Daily Archives: April 1, 2012

Originally posted on Gonna' Say It:
In a surprise announcement last night from the White House, President Barack Obama said his new motto would be, “Drill Baby, Drill!”. Acknowledging that the price of gasoline is rising sharply, much of which…

Originally posted on An Honest Climate Debate:
Julia Gillard repeals Carbon Tax Australia: April 1, 2012 Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard has announced she will be repealing Australia’s $23 per tonne Carbon Tax, which was due to be implemented on…

Originally posted on JunkScience.com:
Tonight on a special April Fools edition of 60 Minutes, Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, believes the high amount of sugar in the American diet, much of it in…

Originally posted on JunkScience.com:
As David Willetts, Britain’s Minister of State for Universities and Science, said in his closing-day address, “At this conference, the social sciences and humanities are taking center stage.” Can’t get much clearer than that really.…

Originally posted on JunkScience.com:
ON TUESDAY, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its first limits on carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants. By requiring that facilities produce less than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, the rule essentially…

Watts Up With That? Guest Post by Paul Homewood NOAA have just about finalised their numbers for the 2011 tornado season, although December figures still await confirmation. It usually takes about three months to confirm the provisional reports as each … Continue reading →

~snicker~ Watts Up With That? We’ve known for some time that the eco-minded tend to think that humans are a bad thing. For example, there’s the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement: That’s no joke, it is a real organization. What follows … Continue reading →

Watts Up With That? Guest post by Cliff Ollier The Australian (March 24) reports that Port Macquarie Hastings Council is recommending the enforcement of a “planned retreat” because of an alleged danger from sea level rise in the distant future. … Continue reading →

Originally posted on JunkScience.com:
My last post here discussed the belief held by Met Office senior scientist, Vicky Pope, that climate change is a matter of ‘evidence, not belief’. It turned out that, in spite of evidence, one of the most…

Originally posted on JunkScience.com:
President Obama and the Senate Democrats have again fallen short in their quest to eliminate billions of dollars in unnecessary tax breaks for an oil industry that is rolling in enormous profits. A big reason…