VATICAN CITY – Papal heavies shut down an awkward question at a Vatican press conference today when a journalist asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon his views on climate sceptics. Marc Morano, covering the Vatican climate conference for Climate Depot, asked Ban Ki-Moon whether he had a message for the Heartland Institute delegation of scientists who […]
Top Scientists Start To Examine Fiddled Global Warming Figures
The Global Warming Policy Foundation has enlisted an international team of five distinguished scientists to carry out a full inquiry Last month, we are told, the world enjoyed “its hottest March since records began in 1880”. This year, according to “US government scientists”, already bids to outrank 2014 as “the hottest ever”. The figures […]
The USDA Is Taking On Agriculture’s Huge Contribution To Climate Change
The United States Department of Agriculture plans to announce a set of voluntary initiatives aimed at helping farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners respond to climate change by increasing carbon storage, reducing carbon emissions, and supporting resilience in the face of extreme weather. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is expected to make the announcement Thursday […]
UN Chief Wants Action on $100 Billion Climate Fund
More than five years after President Obama and other leaders agreed on a 2020 goal of raising $100 billion each year from public and private sources to help developing countries deal with climate change, the United Nations wants to see action. Ahead of Earth Day on Wednesday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pointing to a […]
The Tip Of The Climate Spending Iceberg
Lockheed Martin, a recent Washington Post article notes, is getting into renewable energy, nuclear fusion, “sustainability” and even fish farming projects, to augment its reduced defense profits. The company plans to forge new ties with Defense Department and other Obama initiatives, based on a shared belief in manmade climate change as a critical security and […]
Floodplain Executive Order: Latest Obama Power Grab
Another illegal action unlikely to be challenged in court? Millions of Americans living and working in floodplains and other low-lying areas are at acute risk of being inundated – not by rising water, but by a tidal wave of federal regulations – courtesy of the Obama Administration. With public attention riveted on the chaotic developments in […]
The American People Aren’t Stupid Enough To Buy The Man-Made Climate Crisis Narrative
Late last year, the name Jonathan Gruber (photo left) became part of the public consciousness for his newly public declarations that Obamacare passed due to the “stupidity of the American voter.” While there are many cases one can cite affirming that most Americans don’t closely follow politics and/or the political process and, therefore, may be called […]
Colorado Legislature Isn’t Waiting For Supreme Court Decision On EPA’s Mercury Rule
TIME’S A WASTIN’: Ahead of the Supreme Court decision on the EPA’s Mercury Rule, the Colorado Legislature is taking matters into it’s own hands. Colorado is not bending easily to the new federal restrictions from Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), also known as the “Mercury Rule,” which is currently being disputed in […]