Slow Federal Permitting Could Spur 20 Drilling Rigs to Leave Gulf

“Rather than being political, the [Gulf of Mexico] permitting drag is more reflective of the increased work required to issue each permit and the limited bureaucratic resources available,” the BER report stated. “As a result, we continue to expect continued slow recovery of the deepwater permitting rate.”

Damn! U.S. has just had only the SECOND warmest summer in 75 years

Those pesky 1930s, when industrial activity was at a minimum (remember the great Depression?), spoil the story again

Articles: Obama's Crony Capitalism

Barack Obama has his own stable of Enrons, companies benefiting from close ties to the president, seemingly able to leverage campaign donations, receiving taxpayer dollars to boost their prospects. They may be unviable on their own (as Solyndra was) or just get an added boost from us to help them against competitors whose investors and executives do not play the game.

C3: The IPCC's Ben Santer 17-Year Rule: Human-Caused Global Warming Is Not Happening

And, to add even more misery to global warming alarmists, such as Santer et al., the light blue Excel fitted (polynomial) curve for each chart suggests that temperature increases are definitely decelerating over the most recent 17-year span, in spite of the growing CO2 levels. In terms of visual interpretation, each chart does appear to point to a possible cooling phase in the near future.

ABC bashes skeptics | Climate Nonconformist

“Science under siege”. That is how the ABC described the anti-carbon tax rallies on their so-called science program, Catalyst last night.

Appearing on this episode was Ian Chubb, who described the anti-carbon tax movement as a broadside on science, not just climate science but science generally. He compared protesters to those who persecuted Galileo, claiming we are still in the middle ages.