For “the team”, may the farce be with you | Watts Up With That?

I give the effort two thumbs up. View it all here.

Green Technology that Pollutes the Planet - Amy Oliver - Townhall Finance

 In previous columns, we’ve exposed that “renewable” technology is neither renewable, nor clean, nor green because it relies upon rare earth elements—it’s also neither cost effective nor efficient but that’s another column. Currently the Chinese have a stranglehold over all phases of rare earth production, including mining, processing, and refining. China accounts for ninety five percent of the world market in rare earth elements (REEs).

With virtually no regulations or concerns over worker safety, the Chinese monopoly has resulted in an ecological disaster.  Sites such as those in Baotou, Inner Mongolia make the Love Canal, the impetus for the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Superfund,” look like Rocky Mountain National Park.

Finally, we’ve been able to quantify the pollution of some green technology sectors in a way that makes sense to the average American family sitting at their kitchen table.

Jan-Erik Solheim, Kjell Stordahl & Ole Humlum: Solar activity and Svalbard temperatures | Climate Realists

Errors in IPCC climate science » Blog Archive » Perth has a hot year – BoM totally lacking in perspective

Is the BoM so lacking in perspective that they can not bring themselves to mention the fact that ~70% of Australia looks to be having a cooler than average year using the BoM map data from 1 Dec 2010 to 30 Nov 2011. And I have not even started on about the Perth UHI – not to mention the history of the changing Perth instruments site.

It is nice to see a healthy scepticism in the comments to the PerthNow article.