The list of locations that have received record May snowfall from a storm that brought up to 2 feet of snow over the central Rockies continues to grow. The storm is still going on Thursday and could reach even more unlikely locations over the Plains, Midwest and the South before it is all said and… Read more »
Endorsing the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill Friday, Al Gore told the House Energy and Commerce Committee: “I believe this legislation has the moral significance equivalent to that of the civil rights legislation of the 1960’s and the Marshall Plan of the late 1940’s.” Gore went on to warn of global sea level rises of… Read more »
The World Bank is a leading heavyweight in development investment, presiding over US$30 – $40 billion per year. Inaugurated last summer, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) could soon dwarf that portfolio. It is estimated that by 2020 it will be channelling US$100 billion a year in climate finance to developing countries – to help arrest… Read more »
Liberalism doesn’t convince with logic. It can’t, because the policies liberals advocate don’t work. So instead, liberals have to use emotion-based ploys and attack the motives of people they disagree with while attempting to keep conservative arguments from being heard at all. Why? Because they have no good answers to questions like these. 1) A… Read more »
Recycling is fine. Conservation is fine. But sometimes greenies cross the line. They expect you and me to go jobless and hungry so they can save a porcupine. Obama has been pampering his radical greenie friends for far too long. Even Obama’s State Department has thrice declared Keystone XL to be environmentally safe. Let’s build… Read more »
The United States and China are to set up a joint working group on climate change and have a shared view on the “increasing dangers” of global warming. The two countries “recognize that the increasing dangers presented by climate change measured against the inadequacy of the global response requires a more focused and urgent initiative”,… Read more »
We have to wonder if the editorial page writers of some newspapers ever read their own front pages. There’s been so much bad news regarding high-speed rail that it’s difficult to keep up with, yet a few of California’s newspapers continue to support the boondoggle, noteably the various Bee’s and the L.A. Times. This issue caused one… Read more »
The preliminary draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is set to be released Thursday afternoon with very little fanfare by the media. We would expect more from what is billed to be the biggest water news since the advent of the Delta Smelt and the San Joaquin River Restoration Act. The BDCP is… Read more »
As all levels of government find themselves in various levels of insolvency, we have to wonder where things went wrong. Anyone in business in the private sector understands they have to budget annually for depreciation or the cost of replacing assets. If you’re a farmer and plant an orchard or vineyard you know it will last… Read more »
We’re all for people paying their debt to society and getting on with their lives. People make mistakes. We fine them, send them to jail or prison, they serve their time and their debt is paid. We hope they are able to get their lives back together. We hope people will give them a chance…. Read more »