Archive for the ‘Greenies’ Category

The Latest from Ric Romero

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Green activists 'are keeping Africa poor'. Speaking before a keynote lecture tonight to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, of which he is president, Sir David said that the slow pace of African development was linked directly to Western influence. “I'm going to suggest, and I believe this very ...

Sometimes You Know When Something’s Been Done Right

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Just by looking at who thinks it's wrong. Instead of going for sweeping changes that could cost Montanans jobs, the EQC opted for small changes that, while I don't agree with some of them, are more common-sense approaches that aren't radical changes with massive unintended consequences. Mostly, though, I'm pleased that the ...

The Left on Energy? Clueless.

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

There's an old saw about American politics: Keep Democrats out of the boardroom and Republicans out of the bedroom. I'd like to add a third option to that one. "Keep Liberal Arts majors out of energy policy." No, really. Leave it to people who actually understand it, can do ...

Global Warming Strikes Montana

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Everybody Panic!! So, the Clark Fork Coalition (an angelic non-profit) came up with this report that Global Warming is Very Real™, and a Huge Threat™, etc., etc. Get this, though. They used 50 years of data to make their extrapolations. 50 years!! Out of 4 billion. Unless I fat-fingered my calculator, in ...

This Should Be Interesting

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

In Montana, if you do much traveling, you can't help but be stricken by the poverty on our reservations. The reasons for which are myriad and debatable, but I'm heartened that on the Crow Reservation, they are going to try to do something about it. With energy prices soaring, the ...

Exhibit 32

Monday, May 5th, 2008

James has a great post over at 2nd Grade Bike Rack (you should ask him the story behind that name one of these days) talking about "Exhibit 32" from the last Environmental Quality Council. He wasn't able to post it at Blogspot, but he was kind enough to ...

The Skeptics Society Looks at AGW

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

You should really give the whole thing a read, but if you don't have time, here's the important part: So the bottom line is this: When it comes to future climate, no one knows what they’re talking about. No one. Not the IPCC nor its scientists, not the US National Academy ...

Montana Climate Change Action Plan is Bad Policy…

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

...based on bad science. But we've covered that already. Here is a peer-reviewed study from the Montana Policy Institute that comes to the same conclusion. You can read the entire report here. (And gird yourselves for some wailing and gnashing!) Bozeman, MT. April 23rd, 2008: The ...

Center for Climate Strategies Launches Web Site

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Er, I mean DEQ launches Climate Change Web site. Judging from the site's content, they're one and the same, aren't they? Pennsylvania advocacy groups and leftist foundations working for Montana! Check it out for yourself.

Survey Data

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

In a comment below James pointed out an upcoming meeting of the Environmental Quality Council, where they will be presenting the results of a web survey done in February. I have sent the following to one of the contacts listed: In regard to the meeting of the Environmental Quality Council ...

Montana Climate Change Advisory Group, Part III

Monday, April 7th, 2008

This is part 3 of an ongoing series. Part one can be found here, part two is here. Part III -- Here Comes the Science *Just a note on the titles of these posts -- I've used the terms "Group," "Commission," and "Committee" in referring to the group, as I've seen ...

Montana Climate Change Commission, Part II

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

This is part 2 of an ongoing series, you can find part 1 here. Part II -- Show Me The Money We left off part 1 with the selection of the climate change committee. The response thus far has not been about the issues, but rather about personalities, namely mine. ...

Montana Climate Change Advisory Committee, Part I

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Citizens' Voice Subverted by Agenda-Driven Interests? There is a nifty think tank down in Bozeman, called PERC, the Property and Environment Resource Center. They're pretty low-key, but they do put out some good stuff. Mostly, they are focused on market-based solutions to environmental problems. I've linked to their stuff at ...

Somewhere, Iosif Vissarionovich is Smiling

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Relax citizen! There is no need to worry about your thermostat! We will take care of it for you! Why don't we just put radio-controlled light switches in, while we're at it. Let's not forget our ovens, which draw quite a bit of juice. And what about our fridges ...

Global Warming and Rock Stars

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Is there anything they can't do? Latest on the list: creating new types of sadness. In order to combat this, I would heartily recommend pharmaceutical relief.