Browsing All posts tagged under »Green Madness«

Oregon Ballot Initiative Would End Animal Agriculture, Hunting, Fishing

July 21, 2021 by

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By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ America’s rural-urban divide is wide and getting wider. Moneyed coastal elites rarely ever miss an opportunity to show their disdain for the rubes in flyover country. Anyone doubting the depth of the discord need look no further than Oregon, where a ballot initiative would all but put an end to […]

Green Buildings Are A Grinch That Will Steal More Than Just Christmas

December 31, 2020 by

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By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ With the incoming Biden administration eager to unleash a regulatory reign of terror throughout the land, people should be prepared for their all-knowing betters in Washington to make more of their decisions for them, whether its in energy, healthcare, and what they do with their disposal income (assuming they have […]

EIA Predicts Energy Recovery From Covid

October 16, 2020 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ The US Energy Information Administration’s latest “Short-Term Energy Outlook“ includes a wealth of data for the last few years presented in graphic form, often including predictions for the next year or so. https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/pdf/steo_full.pdf The impact of Covid is clear, with reduced energy use in 2020. EIA says 2021 is looking […]

Checklist Of Green Deal Cost Elements

April 19, 2020 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Green Deal proposals are springing up around the world. The core concept is zero CO2 emissions via decarbonization. The proponents of these Green Deals deliberately avoid cost estimates because the costs are horrendous. To help force these huge costs out into the open I have developed the following simple checklist […]

Climate Fear Of (Everyone Else) Flying

March 5, 2020 by

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By Duggan Flanakin ~ Just over a year ago, newly elected U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D, NY) and U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D, MA) shocked the world by proposing a Green New Deal. One of its more controversial provisions was a proposal to “build out high-speed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary.” […]

The Green Bridge To Nowhere

February 19, 2020 by

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By Peter Murphy ~ Mankind’s attempt to control the climate is going to be very, very costly – to you. Even worse, there is no guarantee of any benefit, environmental, planetary, or otherwise. Every version of the Green New Deal proposed by various politicians will cost trillions of taxpayer dollars in the near term, which […]

Showering With Soap … Made From Straw?

October 5, 2019 by

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From the team at CFACT ~ Every time you lather up and take a shower, the soap or shampoo you use is filled with a variety of chemicals. Of course, the levels at which they exist in your bubbles are not toxic to your health, nevertheless, scientists are always looking for better ways to reduce […]

House Of Representatives Working To Bring Back Energy Dependence

September 14, 2019 by

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By Craig Rucker ~ The House of Representatives is advancing a series of bills designed to permanently block access to huge portions of America’s vast oil reserves. Dr. Jay Lehr reports at CFACT.org that the House wants endless moratoriums (depending on the bill) on pumping oil in the Atlantic and Pacific outer continental shelf, the […]

Happer Versus AOC: A Telling Contrast

April 24, 2019 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is by far the best known climate change alarmist today, having way surpassed Al Gore for that title. Gore is now something of a has-been in the fame department. On the other side, Will Happer is far and away the best known skeptic (not counting President Trump, […]

Debate Green New Deal To Lay Its Nonsense To Rest

March 13, 2019 by

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By Larry Bell ~ Uber-left lunacy has launched climate hysteria and fossil fuel replacement fantasies to record stratospheric levels. Such clueless fictions are being trumpeted to advocate policies which would have disastrous consequences to our national economic and social well-being. A growing public awakening to the transparent ignorance and socialist agendas driving this craziness make […]

The Green New Deal Flunks Energy Math

March 8, 2019 by

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From the team at CFACT ~ Watch this and be amazed at how unrealistic this Green New Deal really is. The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) defends the environment and human welfare through facts, news, and analysis. Read more excellent articles at CFACT  http://www.cfact.org/

The Green New Deal Would Take Us Back To Medieval Times

February 11, 2019 by

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By Ron Stein ~ A hopeful, non-binding resolution has been introduced to both houses of Congress. Representative Alexander Ocasio-Cortez, (D) for the 14th District of New York, god bless her fast beating heart, and Senator Ed Markey (D) from Massachusetts are jump starting again the notion that the world can change in its entirety in […]

