‘Record’ temps due to ‘adjustments!’: ‘All of these summers were hotter in U.S. than 2012, according to raw USHCN data: 1936 1934 1901 1988 2006 1900 1933 2011 1931 2010 1952 1937 2002 1943 1921’
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Paper demonstrates solar activity was at a grand maximum in late 20th century: ‘Solar activity measured by isotope proxies revealed end of 20th century was highest activity in 1200 years’
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Warmist ‘Skeptical Science’ author John Hartz on the death of father of four Andrew Breitbart: ‘Ding dong, the witch is dead’
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Gore’s Climate Reality Project begs Debate Moderator Jim Lehrer: Ask Romney and Obama about Climate Change
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Lewandowsky gets $1.7m of taxpayer funds to denigrate people who disagree with him
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Can Windpower Grow Without the PTC? ‘Wind proponents cite their industry as one of the fastest growing sectors of the American economy, having doubled U.S. nameplate capacity since 2008’
Production Tax Credit (PTC)
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Congress to vote on ‘No More Solyndras’ Act: ‘Govt exceeds its legitimate functions when Congress establishes programs to pick market winners & losers or direct industrial policies by political means’
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Analysis: Obama Policies Making US More Dependent on Persian Gulf Oil
Excerpt: The Obama Administration is touting that our “dependence on foreign oil has gone down every year during the Obama Administration, including a reduction in net oil imports by ten percent—or one million barrels a day—in the last year alone.” While good news, this trend is happening not because of policies or actions taken by the Obama administration, but because of 1) a poor economy and high oil prices resulting in a lower demand for oil, 2) an increase in oil production on private and state lands (not federal lands) due to less bureaucratic red tape in leasing and permitting on private and state lands, and 3) an increase in biofuel (mainly ethanol) production due to the mandates from the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
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Actions the Obama Administration Can Take
Approve the Keystone Pipeline. Four years ago, TransCanada proposed the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline to bring more oil from Canada to the United States. After years of study, the State Department has yet to decide whether or not to approve the pipeline. Because the pipeline crosses the U.S.-Canadian border, the State Department must decide whether the pipeline is in the “national interest.” Reducing our overseas imports of oil should be in our national interest as should be the pipeline’s economic benefits on both sides of the border. For example, its construction is expected create 20,000 jobs and states along the route are projected to receive an additional $5.2 billion in property tax revenue. U.S. companies are invested in Canadian oil sands and many of our businesses supply goods and services for the oil sands projects in Canada.
Canada has 175 billion barrels of proved oil reserves that can be produced now and moved to U.S. refineries via the Keystone pipeline. If the pipeline had been approved when submitted, more oil could be flowing into this country in the very near future. Canadian oil is a secure oil supply, as Canada is our friend and ally, and largest trading partner.
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A recent study found that the U.S. could come close to producing enough new oil and natural gas to displace all non-North American imports within 15 years. The study, by energy consultants Wood Mackenzie, assumed oil drilling would be allowed off the currently prohibited areas of the East and West Coasts, in waters off Florida’s Gulf Coast, in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, …
Mother Jones Mag.: Global Warming Will Cause More Murders
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NYT’s Andrew Revkin: ‘The IPCC comes off terribly in replies to Roger Pielke Jr critique of its findings on disaster & climate
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