Plunderbund

According to the Renewable Energy Policy Project, more than 20,000 new manufacturing jobs can be created in Ohio in the coming years with investment in and from the “green” economy. Four town hall meetings – on June 23 in Cincinnati, June 24 in Findlay, June 25 in Canton and June 26 in Cleveland – will […]

Fantastic idea:
Two senior bishops are urging people to cut back on carbon for Lent instead of the conventional chocolate or alcohol.
A couple of great quotes as well:
“To carry on regardless of their plight is to fly in the face of Christian teaching.”
“The moral imperative for us to act is unquestionable and inescapable.”
Why more “Christians” aren’t […]

JSOnline - Nov. 9, 2007 - Frustrated by inaction in Congress on global warming, Midwest governors will convene in Milwaukee next week to craft a regionwide strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions and boost renewable energy.
The Midwestern Governors Association Energy Summit will take place Wednesday and Thursday at the Pfister Hotel. The event is being […]

In a clear liberal conspiracy, Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to raise awareness about global climate change.
Congrats Al. Keep up the good work.

Hooker shortages.
Brothel owners in Bulgaria are blaming global warming for staff shortages.
They claim their best girls are working in ski resorts because a lack of snow has forced tourists to seek other pleasures.
Petra Nestorova, who runs an escort agency in Sofia, said: ‘We have hired students, but they are temps and nothing like our elite […]

The excellent (and must-read) ClimateProgress has a terrific debunking of the “Hummer has a lower lifecycle cost than a Prius” BS. My favorite part:
Their website says the report �does not include issues of gigajuelles [sic!], kW hours or other unfriendly (to consumers) terms. Perhaps, in time, we will release our data in such technical […]

Do climate change skeptics ever say anything that sounds plausible? Like that other planets in the solar system are warming (Mars and Pluto, specifically), and thus the earth’s warming is due to solar radiation? Don’t let ‘em fool you. Check out New Scientists’ Climate Change: A guide for the perplexed, which sets […]

Nothing to see here. Please move along. Resource wars this way –> Business as usual is this way < –
Last autumn-winter season was Europe’s warmest for more than 700 years, researchers say.
The last time Europeans saw similar temperatures to the autumn and winter of 2006-07, they were eating strawberries at Christmas in […]

This is gonna make BizzyBody’s head explode. Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp. and conservative media tycoon, made the following statement on May 9, 2007:
I�d like to tell you about a new initiative we’re undertaking at News, one that will affect us all.
As many of you know, I grew up in Melbourne, […]

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a plan recently to move fleet fuel economy averages to 35 MPG from the current 25.
The dinosaur auto industry - ever slow to embrace change - was not happy. The thing they don’t get is that there is a reason the Prius had such […]

Found a great take on global warming the other day that i wanted to share. Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars sums up my position on global warming almost precisely. So much so that I don’t even have to write a post. Just excerpt his and send you on over!
Let […]

More on Colony Collapse Disorder, including why this is significant for commercial crop production.
[Eric: Couple more topical YouTubes after the break]

(via SCOTUSblog):
Massachusetts v. EPA: Ruling 5-4, the Supreme Court on Monday found that the federal government had the authority to regulate greenhouse gases that may contribute to global warming, and must examine anew the scientific evidence of a link between those gases contained in the exhausts of new cars and trucks and climate change. In […]

via ABC News’ “The Blotter”:
Bush administration officials throughout the government have engaged in White House-directed efforts to stifle, delay or dampen the release of climate change research that casts the White House or its policies in a bad light, says a new report that purports to be the most comprehensive assessment to date of the […]

I love this one. “Mr. Secretary, Halliburton on line one”. Jeff Hess pieces together a little puzzle regarding the attempts to gut the Endangered Species Act. The administration got into a bit of a space-time continuum problem by announcing they wanted to put polar bears on the endangered list (their habitat […]