Are We Crazy? | Coyote Blog

I don’t think younger folks really comprehend the staggering environmental improvements we have made over the last 40 years. Virtually every metric you can think of on air and water pollution has improved, not to mention the return to health of a number of high-profile species like the bald eagle.

So I am sure that had you told me in the early seventies that the main toxic threats that the government would be campaigning to protect us from in 2009 were carbon dioxide and salt, I would have thought you were crazy.

More Thoughts on Tree Mortality Study | Climate Skeptic

...I guess I won’t argue with the word “consistent,” and I suppose it is unfair to hammer these guys too hard for the way the MSM over-interprets the conclusions and latches on to the global warming hypothesis, but really, isn’t that why the warming material is included in the paper, to get attention for the authors?

Protectionism looms over Davos

“Clean energy opportunities have the potential to generate significant economic returns,” the World Economic Forum said in a statement accompanying a report declaring clean energy spending needs to at least triple in order to counter-act planet warming emissions. Clean energy investments were $155 billion last year, up from $30 billion in 2004 but still far below the $515 billion the report’s authors say is needed to combat climate change.