At least this article doesn’t go down the climate change road
Attention San Francisco shoppers: Plastic grocery store bags are going, going, gone.
Starting Tuesday, large grocery stores in the city can no longer use the traditional plastic bags that are a staple of the supermarket checkout line, as a city ordinance passed earlier this year to […]
Category Archives: Environment
San Fran Starts Its Plastic Bag Ban
November 19, 2007 - 4:52 pm
Katrina Leaves Long Term Climate Impact
November 17, 2007 - 12:31 pm
Run for the hill, run for the hills!
An analysis of satellite imagery of the Gulf Coast shows that Hurricane Katrina destroyed an estimated 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana, an unprecedented loss of forestland that will reshape the region for generations, Louisiana researchers reported today.
The death of the trees from wind damage and soaking […]
Effort To Save Everglades Faulters, Bush’s Fault
November 2, 2007 - 9:48 pm
Leave it to the NY Times
The rescue of the Florida Everglades, the largest and most expensive environmental restoration project on the planet, is faltering.
Seven years into what was supposed to be a four-decade, $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction, federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Projects are already years behind schedule. Thousands […]
TTLF: Good News! Air Fresheners Kill You
September 27, 2007 - 7:59 am
File this one under "environmentalists gone wacko(er)" (hat tip Conservative Belle.)
A group of heavyweight environmental organizations is asking the federal government to crack down on air fresheners, products that scientific studies show can aggravate asthma and pose other health risks.
In response to the groups’ petition filed Wednesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the […]
Gore Tells Us How To Go Green
September 25, 2007 - 1:14 pm
In all seriousness, his ideas, while rather basic, are not bad. I’ll be the first to admit that I liked his pre-climahystericy ideas on the environment. I liked John Kerry’s platform for the environment in 2004-except he had no way to pay for it. Just because someone is a political "enemy," doesn’t automatically mean they […]
Cape Wind Opposition Hurt Senator Swimmer
September 5, 2007 - 12:48 pm
Ooooooh, the chance to combine climate change with Ted Kennedy! Irresistable! (From Real Clear Politics via Michelle M)
Once upon a time, Ted Kennedy could count on his daily dose of veneration. The right wing hated the Massachusetts Democrat, but progressives honored him as a defender of old-school liberalism.
In a remarkable turnaround, liberals are now heaping […]
Kill The Global Warming Moose!
August 23, 2007 - 2:26 pm
More proof that global warming is pretty much a natural thing
A GROWN moose belches out methane gas equivalent to 2100kg of carbon dioxide a year, contributing to global warming, Norwegian researchers say.
That is more than twice the amount of CO2 emitted on a round-trip flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Oslo to the Chilean capital […]
How Much Would Climate Change Cost?
August 16, 2007 - 1:36 pm
How bad are carbon offsets when the Washington Post has a negative article about them?
On the Internet, erasing your role in climate change seems as easy as ordering a DVD — and cheaper than a cup of coffee a day.
With a click, a credit card and $99, visitors can pay a Silver Spring nonprofit group, […]
Low Emissions = Happiness (?)
July 16, 2007 - 12:29 pm
Silly socialists
(BBC) Europe’s carbon emissions have risen markedly over the last 40 years, but the extra fuel use has brought little increase in happiness, a report says.
Written by the New Economics Foundation (Nef), it says that reducing social inequality and energy consumption are key drivers of improved wellbeing.
Iceland has the highest ratio of […]
Global Warming Today: China The Worst
June 20, 2007 - 12:30 pm
Which begs the question, will the liberal GWACBM disciples go after China like they go after America? (Actually, it begs lots of questions, such as, why are they so fixated on blaming Man to start with, but, let’s move on, shall we?)
(Guardian) China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest producer of carbon […]