing again on cable, so we are reminded that the villain of that movie classic was a bully from the Environmental Protection Agency. He broke the ghost-containment grid and all hell broke loose. So who you gonna call today when the E-men... Read more
Where’s the Delta Smelt?
April 29 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Environment, ScienceAs I have said earlier, this is a religion. ========= By Allysia Finley April 26, 2015 5:58 p.m. ET In California, it takes about 1.1 gallons of water to grow an almond; 1.28 gallons to flush a toilet; and 34 gallons to produce an ounce of marijuana. But how many gallons are needed to save a three-inch delta smelt, the cause célèbre... Read more
