“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.” *
Global Warming and the Irrelevance of Science – an essay by Richard Lindzen..
Another forced recycling fee
Another scam, more questionable donations to the political left..
A Thing Of Beauty
Wynneing!
CTV reporting Wynne gov't considering forcing every Ontario homeowner to undergo a mandatory energy audit if they want to sell their home.
— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) November 28, 2015
Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
New Democrat leader Dwain Lingenfelter’s promise to get more electricity from wind turbines is being criticized by the Saskatchewan Party.
The party says if elected on Nov. 7, an NDP government will add 400 megawatts of new wind power over four years.
But Sask. Party Leader Brad Wall says there’s a huge hole in the NDP platform because it’s not being costed out.
According to SaskPower planning documents, large wind power projects have capital costs of between $2 million and $3 million per megawatt…
Wall said that’s another example of the NDP making unaffordable promises.
“Are you going to make SaskPower borrow the money? Is it going to come from the general revenue fund? Or are people going to pay higher electricity rates?” Wall asked.
The wind power promise is part of the NDP’s environmental plan to ensure that by 2025, 50 per cent of the province’s electricity is clean, renewable energy.
A plan to generate half of Saskatchewan’s power from renewable sources by 2030 is “ambitious,” but the provincial government insists it can be done.
Days after Premier Brad Wall announced that by 2030, wind, solar and geothermal power would be developed to meet a 50-per-cent renewable target, minister responsible for SaskPower Bill Boyd on Monday said he was “confident SaskPower can meet the target by taking an ‘all of the above’ approach to planning.
Wynneing, flatlander-style.
Y2Kyoto: The Green Police
.@exxonmobil is being prosecuted for *not publicizing* catastrophic climate predictions that were then speculative and now invalidated.
— Alex Epstein (@AlexEpstein) November 10, 2015
More here.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Y2Kyoto: State Of Anorexia Envirosa
Y2Kyoto: State Of Anorexia Envirosa
The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Monday criticized the Obama administration for its early start of its final review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule to reduce the allowable concentration of ozone air pollution.
The administration is just now starting the review only one month before a court ordered due date of Oct. 1; the process normally takes 60 to 90 days. API is concerned that the Obama Administration is limiting interagency review of the rule, which could become the most expensive regulation in U.S. history.
The proposed new standards would impose unachievable emission reduction requirements on virtually every part of the United States, including rural and undeveloped areas.
Related: Hidden emails reveal a secret anti-fossil fuel network involving the White House, Democrat governors, wealthy donors and foundations, and front groups
h/t Adrian
Government Is Just Another Word For The Things We Choose To Do Together
“resettlements began forty years ago…”
Bishop Hill: WWF linked to more human rights abuses
Readers will no doubt remember the scandalous tale of WWF thugs attacking forest peoples in Cameroon. But apparently it doesn’t stop there. French TV station Canal Plus has recently uncovered widespread human rights abuses in the WWF-sponsored Kanha Tiger Reserve in India.
h/t Kevin B
Y2Kyoto: State Of Anorexia Envirosa
Like speech, guns, and energy: they’re coming for our water.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers is accusing the Department of Energy (DOE) of a politically motivated drive to increase dishwasher efficiency, which are so bad that they would cause consumers to re-wash dishes, erasing any efficiency gains.
Rob McAver, the group’s head lobbyist, said regulators are going too far, and the new rules will allow only 3.1 gallons to be used to wash each load of dishes.
“At some point, they’re trying to squeeze blood from a stone that just doesn’t have any blood left in it,” McAver said.
The Sound Of Secret Science
Via Fox News.
Wynning!
The CO2 reductions just keep on coming;
About 65 employees at Baldor Electric in Stratford have learned that they will lose their jobs as the company phases out manufacturing here over the remainder of this year and early into next.
Exact dates have not been established for the closure of the facility, which began manufacturing motors at 677 Erie St. in the city under the name Reliance Electric in the 1950s.[…]
Stratford and District Chamber of Commerce general manager Garry Lobsinger called the news sad.
“They’re Chamber members and have been for a long time, and it’s just another one of our manufacturing sector people who are gone,” he said. “They’ve been good supporters of ours over the years and we’re sorry to see them go.”
Lobsinger suspected that energy costs in Ontario factored into the decision.
h/t Kevin B
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Red Rose Country
“That’s what Albertans asked for.”
Alberta’s current policy, which puts a $15-per-tonne levy on heavy carbon emitters, was to have expired last December, but the deadline was extended six months by the former PC government. At one point the Alison Redford regime considered doubling the carbon levy, but successor Jim Prentice appeared to back away from the idea.
Environmentalists said doubling the levy would be a start, but it needs to be increased dramatically to change behaviour, and more stringent emission reduction targets are also required.
Phillips wouldn’t say if her government will increase the carbon levy.
“We’re looking at our options right now,” she said.
h/t foobert
WATCH THIS SPACE For Upcoming “Draw Mohammed’s SUV Day”
“Climate change is probably the greatest human rights challenge of the 21st century.” — Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 6, 2015.
Y2Kyoto: State Of Anorexia Envirosa
A member of an influential California commission overseeing $2.7 billion in water spending stepped down this week after pressure from environmentalists over his position on building a dam.
Anthony Saracino, a longtime California water resources consultant, resigned from the California Water Commission on Monday after environmental groups raised a furor over his advocacy for considering the expansion of Shasta Dam, one of several major water storage proposals in the running to receive funds from the 2014 ballot-passed water bond. State officials have identified expanding water storage as one of the long-term methods of improving the state’s ability to weather droughts by increasing the ability to capture floodwaters and other excess runoff.
Saracino, 56, sent his resignation letter to Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday, citing pressure from “special interests,” as well as potential future conflicts of interest stemming from his work as an industry consultant. He had been nominated for a second term in 2014 and was scheduled to have a confirmation hearing in the state Senate today.
“It was clear to me, talking to folks, that it was going to become a circus and a distraction from important commission activity, so I decided to step down now rather than waiting till January to avoid the circus,” Saracino said in an interview. “It’s unfortunate that irrational special interests can influence water policy by essentially stifling public discourse and rational discussion.”
Y2Kyoto: Origin Of A Smear
Correcting History: Dyson and Einstein
A Grain of Salt
This BBC article on Baotou looks awful.
But, after seeing how the “media” covers the oil sands and fracking, I’m not quite willing to believe it.
h/t, Rob