California going to sh*t—for green electricity | Grist

In a gift to headline writers everywhere, the California Energy Commission on Wednesday handed out nearly $1 million to fund an experimental project to convert what it politely refers to as "biosolids" into electricity. In other words, sh*t.

Congress is making ignoring science a habit | Grist

Just one example: in another Energy and Commerce Committee hearing last week, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) disparaged the link between greenhouse gases and increased asthma rates due to higher temperatures, saying this about what causes his own flare ups: "It's horses, it's dogs, it's cats ... but it's not carbon dioxide. It never has been; it never will be. I exhale carbon dioxide every time I take a breath."

Obama administration can’t wait to sell China all the coal it can burn | Grist

This process is called carbon offshoring, and it's the nastiest, planet-killingest scheme of which you've probably never heard.