GE “Forcing” Employees Into Chevy Volts
General Motors and General Electric are two companies that have been in the political crosshairs lately. GM stands accused of “crony capitalism,” while GE is under fire for paying no Federal income taxes in 2010. The two companies share more than that though, with GE placing an order for 12,000 Chevy Volts and other hybrid vehicles.
A memo leaked to Green Car Reports lays out GE’s plans for their new fleet of Volts, and as expected, it has some people crying foul.
The memo, sent to employees of GE Healthcare Americas team explains that all sedan, crossover, and minivan purchases in 2012 will be replaced by the Chevy Volt. Only field engineers are excepted from having to drive a company Volt.
Goodstein said the future of wind energy is offshore, and said the major challenge for wind power is transmission, which would transport power under the sea.
Part of his argument was that nothing would happen if a wind turbine fell, and he compared that to the potential disaster if something went wrong at a nuclear power facility.
Climate activist in ethics misstep - Wamist Seth Borenstein
Critic of skeptics regrets act of deception, theft of documents
In case anybody's interested, I gave this talk yesterday at a "Tipping Point" event attended by 200 artists, all in thrall to rich drafts of climate funding. As you can imagine it went down badly especially with my debating partner Kevin Anderson, who was apoplectic.
Unfortunately the recording cuts off before the end, so the last 4 minutes is missing.
Snowbound in. . . Africa? « Where’s my Global Warming Dude? By Global Freeze
Hardest hit in Africa was the eastern Atlas Mountain region of northeastern Algeria into northwestern Tunisia, where snow has piled up by the foot, multiple news outlets have said.
Deep snow reportedly isolated villages, forcing authorities to airdrop supplies to the snowbound residents.
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