Scandal in Oz — alarmism rejected | Heliogenic Climate Change

In a move that struck incredulity, alarm and fear among locals, Port Macquarie Hastings Council put a study on the council website recommending that council enforce a “planned retreat” for the owners of the 17 houses on Illaroo Road. The area is one of 15 “hot spots” identified by the NSW government as being vulnerable to the effects of sea level rises due to climate change, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  …

Illaroo Road is about 7m above mean sea level, so there’s no danger of flooding. 

The Obama EPA’s Attack on Coal - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

How strong is Obama’s green religion? Even in the middle of an election year, he is apparently willing to sacrifice Democratic allies — and their states — on the altar of global warming.

Earth Hour dilemma: When the ‘Like’ button harms the planet | Tempo - News in a Flash

In emails alone, the typical office worker is responsible for 13.6 tons of CO2 or its equivalent per year, a French government agency for energy efficiency, ADEME, calculated last year.

EXTREME weather blown away from unexpected direction • The Register

Give us back our doom, plead hippies

Ethanol Still Not Lowering the Real Cost of Gasoline

The final sentence is key. Despite generous subsidies for decades and a federal mandate, the real cost of ethanol is still higher than gasoline. Even the environmentalists are on our side on this issue, having realized that the environmental benefits of ethanol production are non-existent and the net effect (once you consider how much land globally has been converted to grow corn) is possibly worse than regular petroleum production.

Flannery admitted to Australian Academy of Science for PR work. Who is next? Cate Blanchett? « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

What does it take to be a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science? Apparently, making wildly exaggerated predictions that are already known to be wrong, calling people names, and having a thin grip on the scientific method is just the stuff the Academy is looking for. Who knew? Science used to be about seeking the truth.