Julian Morris: A skeptical look at Earth Day | Contributors | projo.com | The Providence Journal

..many of the worst fears promoted by environmentalists turned out to be baseless.The widespread famines envisaged by population alarmists such as Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren simply did not materialize. The global incidence of famine has actually fallen dramatically in the past 60 years: From 1990 to 2009, there were fewer than 10,000 recorded deaths from famine; by contrast, in 1970-1989 more than 65,000 succumbed; and between 1950 and 1969 over 1.5 million died.

Twitter / CatlinArcticSurvey: [This ice not very thin]

Explorers: Came across a pile of bright blue ice rubble that was 4 times the height of Charlie!

The Scandal of Solar Power in Spain - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Also helpful was a solar scandal that Calzada described to me a couple of months back but that could not be established as fact at that time: Owners of solar fields had placed oil generators next to their solar fields to simulate more electricity production from the solar panels, for which they were reimbursed at the highly subsidized solar rate.

The scandal was finally uncovered because, after years of conducting this fraud without inspections, the greedy rascals were doing it even at night. Now, no matter what sort of absurd cheerleading President Obama engages in about Spanish technology — similar to his inanity about windmills being “new technology” (yes, he says that) — I am certain that even Spanish solar panels are not so advanced as to produce electricity at night.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm: Michigan positioning itself as home to 'climate change solutions' | - MLive.com

Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Wednesday said she believes Michigan is poised to be "the place where climate change solutions are researched, developed and produced."

Gore backed by group linked to oil industry? | Money | Toronto Sun

MONTREAL - Five months after saying the exploitation of the tar sands was "one of the most serious threats to the human race,” former U.S. vice-president Al Gore came back to Montreal this week with financial backing from Investors Group, a Power Corporation affiliate that is indirectly involved in Alberta's oil industry.