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Rachel Carlson: Guilty of genocide? “Silent Spring” released 45 years ago.

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. In this post from a little over a year ago, I wrote Ever since I can remember, my Dad was complaining about the demise of the pesticide DDT. "There were no mosquitos back then," he still says to this day. He always insisted that the reasons used by the environmentalists to create the near panic … Read more

If only my backyard was bigger…

by Steve MacDonald

    . As sure as the sun comes up, each year at the start of the travel season for most Americans, we see rising gas prices blamed on "a refinery fire somewhere", or some other similar sad refrain. You know, it’s like the stories we hear at the beginning of the heating season– "Due … Read more

Thirty Years of carbon emissions. Just imagine…

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Just imagine if these people hadn’t ruled the day thirty years ago. How much less oil would have been burned (saving it for gas) had this not happened? How much less CO2 would have been released in the air if unit 2 had been built? What if the protesters, combined with their  unexpected (and unintended) … Read more

Global warming. Fixing it’s as easy as… well, raising taxes.

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This past Saturday during our radio program, “Meet the New Press” (podcasts here) I gave co-host Pat Hynes (AnkleBitingPundits) the needle about “his guy”, John McCain, the latest politician to climb aboard the “man is the cause of global warming” bandwagon. As someone who refuses to buy into that notion, I am becoming more distressed by the day as the number of prominent people and politicians who believe the false premise continues to grow. As they swallow the hysterical environmentalist propaganda, they repeat it, thus helping to further spread what many believe to be junk science as gospel truth. And of course, as I reminded my friend Pat, once enough bad laws and new rules and regulations get passed as a result, it will be us “little guys” that end up footing the bill.
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Unfortunately, it turns out that I was more right about that than I thought. This very week alone, I learned about three separate news items proving my point.
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The Burlington Free Press reports on global warming legislation in the offing for the people who live in Vermont:
“The Legislature led by Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Shumlin has ridden a wave of good will on its effort to make Vermont a leader in reducing the human impact on climate change. The initiative, launched with two weeks of hearings and backed by a timely U.N. report that links global warming to human activity, has been hailed as the right thing to do that’s also good for the economy by branding the state as a green leader.”
How does it do this? Care to guess?
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This is just too delicious…

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Every once and a while, a story comes along that just makes you go, "Yes!" You know- the one that that will be immediately understood for what it is… and what it says, by anybody that reads it. Consider this from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research: Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own … Read more

More inconvenient truths for the global-warming crowd

by Steve MacDonald

I don’t know if it’s just me, but it sure seems like more and more scientists and weather & climate types are taking a more vocal, prolific stand against the notion that man’s activities are the primary cause of global warming. In this recent post, I noted a hurricane specialist that attributed the current more active … Read more

Forecast: Catastrophe!

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Today New Hampshire is in the grip of the first significant snowstorm of the year. Schools are cancelled (and schoolchildren across the state travel en mass to the local ski areas). Meetings are postponed. Shelters are (probably) being readied. The WMUR NewsNine "Storm Watch" is up and running– reporting with breathless excitement as if armageddon is at … Read more

Bush on energy and how the Dems will help. Sure they will.

