Put the rocket under Flannery | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Australia’s most famous environmentalist, Tim Flannery, has lent his name to a scheme by the world’s most infamous self-publicist, Richard Branson, to burn untold tonnes of greenhouse gases so rich people can become space tourists. Flannery yesterday defended his new role as an “environmental consultant” to Branson’s Virgin Galactic venture, which aims to sell space trips to civilians.

Too much ice for warming doom | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

SEA ice around Antarctica has been increasing at a rate of 100,000sq km a decade since the 1970s, according to a landmark study to be published today. The study by the British Antarctic Survey, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, says rather than melting as a result of global warming, Antarctica continues to expand.

Robbing Bismarck to Pay Boston by Duncan Currie on National Review Online

Cap-and-trade is an interstate wealth-transfer program.

EPA Is Choking Democracy by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online

There’s something troubling about an institution so immune to democratic control.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Eco-conscious by Mark Hemingway on National Review Online

In the real world, Planet Green’s “remodeling tips” are rarely more than unattainable nonsense.