Archive for Category: "Global Warming & Environment"

March 6, 2012 06:52

Coal heats up as campaign issue for Obama

Lawmakers on both sides of the partisan aisle say Obama administration environmental regulations aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissionsare poised to hit jobs and consumers harder than the Keystone XL decision at the same time the president seems to have abandoned his stated support for the coal industry and clean-coal technology. – Washington Times

March 5, 2012 05:42

Gone with the wind power

To the nearest whole number, the percentage of the world’s energy that comes from wind turbines today is: zero. – The Spectator

March 2, 2012 09:58

Obama using your money to give expensive electric cars to celebrities

Sheesh! How long will we put up with this insanity? This is even worse than the GM volt which is subsidized to the tune of about $200,000 per car and they still can’t sell any. The ones sold so far have gone to government agencies and the king of crony capitalism GE to save face for Obama’s electric Edsel. Four more years of flushing your money down a green toilet?

March 2, 2012 09:35

$9 million dollars per green job – Are we insane? – Four more years of this?

Ten “green” companies funded by your money have failed miserably in Obama’s green schemes. Meanwhile the price of gas and electricity skyrockets as Obama promised in 2008. $16 billion has gone to companies with ties to Obama campaign contributors.

March 2, 2012 07:10

Like the Price of Gas? Just Wait! (He can’t wait)

Obama’s Green Regime has done everything it can to retard domestic fossil fuel production. … as the administration puts every road-block in the way of domestic fossil fuel product, it lavishes millions of taxpayer bucks on corrupt, inefficient “green energy” companies. … “you ain’t seen nothing yet!” – American Thinker

March 2, 2012 06:48

VoteVets Reaped Heavy Backing from Environmental Groups

The grants reflect one of the key strategies for supporters of climate legislation, which was to link U.S. dependence on imported oil with the Iraq War. – OpenSecrets

March 2, 2012 05:30

We warned you – It’s Happening: 5 Coal-Fired Power Plants Shutting Down

[Y]ou can bet that more ‘necessarily skyrocketing’ electricity prices are what’s for dinner. – Townhall.com [Just as Obama promised in 2008]

March 1, 2012 09:34

Expensive Green Energy Destroys Jobs, While Cheap Shale Gas Creates Jobs

“When is a job not a job? Answer: when it is a green job. Jobs in an industry that raises the price of energy effectively destroy jobs elsewhere; jobs in an industry that cuts the cost of energy create extra jobs elsewhere.”

March 1, 2012 05:36

EPA’s CO2 rules endanger human health and welfare

Carbon dioxide simply is not a “pollutant” within the meaning of the Clean Air act. It is not an agent that fouls or contaminates the air, making it harmful to human health. In fact, CO2 is a natural component of Earth’s atmosphere and a key ingredient in photosynthesis. Without carbon dioxide all life on Earth would cease to exist.

March 1, 2012 04:50

Chu on this – Obama administration doesn’t care about high gas prices

Obama’s anti-energy secretary who is infamous for saying we need higher gas prices like those in Europe doubled down on his goals of using less oil not lowering gas prices. When asked if the goal was to lower gas prices he said “No.”