Warning Signs: The Next "Enemy of the State" is Energy

A mere five votes or less could plunge the nation into poverty beyond even the estimates of costs attributed to the unconstitutional Healthcare bill. Our worst external enemies could not bring about such a collapse.

Cap-and-Trade is a nation killer.

A Look at the Australian Climate Network: Where has all the data gone ?

With so much data from the early years missing, how can anyone make a valid long-term climate assessment?

The Reference Frame: John Cook: Skeptical Science

On his website, you can currently see 102 observations by the skeptics. Each of them is accompanied by a short attempted rebuttal by John Cook. And if you click it, you get to a long rebuttal. So let's look at them:

Bengal Island succumbs to global warming nonsense – AP gets nutty over the loss of a sandbar « Watts Up With That?

Note that since the island was first discovered in 1974, the sea level graph above shows 19.4 mm (0.76 inches) rise based on a rate of 0.54mm/year.

GE CEO Jeff Immelt Exploits Reagan Legacy to Bolster Image with Conservatives; GE's Celebration of Reagan is Politically Motivated, says the Free Enterprise Project

Borelli notes that GE is an aggressive supporter of cap-and-trade legislation and that the company played a key role in passing the Waxman-Markey climate change bill last year. GE hopes the capping of carbon emissions would force demand for its renewable energy products such as wind turbines and solar panels. With cap-and-trade currently stalled in the Senate, GE lobbyists are now writing energy legislation for Lindsey Graham (R-SC) that would mandate that an increasing amount of electricity be derived from renewable energy sources.

"In anticipating a Tea Party surge of conservatives to be elected next November, Immelt needs to steer the GE ship hard right. With his revenue increasingly dependent on government projects, policies, and subsidies, Immelt can't be caught on the progressive aisle if the Republicans take charge in Congress. That's why Immelt is running ads recalling Reagan's role with GE during the 1950's," added Borelli.

Assembly Republican leader reacts angrily to Air Resources Board study | PolitiCal | Los Angeles Times

In a statement Wednesday, Garrick said the ARB's findings did not ring true.

"The Air Resources Board has clearly gone overboard in suggesting that massive new global-warming taxes and regulations will create more California jobs than they cost," he wrote. "The board’s self-justifying study touting the benefits of [the proposed regulations] stands in stark contrast to findings by the Legislative Analyst’s Office ... and many other economic analyses. The near-term loss of jobs in manufacturing and other industries will far outweigh any green jobs that might be created by 2020."