Category Archives: Environment

Climate Change Denial Smear Campaign Backfires

Posted on 05/23/2012 at 6:40 pm by JM Ashby

It turns out spending large sums of money to purchase grossly-offensive billboards along the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago which compare those who believe in climate change to terrorists is not the best way to convince people that climate change is … Continue reading →

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Global Warming and Global Dimming Explained

Posted on 05/21/2012 at 9:26 am by Bob Cesca

Just in case there are any Republican lurkers this morning, here’s how global warming and global dimming works, courtesy of the Weather Channel (who are obviously part of the liberal conspiracy). Amazing how all of that myth is lingering over … Continue reading →

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Best Persons

Posted on 05/17/2012 at 7:18 am by Bob Cesca

Honolulu County Council makes it official: By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters — but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to … Continue reading →

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The Unspoken Truth About the Climate

Posted on 05/11/2012 at 11:16 am by Bob Cesca

If you’re worried about the climate crisis happening in the future, your stress is misplaced. It’s happening right damn now. All around us, the weather is changing, the oceans are changing, the ice is changing. The only thing that isn’t … Continue reading →

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You May Be a Terrorist…

Posted on 05/04/2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

…if you believe in Climate Change. At least that’s the new message from the Heartland Institute which has purchased billboards along the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago that display things such as this: The billboard series features Ted Kaczynski, the infamous … Continue reading →

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Exxon’s Safe, Clean Energy

Posted on 04/30/2012 at 6:50 pm by JM Ashby

Here’s one example of why I must resist the urge to hurl an inanimate object at my television whenever an Exxon Mobil commercial touting their safe, clean energy is displayed. Exxon Mobil’s North Line in Louisiana spilled approximately 1,900 barrels … Continue reading →

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Who’s Up for Some Deliciously Mutated Gulf Seafood?

Posted on 04/19/2012 at 3:14 pm by Bob Cesca

It’s Thursday, and so my Thursday post at The Daily Banter is read for your eyeballs. Go read it and then RT it to all of your friends. Two years after the Deep Water Horizon explosion, shrimp, crab and other … Continue reading →

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It’s a Liberal Conspiracy

Posted on 04/18/2012 at 2:25 pm by JM Ashby

Via the Weather Channel, a new poll from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication reveals that a overwhelming majority of Americans believe recent extreme weather events were caused by … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day

Posted on 04/16/2012 at 6:45 pm by JM Ashby

What’s missing from this picture? via Media Matters Scientists Were Shut Out Of Climate Change Discussions On Sunday Shows. Our study finds that the Sunday shows consulted political and media figures on climate change, but left scientists out of the … Continue reading →

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Dumbstupids Saying Dumbstupid Things

Posted on 04/14/2012 at 5:35 pm by Bob Cesca

The following video of Sarah Palin, Eric Bolling and Fox News viewers talking about oil drilling is a train wreck of moronic nonsense. Hang on tight… Share

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It’s a Liberal Conspiracy

Posted on 04/10/2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

Watch the unprecedented March heat wave in video form. Eat dot represents a record high temperature. From NOAA: Every state in the nation experienced at least one record warm daily temperature during March. According to preliminary data, there were 15,272 … Continue reading →

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Drilling, Fracking = Manmade Earthquakes

Posted on 04/07/2012 at 9:40 am by Bob Cesca

If you’re wondering why the ground is shaking and your stuff is falling off the shelves, ask the people chanting “drill baby drill.” ThinkProgress: A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s … Continue reading →

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Who Resumed Production on the Electric Car?

Posted on 04/04/2012 at 9:27 am by Bob Cesca

Good news from Chevy. Josh Marshall reports: Coming on strong sales in March, the Chevy Volt is going back into production a week early. This is part of today’s strong sales report for the Big Three US automakers and another … Continue reading →

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What Could Go Wrong?

Posted on 04/01/2012 at 4:05 pm by JM Ashby

What could go wrong when we drill so deep that immediate response to a disaster becomes virtually impossible? The Deepwater Horizon for one, and this. A deepwater rig in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland suffered a blowout … Continue reading →

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Picking Winners and Losers

Posted on 03/31/2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

Among the four Democratic senators who voted with the GOP to extend Big Oil subsidies and against a renewal of clean energy subsidies, which may result in as many as 37,000 job losses, was Senator Jim Webb (D-VA). According to … Continue reading →

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