The Green Thing

You gotta read this.

"It's a Myth"

Watch for it at 38.00 minutes, or thereabouts:

A Must Read...

...from Patrick Moore on why he and Greenpeace parted ways:

Greenpeace to Golden Rice: The Journey of a Whistle-blower

Keystone

Still hope: On Keystone, Crude Excuses Gone

Whatever Will They Do?

NOAA Report Destroys Global Warming Link To Extreme Weather

"According to NOAA’s new publication, Explaining Extremes of 2013 from a Climate Perspective, there is no discernible connection between global warming and 2013 extreme weather events such as the California drought, Colorado floods, the UK’s exceptionally cold spring, a South Dakota blizzard, Central Europe floods, a northwestern Europe cyclone, and exceptional snowfall in Europe’s Pyrenees Mountains."

Keep right on lying, that's what they'll do.

"So, scientists report that most of the warming in California is natural, and the evidence shows no link between global warming and the California drought. Nevertheless, agenda-driven activist groups and their media lapdogs repeatedly tell the lie that global warming is causing California’s drought. Ironically – or not – President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry frequently claim global warming is responsible for the California drought, all the while claiming people who disagree with them are members of the Flat Earth Society. Somebody tell that to the federal government’s own scientists at NOAA."

Well, At Least...

...they're not picking on Alberta's oil sands:

More Protesters Arrested Over Tar Sands Mining in Utah

Somebody Needs To Tell...

UPDATE: Another illustration of the biggest CO2 emitters:

 Countries With Highest CO2 Emissions

Canada is way down the list.

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...the AGW crowd this:

These people that the biggest emitter of CO2 is China.

Climate Movement Drops Mask, Admits Communist Agenda

Piece of watermelon, anyone?

Finally!! A Canuck Who Actually...

...says "aboot".

I've lived in Canada for very close to 65 years and I've never heard anyone say "aboot" - until this:

POW! ZAP! KAZAM!

Supreme Court Delivers Massive Blow to the EPA

What's The One gonna do about that? He's already in deep shit.

Yup!

What They Don't Tell Ya'

Pot Pouri

Why Are Extreme Weather Events Becoming Less Common?

What???? But, but, but, we've been told by our betters that they are becoming more common!

Earth Day After Action Report

South Carolina moves to rein in its universities

Round-Up

Manitoba chiefs say province doesn't have right to know about reserve children

"Manitoba's top aboriginal leaders say the province doesn't have the right to know about or track children seized by child welfare agencies on reserves.

Creating a centralized system that tracks all children receiving protection services was a key recommendation from a recent inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old who fell through the cracks of the child welfare system and was murdered by her mother and mother's boyfriend.

But Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said the provincial government is continuing the legacy of the residential school system by unilaterally taking charge of aboriginal children."

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TransCanada CEO expresses frustration over latest Keystone delay

"The initial deadline was early May. The department didn't provide a new deadline.

"Canadian oil will make its way to market with or without Keystone XL," Girling said. "We are extremely disappointed and frustrated with yet another delay. American men and women will miss out on another construction season where they could have worked to build Keystone XL and provided for their families.""

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My view: Anti-science ruins the climate debate

"We have become accustomed to politicians, environmentalists and alternative energy companies telling us that the science of climate change is "settled." Scientists supposedly know with certainty that our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are causing a climate crisis. There is no need to further investigate the validity of the theory or to consider alternative evidence. We need not even consider whether adaption to climate change is more effective than trying to prevent it. We are told that we must take action to stop the unfolding human-caused climate catastrophe, no matter the cost.

Professors Chris Essex (University of Western Ontario) and Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph) call this the Doctrine of Certainty. In their award-winning book “Taken by Storm,” they explain, “The Doctrine is a collection of now-familiar assertions made about climate, all of which must be accepted without question.

If one dares question the Doctrine, the reaction from true believers is immediate — you are a denier, an enemy of nature, a pawn of big oil and you must be silenced. As demonstrated last month when activists protested in front of Washington Post headquarters brandishing an open letter signed by 110,000 people demanding that the paper not publish Charles Krauthammer’s skeptical opinion piece, censorship is fair play if you are on the side of the angels. The possibility that, as Essex and McKitrick say, “The Doctrine is not true. Each assertion is either manifestly false or the claim to know is false,” is not even considered.”"