Australian Politics – Mundine’s List of Green Sabotage

January 24, 2019 by

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By Andrew Bolt ~ Even morons can stop mines and jobs. In fact, that’s all morons can do, since they lack the skills or drive to actually create them. Warren Mundine, the former president of The Australian Labor Party, who is now the Liberal Party candidate for Gilmore, lists just some of the damage done […]

The Wacky “Green New Deal”

January 11, 2019 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Most of what has been said about the proposed Green New Deal (GND) has been pretty vague and very hyperbolic, but there are some specifics available. One of the holy texts at this point is a 36 page proposal from the Dataforprogress.org think tank. This report provides hundreds of specific […]

Platte River Power’s “Green” Folly

January 3, 2019 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ In the wacky game of power generating utilities going green, Colorado’s Platte River Power Authority is a true leader. Today they get 65 percent of their juice from coal, but their new green goal is to be “emissions free” by 2030. “Emissions free” refers to harmless CO2 emissions. As I […]

Anti Fracking Climate Madness In Colorado

November 2, 2018 by

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By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Al Gore’s endorsement of the anti-fracking ballot initiative in Colorado makes it clear that this is a “leave it in the ground” measure. It is not really about health and safety, homes and hospitals, despite being pitched that way. This is climate activism at work. Proposition 112 is aimed at […]

Keep It In The Ground … By Blocking Pipelines

July 2, 2018 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ You can understand their frustration, as the steady stream of radical environmentalist successes during the Obama years has been replaced with endless setbacks. Oil, gas and coal leasing, permits and production have risen significantly. Big Green just lost its first Big Cities v. Big Oil climate change shakedown lawsuit. President Trump […]

The Double Standards Industry

April 18, 2018 by

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Concerns over impacts from energy projects disappear where “green” energy is involved By Paul Driessen ~ It’s a good thing environmentalists have double standards – or they wouldn’t have any standards at all. Empire State legislators worry that anything above the current 0.0001% methane in Earth’s atmosphere will cause catastrophic climate change, and that pipelines […]

The Cost Of The New Fascism: We Are Dumber And Poorer

March 29, 2018 by

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By Andrew Bolt ~ A new green fascism is replacing reason and debate with superstitions, fear mongering and bullying, and it is making us poorer and dumber. My editorial from The Bolt Report. Andrew Bolt writes for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, and The Advertiser and runs Australia’s most-read political blog. On week nights he […]

Green Cars Worse Than “20 Homes”

March 28, 2018 by

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By Andrew Bolt ~ A shock to greens who think electricity just comes from switches on walls:  Electric vehicles pose a threat to national power networks as next-generation cars with bigger batteries multiply household electricity demand by up to 20 times, a new study reveals. New Zealand’s biggest energy distributor, Vector, warned electric vehicle chargers […]

Eco-Terrorist Attacks On Energy Infrastructure On Tap For 2018

December 30, 2017 by

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By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ Determined to disrupt the interstate transport of oil and natural gas throughout the United States, a network of environmental activists is openly threatening to resort to sabotage to achieve their ends.  And having let their intentions be known, they are crying foul now that law enforcement officials are taking their […]

Finally, Some Common-Sense Western Fire Policies

September 18, 2017 by

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New DOI and DOA policy to cut overgrown, diseased, dead, and burned trees is long overdue By Paul Driessen ~ President Trump promised to bring fresh ideas and policies to Washington. Now Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue are doing exactly that in a critically important area: forest management and conflagration prevention. […]

Callous CALAS Activists Against The Poor

August 28, 2017 by

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Anti-mining groups “protect” local tribe against phony risks by trampling on Guatemalan workers By Paul Driessen ~ Not long ago, supposed “environmental justice” concerns at least involved risks to mine workers and their families. The risks may have been inflated, or ignored for decades, but they were a major focus. In one case, a state-run mine […]

Energy Company Sues Eco-Groups For Dakota Pipeline Crimes, Defamation

August 25, 2017 by

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By Julia A Seymour ~ The name Greenpeace is a misnomer, if allegations in a new racketeering lawsuit prove true. Energy Transfer Partners, the company which owned and built the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline, announced Aug. 22, it is suing Greenpeace International, Greenpeace Inc., and Greenpeace Fund, BankTrack, Earth First! and other groups and individuals for […]