Category: Climate Change

As Climate Cools, Chipotle Talks of Suspending Guacamole Due to Global Warming

Posted on by Dave Blount

Refer to Drudge, and you will see that several items in the news pertain to climate. Niagara Falls has frozen. New Orleans has endured its coldest Mardi Gras ever. The District of Criminals achieved a 141-year record low temperature. A 1884 cold weather record was shattered in Des Moines. Atlantic City has had the coldest […]

 

Keystone XL Protesters Arrested En Masse

Posted on by William Teach

And have managed to bring the Gore Effect to D.C. today, where it is snowy and cold, and will be cold for days. (Chicago Tribune) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police arrested hundreds of young people protesting the Keystone XL project on Sunday, as demonstrators fastened themselves with plastic ties to the White House fences and called […]

 

Warming “Pause” Excuse #9: It’s All A Coincidence

Posted on by William Teach

We can add it to the list, via Climate Depot Climate Depot Analysis: ‘There have been at least nine separate explanations for the standstill in global warming’ — 1) Low Solar Activity; 2) Oceans Ate Warming; 3) Chinese Coal Use; 4) Montreal Protocol; 5) Readjusted past temps to claim ‘pause’ never existed 6) Volcanoes 7) […]

 

Environmentalists Target Fracking

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

The environmentalist movement’s latest target is fracking. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of extracting shale gas from deposits underground. Natural gas releases less CO2 than oil into the environment. For this reasons, environmentalists concerned with global warming should be pleased to be moving away from oil and toward natural gas, but instead they […]

 

SCOTUS To Hear Arguments On EPA “Climate Change” Power Grab

Posted on by William Teach

This could be a big, and game changing, case, one which could place limits on the ever-expansive role of not just the EPA, but other federal agencies and the Chief Executive (CNS News) The Obama administration is squaring off at the Supreme Court with industry groups and Republican-led states over a small but important program […]

 

Hooray! Warmists Now Say “Climate Change” Will Cause More Crime

Posted on by William Teach

The LA Times has been on a roll as of late with their “climate change” idiocy, here and here, blaming cold and snow and ice on “climate change”. Now we get Climate change brings more crime A new study broadens a notion held by the earliest criminologists: Periods of higher temperatures — on an hour-by-hour […]

 

Oh, Snap: “What Would Jesus Do About Climate Change?”

Posted on by William Teach

It’s been a long time since I used an “oh, snap”, and it’s either that or using a “spit take” GIF to read a hardcore liberal attempt to use Jesus to prop up “climate change” (as I do every now and then, “climate change” refers to the notion that every change in the weather is […]

 

NC Gov McCrory Asked About “Climate Change” In Wake Of Winter Storms

Posted on by William Teach

No, seriously (WRAL) Appearing on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday to talk about the winter storm that shut down the state last week, Gov. Pat McCrory sidestepped a pointed question about his position on climate change. The question from host Bob Schieffer came at the end of a segment on North Carolina’s response to […]

 

As Obama Whined About Drought In California, The Real Story Comes Out

Posted on by William Teach

I mentioned Saturday that Obama took a long fossil fueled plane trip all the way to Fresno, California to complain about “climate change” and announce a $1 billion “climate change” slush fund. Part of the trip was to whine about the drought in California. His “science” adviser, John Holdren ( a believer in Malthusian prophesy), […]

 

Church Of England Goes Medieval On Fight Climate Change Witchcraft

Posted on by William Teach

Remember the time when people blew out of England to escape from the dominance of the Church of England? Remember how the Framers of the Constitution added a phrase to the Bill Of Rights to make sure no church would work hand in hand with The Government, because of how the Church Of England worked […]

 

Rep David Schweikert (R-Ariz) Introduces “Secret Science Reform Act”

Posted on by William Teach

What is it? It’s a way of forcing the Environmental Protection Agency, which has seemingly forgotten what their actual mission is, to end their secrecy in rule making (Fox News) Republican lawmakers in the House are pushing legislation that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing new regulations based on science that is not […]

 

Hooray! Here Come Obama’s “Climate Hubs”

Posted on by William Teach

Yeah, OK, uh huh (NY Times) On the heels of the Senate’s passage of a long-awaited farm bill, the Obama administration is to announce on Wednesday the creation of seven regional “climate hubs” aimed at helping farmers and rural communities respond to the risks of climate change, including drought, invasive pests, fires and floods. White […]

 

White House: Not So Fast On that Keystone XL Pipeline, Cause “Climate Change”

Posted on by William Teach

So, the President with a carbon footprint around 41K metric tons, and a Sec of State who constantly takes fossil fueled flights all over the world, and also owns several homes and multiple fossil fueled vehicles, are telling us to hold our horses on Keystone XL (Fox News) A new environmental assessment from the State […]

 

Climate Change Is Dead Last On List Of American’s Priorities

Posted on by William Teach

Surprise? This comes via The Hockey Schtick, a Wall Street Journal poll on the state of the union and what Americans care about, along with Obama’s approval rating. Here’s the chart Humorously, when Obama started yammering about “climate change” the Gore Effect kicked in, with light snow starting in D.C. And why should people care? […]

 

Racist Al Gore Tells World Economic Forum They Have To Find Ways To Keep Africa’s Population Down

Posted on by William Teach

Al Gore pops his head up at Davos…say, how’d he get there? A fossil fueled flight?…to make a racist pronouncement (via Climate Depot). (CNBC) Stopping overpopulation is one way the dangers of climate change can be mitigated, according to two of the most prominent believers in global warming. Former Vice President Al Gore and Microsoft […]

 

Are You Ready For Another Massive Polar Plunge?

