ICYMI: Big Wind’s Trail of Wings
By Institute for Energy Research Wednesday, May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – IER Policy Associate Alex Fitzsimmons published an op-ed in the Daily Caller yesterday titled, Big Wind’s trail of wings. In the piece, Fitzsimmons explains how, in addition to subsides and other financial incentives, the Obama administration gives preferential treatment to the wind industry by refusing to prosecute wind companies that kill birds in violation of federal law:
Oklahoma Tornado NewsBy News on the Net Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Survivors pulled from Oklahoma tornado debris as toll lowered
Reuters
Emergency workers pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, and officials on Tuesday sharply lowered the number of deaths caused by the storm.
Forty five minutes of twister terror that left 91 dead: Seven children found drowned in school and officials fear 24 more have perished after giant two-mile wide tornado pulverises Oklahoma
Daily Mail
A desperate search is underway for survivors after a giant two-mile wide tornado roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma leaving 91 dead, including seven children who drowned in a pool of water at their school.
By Robert L. Bradley, Jr. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
In his recent Huffington Post piece, Elliott Negin of the Union of Concerned Scientists portrays the Institute for Energy Research (IER) and its advocacy arm, the American Energy Alliance (AEA), as “a front organization for the oil and gas industry.” The title of his piece says it all: “Unreliable Sources: How the Media Help the Kochs and ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation.”
Prince Charles: Too “Green” to be King?By Dennis Avery Tuesday, May 21, 2013
CHURCHVILLE, VA—Prince Charles recently made his most outspoken criticism yet of the world’s failure to reduce CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, British families have seen no global warming trend in 16 years, while their electric bills have doubled to support expensive and unreliable wind turbines.
HSUS Ensnared in IRS Scandal?
By Center for Consumer Freedom Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The news in Washington over the past week or so has been dominated by news that the Internal Revenue Service’s tax-exempt entities division improperly targeted conservative-leaning organizations for extra scrutiny.
Feds Give Wind Farms License to KillBy Institute for Energy Research Monday, May 20, 2013
Besides receiving federal subsidies and other financial incentives, the wind industry is getting special treatment from the Obama Administration: wind farms are allowed to kill protected bird species. The Associated Press has found that the Obama Administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected birds, thus shielding the wind industry from liability. Further, the Obama Administration has kept the scope of the deaths secret. According to an estimate from the Wildlife Society Bulletin, U.S. wind farms kill more than 573,000 birds each year.[ i ] The Federal Fish and Wildlife Service officials have even told a private company that it will not be prosecuted for inadvertently harassing or even killing endangered California condors during the expected 30-year life of its wind farm.
Big Green helps Big Wind hide bird and bat butcheryBy Guest Column Monday, May 20, 2013
It uses tons of fossil fuels every day, emits a greenhouse gas that’s like CO2 on steroids, can’t do the job it’s made for, costs taxpayers exorbitant fees, and makes the federal government look mentally ill for giving it outrageous subsidies. It also chops up birds, bats and scenery with roads and monstrous 400-foot-tall machines. “It” is wind power, of course.
A Bee in Their BonnetBy Paul Driessen Sunday, May 19, 2013
Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they’re attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and real agendas are nothing new.
The Green Enemies of Humanity, Science and the Truth
By Alan Caruba Sunday, May 19, 2013
Among the greatest liars on Earth today is the international organization called Friends of the Earth (FOE). It has engaged in the most scurrilous fear-mongering for decades, along with Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and the World Wildlife Fund, while all the time they pulled in billions in funding.
California: Energy Death ValleyBy Institute for Energy Research Thursday, May 16, 2013
California is rich in both conventional and renewable energy resources. It is the country’s most populous state and has the second largest energy consumption in the nation, second only to Texas. California has large energy resources, but also one of the lowest per capita energy consumption rates in the country. The state is frequently hailed as a leader on energy policy and California’s policies are leading to higher energy prices.
Knot for YouBy Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Ashley Book of Knots is an interesting tome with detailed descriptions of knots and how to tie them. First published in 1944, it lists close to 4,000 different knots with some 7,000 illustrations. From fancy nautical (or should that be knotical ?) braids to the hangman’s knot , they are all in there. So, which knots are the most important to know?
There is only one knot that I think you absolutely need to know: the Bowline knot.
Cotton offers a new ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spillsBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
With the Deepwater Horizon disaster emphasizing the need for better ways of cleaning up oil spills, scientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly answer, with an amazing ability to sop up oil. Their report, which includes some of the first scientific data on unprocessed, raw cotton’s use in crude oil spills, appears in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
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