U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Hear Bogus Global Warming Case

The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the petition for mandamus filed by plaintiffs in one of the major — and preposterous — suits claiming damages against industry for causing global warming, Comer v. Murphy Oil. (Today’s order list is here.) This should be the end of the case because the plaintiffs did not file a petition for certiorari, but given how convoluted the lawsuit’s path through the courts has been, perhaps there’s a strange maneuver that could revive it.

UC Davis to receive $40M in USDA grants | Sacramento Business Journal

The University of California Davis has landed $40 million in agricultural and resource grants.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will announce Wednesday that it is providing the big award for studies examining ways of helping farmers deal with climate change and developing sustainable bio-energy sources, a news release said.

“A Cost/Benefit Analysis of Reducing the Number of Additional Carbon Emitters” | hauntingthelibrary

In this post I look at two reports which that show a worrying new trend towards the dehumanization of people by referring to children as simply “carbon emitters” and quite openly arguing that fewer “emitters” would mean lower emissions at less cost.