December 04, 2005
Supporting Kyoto by Emiting Frivolous CO2
Supporters of the Kyoto Protocol who want to bring awareness to so called “climate change” are apparently planning a unique demonstration in Washington, DC: In Washington, drivers of hybrid cars – which emit far less carbon dioxide – planned to… Posted by Jeff on 2005 12: Read more… | Comments (0)
December 03, 2005
Might We Suggest to Stop Using Your Snowmobiles? **UPDATED**
USA Today informs us that global warming activists are set to descend upon the 10-day U.N. Climate Change Conference aimed at keeping the Kyoto Protocol off the ash heap. One of the groups participating in the protest is the Inuit… Posted by Jeff on 2005 12: Read more… | Comments (1)
November 16, 2005
Canada’s Air Pollution Problem
This story will not be a surprise to regular GPR readers, but compared to the United States, Canadian efforts to cub air pollution are severly lacking: Canada lags behind the United States when it comes to clamping down on air… Posted by Jeff on 2005 11: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 31, 2005
“Private” Katrina Joins the Jihad **UPDATED**
Environmental fundamentalists and anti-American Leftists (groups which are not necessarily mutually exclusive) apparently aren’t the only ones trying to exploit the destruction caused by hurricane Katrina: Islamic extremists rejoiced in America’s misfortune, giving the storm a military rank and declaring… Posted by Jeff on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
July 19, 2005
Ethanol = Greenwashing
Greenwashing is commonly defined as “disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.” Usually this label is reserved for corporations, but it can also apply to organizations or even countries that put forth a… Posted by Jeff on 2005 07: Read more… | Comments (3)
July 06, 2005
EU Scraps Environmental Strategy to Improve Industry
In an effort to save their dying industry sector, the EU has decided to shelve their Environmental Strategy which hindered economic expansion(via: The Blue State Conservatives): ENVIRONMENTAL groups have been angered by a decision by the European Commission to shelve… Posted by Jeff on 2005 07: Read more… | Comments (0)
April 27, 2005
Press Distorts Another Global Warming Story
Last week, news readers were greeted with the following (misleading) headline: Study Shows Antarctic Glaciers Shrinking The Australian increased the alarmism even more by using the headline: Vanishing glaciers: Antarctica’s big melt. But in a sign of the times, it… Posted by GPR on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 10, 2005
If President Bush Establishes the World’s First Climate Change Agreement and the MSM Does Not Report It, Did it Really Happen?
Somehow we missed this piece (you will have to scroll down) by Gregg Easterbrook (who in our opinion is the most honest pundit on environmental affairs you can find) over at the left-leaning New Republic informing the reader that contrary… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 01, 2005
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses Not Unusual
Global warming advocates recently cited collapsing Antarctic ice shelves as further evidence of (human induced) global warming. But Duncan Wingham, Professor of Climate Physics at University College London, claims that his data suggests this phenomenon is the result of natural… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 21, 2005
Important Global Warming Theory Flawed Yet the MSM Is Nowhere to be Found
The credibility of a key piece of data used to support the theory of (human induced) global warming took a big hit last week. The data in question is the infamous “hockey stick” graph, (see below) which was used by… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 18, 2005
EU Position on DDT Violates Human Rights
One of the largest Leftist issues in the 1990′s concerned the U.N. sanctions on Iraq, which were initiated by the U.S. and U.K. Proponents of this issue alleged that the sanctions negligently resulted in the deaths of millions of innocent… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 07, 2005
Is Antarctica Melting or Not?
In a perfect world, the media would never actively promote an issue and would simply report the facts in an honest manner. In a semi-perfect world, they would at least champion both sides of an issue equally. But of course,… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 24, 2005
Diverting Environmental Attention
Among the many non-environmental functions played by global warming alarmism, the most overlooked role is the diversion of world attention away from verifiable and arguably more dangerous environmental damage. For instance, we told you in June 2004 how despite overall…Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 17, 2005
Spray-On Solar Cells
Further progress is being reported in the development of viable solar technology, thanks to the help of nanotechnology. National Geographic reports that the for the first time, scientists have successfully created a solar cell that is capable of utilizing both… Posted by GPR on 2005 01:Read more… | Comments (2)
January 14, 2005
Another Global Warming Theory
As if the scientific foundation of (human induced) global warming were not questionable enough, a BBC documentary will put forth the contention that a reduction in the burning of fossil fuels will worsen the alleged threat posed by global warming:… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (1)
December 17, 2004
Pickings from Buenos Aires
Here is a small but important piece of information from the Buenos Aires Climate Change convention that will either go unreported or be spun by the MSM: Ohio State University glaciologist Lonnie Thompson reported at the annual meeting of the… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 14, 2004
Prioritizing in the New Century
Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist criticized the fight against global warming yesterday in the Telegraph as economically infeasible and bluntly stated that it should not be the top priority of the world in the new century. The reason… Posted by GPR on 2004 12:Read more…
December 10, 2004
Ignoring Global Warming Dissent
With Russia’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the agreement now has enough signatories to make the agreement “binding.” But, as Andrei Illarionov, chief economic adviser to the president of the Russian Federation pointed out in an op-ed piece yesterday, the… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
November 19, 2004
Extinction Warnings
On the heals of the Arctic global warming report issued a few weeks back, the World Conservation Union is warning that the “world’s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate.” We consider this a much larger problem than the theory… Posted by GPR on 2004 11:Read more…
November 09, 2004
The Environmental Alarm Bell Keeps Ringing
We have located the recently cited and widely discussed report on the effects of global warming on the Arctic region, titled “Impacts Of A Warming Arctic” and published by the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. You can read and/or download the… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 03, 2004
Continuing Air Quality Progress
The American Enterprise Report (AEI) pubished a report last week on the current state of ozone smog levels in the United States using data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Predictably, the media ignored the report’s positive and consistent results… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
October 31, 2004
Environmental Blind Faith
An article in today’s Washington Post issued an environmental warning with the headline “Report Sounds Alarm on Pace of Arctic Climate Change.” In the first paragraph, the article asserts the following: The most comprehensive international assessment of Arctic climate change… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 23, 2004
Kyoto Moving Along
Russia is about to complete their ratification of the Kyoto Protocol aimed at curbing CO2 emissions: MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s lower house of parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol on combatting global warming Friday, putting the sweeping environmental pact firmly on…Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
June 28, 2004
Greenwashing RR
Many people, including yours truly, had always been under the impression that trains were one of, if not the most efficient form of transportation available. However, a study in Great Britain found that weight and fuel requirements have increased to… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 06, 2004
Blame Canada
If anybody still wonders why many Western countries focus their environmental attention on the Kyoto Protocol and CO2 emissions, look no further than this report released last week: The NAFTA environmental agency says Canada is moving more slowly than the… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
May 28, 2004
Keeping Gulliver Down
One of the great myths espoused by Europeans and radical environmentalists is that the United States is more harmful to the environment than other Western countries. This is of course false and one needs to look no further than the… Posted by GPR on 2004 05: Read more…
