Union of Concerned Scientists: Win a (high carbon footprint) trip to Brazil!

One wonders why the Concerned Scientists are not at all concerned about the the carbon footprint created by the trips to the Rio Cachoeira Natural Reserve in Brazil? If the scientists were really serious about global warming, they certainly would not actively want to contribute to make it worse, would they?

Which collapses first? The Euro or Global Warming? | ScottishSceptic

It’s interesting to compare the two charades: The Euro and Manmade warming. Both of them exist in the absence of any substantial material support, and almost exclusively due to a huge political pressure that “wants” them to exist.

Energy Policy in California: Turning Gold into Lead — MasterResource

In the Middle Ages, alchemists searched for the secret of transmuting lead into gold. Today, California’s economy-killing energy policies have achieved the impossible—converting gold into lead. Will a critical mass of voters say enough is enough?

New foe for U.S. solar energy: the railroads | Reuters

gton Northern Santa Fe Corp has joined an unlikely coalition of environmentalists, American Indians and politicians who are opposing a massive solar energy project planned for California's Mojave Desert.

The railroad is sounding the alarm over what it says are potentially "catastrophic" consequences of a proposed 663.5 megawatt solar facility that would be so bright that the glare could temporarily blind train operators.