Category Archives: Environment

Fact: Oil Drilling Does Not Reduce Gas Prices

Posted on 03/22/2012 at 11:28 am by Bob Cesca

The Associated Press fact-checked the gas price debate and came up with some interesting results. Mainly, there is ““no statistical correlation” between increased oil production and lower gas prices. Duh. U.S. oil production is back to the same level it … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day

Posted on 03/19/2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

It’s a liberal conspiracy. More than 2,200 warm temperature records have been set so far in March. Take a look at the map above to see where temps are crazy departures from normal. This isn’t your average heat wave. Its … Continue reading →

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The Climate Crisis Claims Its First Nation

Posted on 03/10/2012 at 9:02 am by Bob Cesca

It’s going to get way, way worse than this. Kiribati, an island nation located in the central Pacific, rises just a few feet above sea level in many areas. Elevating ocean levels could soon render the entire country uninhabitable. With … Continue reading →

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Americans Apparently Love Liberal Conspiracies

Posted on 03/04/2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

According to Fox Business Network’s own Lou Dobbs, The Lorax is actually a secret liberal plot to indoctrinate your children to believe in the liberal agenda of combating climate change. Did I mention liberal? If that’s truly the case, and … Continue reading →

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Who Temporarily Suspended the Electric Car?

Posted on 03/02/2012 at 4:38 pm by Bob Cesca

More trouble for the Chevy Volt: General Motors has temporarily suspended production of its Volt electric car, the company announced Friday. GM, which is based in Detroit, announced to employees at one of its facilities that it was halting production … Continue reading →

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The Renewable Resource We’ve Been Looking For!

Posted on 02/24/2012 at 5:45 pm by JM Ashby

The Republican congressional candidate running for former Representative Gabrielle Giffords’ seat in Arizona, Jesse Kelly, has discovered the renewable resource we’ve all been looking for — Oil! KELLY: I do find it laughable when they talk about the energy crisis, … Continue reading →

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Chart(s) of the Day

Posted on 02/23/2012 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Is President Obama responsible for rising gas prices? Is any president? Of any country? The short answer is no. At least, not under normal circumstances. Gas prices are rising globally, not just here in the United States where “drill, baby, … Continue reading →

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‘Gulf of America’ Bill was a Joke

Posted on 02/10/2012 at 1:24 pm by Bob Cesca

And it fooled almost everyone. But hell, we’ve been bombarded with crap like this (“freedom fries” etc) for so long, it’s no wonder we fell for it. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to … Continue reading →

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It’s Cold in Alaska and Al Gore is Fat

Posted on 02/01/2012 at 11:28 am by Bob Cesca

Sarah Palin on her Facebook (ugh): A friend emailed me this notice from her local Alaskan school today. As the school notice makes clear: anything above -55 degrees below zero is warm enough for our Alaskan young’uns! Global warming? What … Continue reading →

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More Nuclear Power, Please.

Posted on 01/31/2012 at 9:22 am by Bob Cesca

Another close call with a nuclear power plant. BYRON, Ill. (AP) — A nuclear reactor at a northern Illinois plant shut down Monday after losing power, and steam was being vented to reduce pressure, according to officials from Exelon Nuclear … Continue reading →

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Keystone is Dead

Posted on 01/18/2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

As predicted, the Keystone XL pipeline has now been officially rejected by the Obama Administration after the Republicans chose to hasten the timeline for approval with a rider inserted into legislation that extended payroll tax-cuts and unemployment benefits for 2 … Continue reading →

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More Than The Previous 40 years

Posted on 01/03/2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

I believe this is the change we believe in and the change we have received. With two years of the Obama administration, almost four times as much clean energy has been put on the grid on public lands as in … Continue reading →

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Happy Fracking New Year

Posted on 01/02/2012 at 5:35 pm by JM Ashby

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 struck an area of Ohio not prone to earthquakes on News Year’s Eve and this quickly lead some to speculate that fracking may be the cause. On New Year’s Eve, a magnitude 4.0 … Continue reading →

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PBS Newshour: The Extreme Weather of 2011

Posted on 01/01/2012 at 1:40 pm by JM Ashby

Watch How 2011 Became a ‘Mind-Boggling’ Year of Extreme Weather on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. I’m sure everyone viewing this was affected by at least one of these events. Hopefully the trend doesn’t continue this year. Share

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Under-Reported Good News

Posted on 12/27/2011 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

Congress failed to renew the subsidy for corn-based ethanol before leaving D.C. for the holidays. When the U.S. Congress adjourned for the holidays on Friday, December 23, its departure sealed the fate of subsidized ethanol production. During its session, the … Continue reading →

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