I must get that book: Taken by Storm

Earth’s extinction rate highly exaggerated

"“---human-altered landscapes can foster more biological diversity than we anticipated,” Hadly said.

The researchers now point to an alternative framework that promises a more effective way of accounting for human-altered landscapes and assessing ecological risks."

In Honour Of Earth Hour

I'm still planning what I'll do tomorrow between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm, but you can be sure it will involve plenty of electricity. Every light and every appliance possible will be maxed out. I might take the car for a spin as well.

I Darn Near Forgot...

...but it looks like Earth Hour is nearly upon us again. I was going to do some baking today, but maybe I should wait until Saturday evening.

Exposing The "Mental" In Environmentalism

A Little Something For The Environuts

Lots Of Stuff..

...that I like:

Resurrected protein's clue to origins of life

"The resurrected protein is thought to have existed almost four billion years ago in single-celled organisms linked to the earliest ancestor of all life.

The protein survives in the extreme environments of high acidity and temperature expected on early Earth and, intriguingly, also Mars."

Mind you, the language in the article is barely understandable to a non-scientist like me, but it does speak to the question about the origins of life, which has always fascinated me.

THAILAND: Muslims in the South are slaughtering Buddhists in order to ethnically cleanse the area (WARNING: Graphic Images)

"Muslims account for a mere 4.6% of population, yet have been spreading fear among the indigenous Buddhists of the region, using violence and brutality. They have resorted to the random killing of Buddhists, including school teachers and Buddhist monks."

Hardly news, but.... I went to graduate school with a woman from Thailand. I hope she's alright.

Major Danish Daily Warns: “Globe May Be On Path To Little Ice Age…Much Colder Winters…Dramatic Consequences”!

"So now even the once very green Danish media is now spreading the seeds of doubt. So quickly can “settled science” become controversial and hotly disputed. The climate debate is far from over. And when it does end, it looks increasingly as if it’ll end in favor of the skeptics."

Really good read, BTW, but damn it!! I so wanted some of that global warming stuff. Oh well. This should solve some of that "overpopulation" hysteria. If only it would take "the sky is falling" hysterical folks first.

Ah Yes!

Big Green helps Big Wind hide bird and bat butchery

"It uses tons of fossil fuels every day, emits a greenhouse gas that's like CO2 on steroids, can’t do the job it’s made for, costs taxpayers exorbitant fees, and makes the federal government look mentally ill for giving it outrageous subsidies. It also chops up birds, bats and scenery with roads and monstrous 400-foot-tall machines. “It” is wind power, of course.

These harsh facts were condensed into a preliminary draft study of wind subsidies by researcher Teresa Platt, who circulated it to specialists for vetting. I obtained a copy of the extensively footnoted working draft, which gave chilling reality to the truth behind wind industry claims.

“Every year since the 1980s,” Platt’s study said, “the 5,000 turbines at NextEra’s Altamont Pass in California kill thousands of slow-reproducing red-tailed hawks, burrowing owls, kestrels, as well as iconic golden eagles, and bats.” The birds Platt mentions are raptors – birds of prey – particularly valued for their agricultural role in killing mice and other crop-damaging rodents. Eagles, both golden eagles and bald eagles, have long impressed Americans for their majesty, and the bald eagle was selected by our Founding Fathers as our national emblem.

I asked Bob Johns, spokesman for the American Bird Conservancy, about wind farm eagle mortality. He confirmed Platt’s study and told me the Altamont operation alone has killed more than 2,000 golden eagles. But that’s not all. “Nationwide, the wind industry kills thousands of golden eagles without prosecution,” Johns said, “while any other American citizen even possessing eagle parts such as feathers would face huge fines and prison time.”"

But don't let that stop you. You could always declare it a "no fly zone".

A New Look...

...at the disappearance of the buffalo (bison). The Indian Industry and environMENTALists aren't going to like this.

Professor Bill Waiser on the bison.