Bogus Poll Touts Widespread Support for Obama’s CO2 Cuts

 The headline couldn’t have been more celebratory: “A huge majority of Americans support regulating carbon from power plants. And they’re even willing to pay for it.” Uh-huh. Here’s the key question: “What if that significantly lowered greenhouse gases but raised your monthly energy expenses by 20 dollars a month – in that case do you think the government […]

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University of Delaware Threatens Cornwall Senior Fellow’s Academic Freedom

Apparently the law doesn’t apply to everyone equally in Delaware. Climate alarmists get protection; climate skeptics—don’t. When the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the University of Delaware (UD) for information related to three faculty members who had as part of their employment done work for the United Nations Intergovernmental

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End Federal Ethanol Policy’s Harm to the Poor and the Environment

To borrow a phrase from another debate (where it is misused), the science is settled. So is the economics. As Peter Suderman points out, the federal Environmental Protection Agency proposes reducing from 18.5 billion to 15.2 billion gallons the amount of renewable fuel (essentially, ethanol, almost all from corn) it requires refiners to mix into total U.S. gasoline

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What’s Wrong with Latest National Climate Assessment? Dr. Roy Spencer Sounds Off

The national media have been abuzz since the release of the Obama Administration’s highly politicized National Climate Assessment (NCA) Tuesday. A typical report, in USA Today, began this way:  Devastating droughts in the Southwest, ruinous floods in New York City, killer wildfires in Colorado, intense heat waves in the Plains: These are the some of the disasters that are

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VIDEO: Senator Sessions Grills EPA Nominee in Confirmation Hearing

One almost feels pity for Janet McCabe under grueling questioning by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). It’s clear she knows—well, pretty much nothing relevant about the science of climate change. Maybe we shouldn’t expect much scientific knowledge from her, though. She’s not a scientist. (Remember that next time someone tries to silence you on global warming

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Climate Hubs Stepping Stone To Broader Climate Legislation

The Obama Administration decided last month that it would placate the “Green” lobby by telling our nation’s farmers how to do their job. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the creation of seven Regional Climate Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change. These Hubs match climate change knowledge with local farmers using current networks

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Obama Budget Includes Wish List for Climate Change Spending

While the United States is in debt $17.5 trillion, the Obama Administration proposes a budget that increases spending! Tuesday, March 4, President Obama revealed his Fiscal Year 2015 Budget, his wish-list for next year. It has already been derided by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, but that doesn’t make it irrelevant. It signals the goals of the

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Europe Flees Economy-Destroying Green Initiatives While Obama Presses On

C02 reduction regulations and subsidies for “green energy” are destroying the European economy, and the United States is next. But Europe’s waking up. After years of trying to lead the push to go green, it has turned around and begun steep cuts in its climate protection goals. Why? To save member states’ economies. For example,

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Cornwall Senior Fellow Blasts Global Warming Alarmism in Senate Hearing

Cornwall Alliance Senior Fellow Dr. Roy Spencer testified July 18 before the Senate Subcommittee on Environment and Public Works in a hearing on global warming. “The lack of statistically significant warming in the last 15 years,” Spencer told the committee via his written testimony, “… is sometimes glossed over with the claim that the global temperature

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