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In his radio address this week, President Bush speaks about energy. It all sounds good, but I can’t help but think that all of the planning that’s aimed at curbing consumption of oil and its refined products is ultimately going to consume greater amounts of my shrinking take-home earnings. My apologies for sounding so cynical about this, but I think you’ll agree with my assesment. Read on…
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.
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Last Saturday, I addressed the annual retreat of Democrats from the House of Representatives. I thanked the Members of the new majority for their service in Congress. And we discussed our responsibility to work together on a wide range of issues — from fighting the global war on terror, to making health care more affordable, to balancing the Federal budget.
Of course, the Dems want to surrender instead of trying to win the war, nationalize 1/6 of the US economy, and "balance" the federal budget by raising taxes on "the rich", AKA anybody with a job. Other than that, though, I’m sure they’ll "work together" with President Bush to make things right. He continues: 
One area with great potential for bipartisan cooperation is energy policy. The need for action is clear. Our Nation’s reliance on oil leaves us vulnerable to hostile regimes and terrorists, who could damage our economy by disrupting the global oil supply. A spike in oil prices anywhere in the world could lead to higher prices at gas pumps here in America. And burning oil and gasoline creates air pollution and greenhouse gases.
Which may or may not be a bad thing, depending on whose scientific "evidence" one believes. I agree with being vulnerable by relying so heavily on oil that comes from bad places. That’s why, even though we don’t like it, we have to "fix" the bad places. Oh, and we should just drill for more oil in our own backyard, like in ANWR and offshore.
Republicans and Democrats both recognize these problems. We agree on the solution: We need to diversify our energy supply and make America less dependent on foreign oil. The best way to do that is by developing new energy technologies here at home. So the Federal government has provided more than $10 billion over five years for research into alternative sources of energy. Our scientists and engineers have made great progress, and our Nation is now on the threshold of dramatic breakthroughs in clean energy technology.
I’m not sure we "agree on the solution", as I’m pretty sure the Dems would have us riding bicycles or driving lawnmower-like cars (other than your Algore types who are just too darned important) while at the same time banning windmills and tearing down dams to save the fishes.
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This is someone who gets it…

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CBC News (Canada) reports on the current Prime Minister of Canada’s opinion of the Kyoto Treaty controlling climate change. His view in 2002 is EXACTLY that of mine today: Prime Minister Stephen Harper once called the Kyoto accord a "socialist scheme" designed to suck money out of rich countries, according to a letter leaked Tuesday by … Read more

Bush to tackle 2 tough issues… and looks forward to the Dems working with him. Sure they will…

by Doug
In this week’s radio address, President Bush spoke about the two biggest issues, other than the war, that affect every American man, woman, and child: energy and health care costs…
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I appeared before Congress to report on the state of our union. I asked members of the House and Senate from both sides of the aisle to join me in confronting the great challenges before us, so we can build a future of hope and opportunity for all Americans.
Does President Bush really think that the Democrats will work with him on anything for the good of the country? That would take too much from their most immediate goal: destroying any last shred of possible successful Bush initiatives. To allow him success at ANYTHING at this point that might bring a positive "legacy" is the last thing Democrats want, regardless of what’s good for the Nation as a whole. This has been their S.O.P. for the last six years. Why change now?
Two key challenges we face are reducing our dependence on oil and expanding access to affordable health care. I have asked Congress to take several vital steps to address these issues. And while some members gave a reflexive partisan response, I was encouraged that others welcomed this opportunity to reach across the aisle. One Democratic Senator said the initiatives I put forward were "serious proposals" and encouraged his fellow Democrats to "respond in a constructive way." Another Senate Democrat pledged to work toward these goals "through sincere bipartisan efforts." This is a good start, and I look forward to working with Republicans and Democrats in Congress to reform our health care system and increase energy security.
Again, this reminds me of Lucy offering to hold the ball for Charlie Brown. Other than Joe Lieberman, who isn’t a Democrat anymore, I don’t see any Dems sticking up for President Bush— only sticking it to him.
Our Nation’s dependence on oil leaves us vulnerable to hostile regimes and terrorists who can hurt our economy by disrupting our oil supply. To protect America against supply disruptions, I have asked Congress to double the current capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. We also must diversify our Nation’s energy supply, and the way forward is through technology. On Wednesday, I visited DuPont’s Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, where researchers are developing new methods of producing cellulosic ethanol and other advanced biofuels using everything from grasses to cornstalks to agricultural wastes. By expanding our use of renewable and alternative fuels like ethanol, we can become less dependent on oil, and confront the serious challenge of climate change.
Yeah, that stuff really helped the Germans in WW2- synthetic oil. This sounds like it will be good for farmers. Climate change?

