Friday, December 04, 2009

"Clunkers" project fell flat - The Denver Post
"Don't pretend it helps the environment," says professor Don Stedman at the University of Denver. Stedman has been studying vehicle emissions around the country and the world since 1987. He and other air quality specialists agree the $3 billion program was too expensive for what it achieved.
Liberals are attacking Seth Borenstein on Daily Kos
Yes, you can file this one under you-can't-make-this-shit-up -- the science writer for the Associated Press actually interviewed Leonard Nimoy (and the producer of the latest "Star Trek" movie) for an article about the President, where he ponders Obama's resemblance to a fictional T.V. character, wonders whether his Vulcan-like ways are causing him political problems in the real world, and tells us that geeks and nerds everywhere are sure that Obama is a trekkie.
Video [with Chris Horner]: Hannity Uses Climategate Emails To Distract from Science Of Global Warming
Hannity closed the segment by calling global warming “the biggest scientific fraud in our lifetime.”
EV-Incentive Sticker Shock - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online
When it comes to plug-in electric vehicles, no country can match Kyopenhagen host Denmark's subsidies for green consumers — the Danes dole out $40K per car. But U.S. automakers and their green allies are certainly trying to keep up with the Jensens.
Kermit had it right: It's not easy being green
The "climategate" story has had little coverage in mainstream media, but the blogosphere is aflame over it. Such overt scheming by supposedly disinterested seekers after truth has generated full-throated denunciations of "decision-based evidence making" - the inverse of proper science - and of "Mann-made climate change."

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