INHOFE UNCOVERS GREEN FLEET NOT JUST R&D AFTER ALL

Much has been made about the Navy’s recent Green Fleet exercise in the Pacific. During the event and since, officials have repeatedly made the case that the expenditure of Defense funds for this exercise was limited to Research and Development (R&D). Yet, in order to conduct this major public relations event, R&D funds were not used. Instead, under Sec. Mabus leadership, the Navy used Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funds for last week’s Great Green Fleet demonstration that cost $12 million just to purchase the R&D biofuel for the ships. Tapping into O&M funds for last week’s demonstration means less funding for training, supplies, equipment, repairs, and over all readiness putting at risk the lives of our sailors. This is why I have requested more information on why the Great Green Fleet demonstration was necessary in the first place. I have also asked for the full cost of the event, including the price to transport the fuel for the fleet, sell memorabilia t-shirts, temporarily paint parts of Navy ships and aircraft green, and conduct this publicity stunt sure to make President Obama’s environmentalist base smile. Other similar R&D programs have tested a limited number of engines and equipment to prove their concept. This event seems to be more about putting dollars in the hands of the biofuel industry.

Yale Environment 360: Unusual Number of Grizzly and Hybrid Bears Spotted in High Arctic

Polar bear experts said it is possible that the grizzly bears are leaving from the Arctic mainland and traveling roughly 400 miles north, crossing the sea ice as they pursue a caribou herd that annually migrates over the sea ice to Victoria Island. Unable to get back because of rapidly melting ice, some of these grizzly bears have evidently managed to adapt to life in the polar bear’s world, eating seals, hibernating, and mating with polar bears.
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“As I see it, the latest hybridizations are just more in a long history of such events,” [warmist Andrew Derocher] says.

Why climate change doesn’t spark moral outrage, and how it could | Grist

[David "Climate Nuremberg" Roberts] I’m a humanist — I care about the welfare of people! I care about people, so I don’t want climate change to harm them.

I care about the welfare of people at least as much as Roberts does.   One major difference between me and David Roberts is that I scoff at the notion that measurable amounts of bad weather can be prevented by tweaking carbon dioxide emissions.