Message to President Bush: the whole "man (American ones, that is) causes global warming" mantra remains unproven. Don’t you know that this issue is nothing more than the latest attempt by America’s global competitors (aided by an army of unwitting dupes) to somehow destroy our economic abilities once and for all? If the global warming acolytes were at all serious about carbon emmisions and the like, they would be after Russia, China, and India, where emissions controls and caring about the environment are all but nonexistent…

Bush went on…

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A beautiful day in December? Rejoice!

by Doug

As I carry fire-wood into the central NH GraniteGrok bunker, the ground is white with fresh snow and the sun is shining brightly. The temperature hovers near the 40 degree mark. On December 31st, one could not ask for a more beautiful day. Global warming? Maybe. Man’s fault? No way. This is the day the … Read more

Global Warming “Hot Air” to Suffocate US Supreme Court?

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As the hot air generated by global-warming acolytes reaches new levels now that the US Supreme Court is hearing a case related to the climate-change issues, it is good to stop and take a deep breath. Do not allow yourself to get caught up the unquestioned belief in global warming caused by man as fact. Despite what … Read more

Turkeys: “Friends, not food”

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If God hadn’t intended us to eat turkey, he wouldn’t have made them taste so good… . Folks, there are some things that are just too good to pass up… From United Poultry Concerns (UPC), a group whose stated mission is "Dedicated to the Compassionate and Respectful Treatment Of Domestic Fowl" comes the following call to action: … Read more

What!? Global warming caused by NATURE? And all this time I thought George Bush and Ronald Reagan caused it!

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The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) has released a new book debunking the notion that global warming is caused by human activity… DALLAS (November 16, 2006) – Human activities have little to do with the Earth’s current warming trend, according to a new book by Denis Avery and Fred Singer, Adjunct Scholars with the … Read more

Ve vill take zee bird… Shnell!

by Doug

I haven’t seen this story anywhere but in my actual real paper copy of the Citizen (Laconia, NH) newspaper: Government agents have served notice on a Camden [ME] restaurant that the stuffed bird that adorned its upstairs dining room for more than 20 years is illegal. . The US Fish and Wildlife agents, unshaven and … Read more

Romney: For renewable energy before he was against it…

by Doug

The State House News Service (MA) reports on Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s energy policies for that state as detailed in a recent press conference: STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 11, 2006….By investing in renewable energy and encouraging conservation, the state can rein in its appetite for fossil fuel consumption, Gov. Mitt Romney said Friday, rolling out … Read more

DDT Set for Possible Return?

by Doug

National Geographic News is reporting on some very good news: A possible return (albeit limited) of DDT! The August 1st piece written by Brian Handwerk  tells us DDT, a notorious symbol of environmental degradation, is poised to make a comeback. International experts are touting the widely banned pesticide as a best bet to save millions of human … Read more

More Bad New for “Big Wind”

by Doug

The battle against wind generated power rages on. As I noted in these earlier postings on the topic, President Bush says our nation is "addicted" to foreign oil and that we must pull out all the stops in a quest for alternative energy. What could be better than harnessing the wind? We must all work together … Read more

“Big Wind” Update

by Doug

The emerging battle against wind generated power rages on. As I noted in this earlier posting on the topic, President Bush says our nation is "addicted" to foreign oil and that we must pull out all the stops in a quest for alternative energy. What could be better than harnessing the wind? We must all work … Read more

DDT: The big lie continues

by Doug
Ever since I can remember, my Dad was complaining about the demise of the pesticide DDT. "There were no mosquitos back then," he still says to this day. He always insisted that the reasons used by the environmentalists to create the near panic that led to its being outlawed was nothing but a bunch of hogwash.
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West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitus (EEE) were unheard of back then. Malaria was in check – even in the poorest parts of the globe like Africa. How many thousands have died as a direct result of the infamous 1972 ban of DDT?
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A July 7th FrontPage Magazine article, DDT: The Bald Eagle Lie, by Steven Milloy shows that the product is still being slammed even after all these years.
In its July 4 article reporting that the number of bald eagle pairs in Pennsylvania had increased from 3 in 1983 to 100 for the first time in over a century, the Associated Press reached into its file of bald eagle folklore and reported, “DDT poisoned the birds, killing some adults and making the eggs of those that survived thin. The thin eggs dramatically reduced the chances of eaglets surviving to adulthood. DDT was banned in 1972. The next year, the Endangered Species Act passed and the bald eagles began their dramatic recovery.”

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