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Environment & Climate News
May 2009
2009 May Environment & Climate News: Climate Change Conference Rebuts Alarmism
The May 2009 issue of Environment & Climate News features an extensive wrapup of the wildly successful Second International Conference on Climate Change, ... (read more)
The May 2009 issue of Environment & Climate News features an extensive wrapup of the wildly successful Second International Conference on Climate Change, ... (read more)
Activists Challenge Removal of Trees from Levees
Environmental activists are threatening to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its policy of removing trees that weaken Seattle-area coastal levees.The ... (read more)
Environmental activists are threatening to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its policy of removing trees that weaken Seattle-area coastal levees.The ... (read more)
Activists Motivated by Power, EU’s Klaus Tells ICCC
Environmental activists are less concerned about any crisis posed by global warming than they are eager to command human behavior and restrict economic ... (read more)
Environmental activists are less concerned about any crisis posed by global warming than they are eager to command human behavior and restrict economic ... (read more)
Arizona Bill Would Limit Participation in the Western Climate Initiative
The Arizona House Environment Committee has approved a bill to bar state environmental officials from participating in the Western Climate Initiative.Former ... (read more)
The Arizona House Environment Committee has approved a bill to bar state environmental officials from participating in the Western Climate Initiative.Former ... (read more)
CFACT Taps Marc Morano to Head Project
The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow is adding environmental policy writer and analyst Marc Morano to its staff to lead a project providing information ... (read more)
The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow is adding environmental policy writer and analyst Marc Morano to its staff to lead a project providing information ... (read more)
Climate Change Conference Rebuts Alarmism
The growing number of global warming skeptics around the world scored a major victory during the second International Conference on Climate Change, which ... (read more)
The growing number of global warming skeptics around the world scored a major victory during the second International Conference on Climate Change, which ... (read more)
Climate Conference Keynoters Rebuke Alarmists
U.S. Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) and scientist Arthur Robinson, who has assembled a list of more than 31,000 U.S. scientists skeptical of global warming ... (read more)
U.S. Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) and scientist Arthur Robinson, who has assembled a list of more than 31,000 U.S. scientists skeptical of global warming ... (read more)
Colorado Senate Bags Plastic Shopping Bag Ban
The Colorado Senate has rejected a bill that would have made Colorado the first state to ban plastic shopping bags.Proponents of the bill had argued plastic ... (read more)
The Colorado Senate has rejected a bill that would have made Colorado the first state to ban plastic shopping bags.Proponents of the bill had argued plastic ... (read more)
Green Jobs Picture Mostly Shades of Gray
“Green jobs” have been touted as the silver bullet for the nation’s growing unemployment problem, jolting the economy out of recession, ... (read more)
“Green jobs” have been touted as the silver bullet for the nation’s growing unemployment problem, jolting the economy out of recession, ... (read more)
International Climate Science Coalition Expands in U.S.
The International Climate Science Coalition announced in March that it is working with Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D., principal research scientist at the Earth ... (read more)
The International Climate Science Coalition announced in March that it is working with Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D., principal research scientist at the Earth ... (read more)
Kansas Legislators Protect Coal Power Option
Kansas House and Senate leaders are negotiating the final language of legislation to prevent the governor’s office from using global warming allegations ... (read more)
Kansas House and Senate leaders are negotiating the final language of legislation to prevent the governor’s office from using global warming allegations ... (read more)
Kentucky Moves to Repeal Nuclear Moratorium
The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill to end a moratorium on new nuclear power facilities in the state. Senate Bill 13 would repeal a law requiring a ... (read more)
The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill to end a moratorium on new nuclear power facilities in the state. Senate Bill 13 would repeal a law requiring a ... (read more)
Los Angeles Voters Reject Solar Initiative
In a surprising blow to environmental activists and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union, Los Angeles voters rejected a ballot initiative ... (read more)
In a surprising blow to environmental activists and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union, Los Angeles voters rejected a ballot initiative ... (read more)
Montana Legislators Relax Renewable Power Rules
The Montana legislature has passed two bills making it easier for utilities to meet the state’s renewable power mandates.House Bill 207 expands the ... (read more)
The Montana legislature has passed two bills making it easier for utilities to meet the state’s renewable power mandates.House Bill 207 expands the ... (read more)
Obama Budget Abandons Yucca Mountain
In a significant energy policy redirection, the Obama administration appears poised to pull the plug on funds for permanent nuclear waste storage at Yucca ... (read more)
In a significant energy policy redirection, the Obama administration appears poised to pull the plug on funds for permanent nuclear waste storage at Yucca ... (read more)
Shallow Science Criticized by Global Warming Experts
Willie Soon, a Harvard University astrophysicist and geophysicist with scores of peer-reviewed papers and books to his credit, said he is “embarrassed ... (read more)
Willie Soon, a Harvard University astrophysicist and geophysicist with scores of peer-reviewed papers and books to his credit, said he is “embarrassed ... (read more)
Skeptics Agree on Basics, Refuse to Force Consensus
Some in the mainstream print media portrayed the second International Conference on Climate Change as hampered by dissension, exemplified by this observation ... (read more)
Some in the mainstream print media portrayed the second International Conference on Climate Change as hampered by dissension, exemplified by this observation ... (read more)
Sound Science Battles Alarmist Politics
The Climate: Science and Politicsby Per Engene and Goran TullbergDatakon, 2009, 112 pages, ISBN-978-82-997543-1-6The natural world works in a far different ... (read more)
The Climate: Science and Politicsby Per Engene and Goran TullbergDatakon, 2009, 112 pages, ISBN-978-82-997543-1-6The natural world works in a far different ... (read more)
SPPI Launches Monthly CO2 Report Online
The Science and Public Policy Institute has launched a new online publication, Monthly CO2 Report, edited by Christopher Monckton.Monckton, a key policy ... (read more)
The Science and Public Policy Institute has launched a new online publication, Monthly CO2 Report, edited by Christopher Monckton.Monckton, a key policy ... (read more)
Study: Western Climate Plan Would Prolong the Recession
A climate action plan under development by states participating in the Western Climate Initiative would deepen and prolong the current recession in the ... (read more)
A climate action plan under development by states participating in the Western Climate Initiative would deepen and prolong the current recession in the ... (read more)
Utah Bill Aims to Crack Down on Frivolous Lawsuits
Tired of seeing environmental activists obstruct and economically punish lawful activities through frivolous lawsuits, Utah state Rep. Mike Noel (R-Kanab) ... (read more)
Tired of seeing environmental activists obstruct and economically punish lawful activities through frivolous lawsuits, Utah state Rep. Mike Noel (R-Kanab) ... (read more)
Yucca Mountain, Though on Hold, Would Be Very Safe
Bruce H. Breslow, executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, responds to what he sees as “a number of apprehensions” in Lehr’s ... (read more)
Bruce H. Breslow, executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, responds to what he sees as “a number of apprehensions” in Lehr’s ... (read more)
