Monday, March 04, 2013

There's No Such Thing As the Liberal War on Science | English major Chris Mooney
By denying global warming, [Republicans] also jeopardize the planet and the well-being of humanity. In my view, not all wrong beliefs are equally harmful—rather, wrong beliefs are harmful in proportion to their bad consequences.
Chronicles of Ineptitude, Special Energy Edition | Power Line
—And while we’re on the subject of breaking wind, don’t miss this Los Angeles Times story from last fall about how solar power installations have become a fiscal burden to local governments in California. Another “green jobs” epic fail
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—Cause of Action, a government accountability watchdog group, is out with an intriguing study that finds a 95 percent correlation between companies that received Department of Energy loan guarantees (think Solyndra) and subsequent campaign contributions. Whodathunkit?
Climate Change Committee Wants “£50 Billion And More” Subsidies For Nuclear Industry | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)
The government should extend state-backed guarantees to all nuclear new build projects, according to a report out by the Energy and Climate Change Committee today. It said the government should offer UK Guarantees to “all nuclear new build projects”, even if this required “increasing the amount of available assistance to more than £50 billion”.
Treasury Kills Off Environment Study | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)
The Treasury has thwarted an attempt by senior economists across Whitehall to set up a review of resource depletion, climate change and growth to address the concerns of both industry and environmentalists.

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