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Category Archives: ENERGY & CLIMATE
Polar Vortex . . . Alberta Clipper . . . Gaia’s Judgment . . .
. . . or just damn cold! Remember when the local broadcast weatherman with a sort of hardy Midwest attitude would warn us that a “Canadian” or “Arctic” cold mass would be descending to chill our Monday, Tuesday . . … Continue reading
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Big Ethanol, the Environment, Gas Taxes and the GOP
That we consider corn ethanol subsidies and mandates unethical and tax payer abuse is obvious from these pages. There are environmental aspects that should be considered, and we do, but we find them most compelling with regards to human ecology … Continue reading
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Veritas Salad
“Net neutrality” — ever wonder what the term means and what the issues are in the controversy over “net neutrality.” This article by Marvin Ammori writing at Wired explains. The political gamesmanship involves a classic example of the use … Continue reading
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Argus-Dispatch Print Edition Trims Ethanol Commentary
Still, serves to undermine corn ethanol boondoggle Our post yesterday made reference to a lengthy AP story * in the Argus-Dispatch online edition about the detrimental environmental effects of current corn ethanol production policies and practices. We predicted that any … Continue reading
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Corn Belt Apostasy at the Argus-Dispatch?
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push* Catch the title of this lengthy AP story that we noticed earlier today in qconline – the online news outlet operated by the Midwest oriented Small Newspaper Group, a privately held … Continue reading
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Bruce Braley’s Clunker Legislation
George Will writes today in Human Events describing a study authored by Ted Gayer and Emily Parker for the left of center Brookings Institute about the effects of the Cash for Clunkers program inflicted on America at the beginning of … Continue reading
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Yerington’s Valiant Effort . . . Gluba Getting Warmed Up for Agenda 21?
Phil Yerington won 25% of the ballot in a write-in effort for Mayor of Davenport with a budget of maybe a few hundred bucks* in a campaign that started a little over a month before the election. Supporters of Yerington … Continue reading
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School District All Wet On Start Times
Fejervary Family Aquatic Center (shown) Sunday August 11, 3pm, partly cloudy and 83°. Now this was a weekend and the same park’s picnic pavilions were busy, including plenty of school age children, but the pool was already closed for the … Continue reading
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Obama’s Enormous Climate Lies — Alan Caruba
Putting aside Obama’s intention to further reduce our nuclear arsenal as articulated in his June 19 speech in Berlin, he has solidified his position as the World’s Greatest Liar with his statements about climate change, aka global warming, which he … Continue reading
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The Continuing Collapse of the Global Warming Hoax — Alan Caruba
June 15, 2013 While the nation tries to come to grips with the cascade of scandals involving the Obama administration, a significant phenomenon has been occurring. It is the demise of the global warming/climate change hoax that has driven national and international … Continue reading
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