Posted on by William Teach

Is this what Warmists mean when they yammer on about the dangers of “climate change” (Accuweather) The next blast of brutal cold will grip most of the eastern two-thirds of the United States early this week and could yield the lowest temperatures so far this winter in many communities. While harsh cold is returning to […]

 

Will Obama Discuss “Climate Change” During The 2014 SOTU?

Posted on by William Teach

It’ll be a hoot if he does, making a push for legislation and executive action, mostly kingly executive action*, along with the typical hyper-partisan demeaning of Republicans? (Daily Caller) President Barack Obama is expected to talk about fighting global warming in his upcoming State of the Union address next week, during what could be the […]

 

Prosperity Is Driving Climate Change, Per UN Report

Posted on by William Teach

Being a rich country is considered bad, as is living a modern lifestyle (Daily Caller) Growing global economies through expanded trade between rich and poor countries is driving global warming, according to a draft report from the United Nation’s climate bureaucracy. The international agency said that rich countries are “outsourcing” carbon dioxide emissions to poor […]

 

UN Climate Chief Says Best Way to Fight Climate Change Is…Communism

Posted on by Duane Lester

Well, I for one have been saying for years that the whole global warming angle was just a way to redistribute the wealth on a global scale. : Why do you think people say “Green is the new Red?” United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres said that democracy is a poor political system for fighting global […]

 

Leftist Senators Demand Media Devote More Time to Global Warming Propaganda

Posted on by Dave Blount

As the commies at Mother Jones gasp in horror, belief in the debunked global warming hoax continues to decline, despite a relentless propaganda campaign that has dragged on for ages. Apparently people are more likely to believe their thermometers than the lying ideologues of the liberal media. Carbon emissions continue to rise, which according to […]

 

UN: Failure To Stop “Climate Change” Will Be Costly, So Spend Lots Of Money Now

Posted on by William Teach

Interestingly, countries didn’t spend hundreds of billions into the trillions to stop Hotcoldwetdry before the 17 year pause (NY Times) Nations have so dragged their feet in battling climate change that the situation has grown critical and the risk of severe economic disruption is rising, according to a draft United Nations report. Another 15 years […]

 

Interesting: The Same People Pushing Climate Change Also Want To Legalize Pot

Posted on by William Teach

Think about it. Here’s the Boston Herald’s Howie Carr discussing Gov. Deval Patrick wanting to hire an official state weatherman to deal with “climate change” (via Tom Nelson) Wait a second, some of you may be saying, that Tim Murray snowstorm was in October, so how can it be global warming? If anything, it’s global […]

 

Interesting: New Paper Blames 17 Year Pause On Low Solar Activity

Posted on by William Teach

Surprisingly, this is one of the few papers that actually makes sense, to a degree (via Watts Up With That?) Reduced Solar Activity Disguises Global Temperature Rise DOI: 10.4236/acs.2014.41008 Author: Peter Stauning ABSTRACT The question whether human activities seriously affect climate is asked with increasing voice these days. Quite understandable since the climate appears to […]

 

We’ve Become A Nation Of Weather Wimps Or Something

Posted on by William Teach

I’m not quite sure how this helps the “climate change” narrative, as hyper-Warmist Seth Borenstein pushes the cult (AP) We’ve become weather wimps. As the world warms, the United States is getting fewer bitter cold spells like the one that gripped much of the nation this week. So when a deep freeze strikes, scientists say, […]

 

San Fransciso Warmists Want Warming Labels On Gas Pumps

Posted on by William Teach

Yes, I did intentionally type “warming”, not “warning” (San Fran Chronicle) Buy a pack of cigarettes, and a printed warning from the surgeon general will remind you that smoking causes cancer. Obviously, you’ve chosen to smoke anyway. But perhaps one day you’ll look at that message, printed on the pack, and resolve to change your […]

 

White House Proclaims Extreme Cold Snap Caused by Global Warming

Posted on by Dave Blount

It isn’t just the bubble gum rag Time Magazine. The White House itself is pushing the guffaw-worthy concept that not only does the recent record cold not discredit global warming — it is caused by it. From the official White House blog: Here at the White House, while we’re beginning to thaw from this week’s […]

 

Polar Vortex That Was Caused by Global Cooling Now Caused by Global Warming

Posted on by Dave Blount

Even Hell has frozen over: Compliments of Stormfax. The Michigan town isn’t alone. Ninety percent of the USA is frozen. In a pathetic attempt to prop up the global warming hoax, some liberals have actually been barking that the extreme cold is caused by it being too warm. Supposedly hot air caused by insufficient taxation […]

 

NY Times: Polar Vortex Is Nothing New, But It’s Still A Sign Of Climate Change

Posted on by William Teach

Here’s award-winning Princeton University Physicist Dr. Will Happer “Polar vortices have been around forever. They have almost nothing to do with more CO2 in the atmosphere,” Happer said in an exclusive interview with Climate Depot. There’s “no evidence of any unusual or unprecedented changes in the latitude or speed of the North Atlantic jet stream […]

 

Good Grief: Cold Weather Events More Likely Cause “Climate Change”

Posted on by William Teach

These people are simply nuts (The Hill) Global warming may be contributing to the “polar vortex” causing frigid temperatures across most of the nation on Monday, according to some climate change researchers. While it seems counter-intuitive, the research argues that plunging temperatures could come from changes in the jet stream caused by climate change. Rutgers […]