Steve Milloy

Washington Times: China gets jump on U.S. for Brazil’s oil

The United States wants it, but China is getting it.

Examiner: Obama’s Misleading Green-Jobs Ad:

There are only 140,000 jobs in the whole renewable-energy sector, but in a new ad, Obama is taking credit for a “clean energy industry” that has “2.7 million jobs.”

Emanuel fails to disclose conflict of interest in latest paper

Will the insurance companies that MIT’s Kerry Emanuel works for benefit from his latest ‘study’?

Global CO2 scam totals 96 billion euros in 2011

Up 4 percent on 2010, helped by a surge in trading activity as record low carbon prices stoked volatility

Ocean Acidification – another anti-carbon scare bites the dust

It turns out that far from being a stable pH, spots all over the world are constantly changing. One spot in the ocean varied by an astonishing 1.4 pH units regularly. All our human emissions are projected by models to change the world’s oceans by about 0.3 pH units over the next 90 years, and that’s referred to as “catastrophic”

EPA chief says Republican candidates ‘don’t understand what the EPA does’

Yes, they do. As Rick Perry said, the EPA is a “cemetery for jobs.”

Shocker: Chinese air pollution debunks U.S. EPA junk science

The Chinese city of Xi’an has some of the worst air quality in the world. Yet its air is significantly safer than the air in U.S. cities, according to a new study. And if you have trouble believing that, then you ought to have trouble believing Obama Environmental Protection Agency claims that U.S. ambient air quality is killing tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people per year.

Ohio Mayor buys earthquake insurance for fracking; Seeks moratorium

Fracking hysteria hits Ohio.

230,000 jobs from Chesapeake Bay ‘restoration’?

Hah… what the greens and rentseekers know about economics couldn’t fill a thimble.

Bt corn resistance: A sign of society’s stupidity?

Or just Science News reporter Janet Raloff’s?

MF Global exec chairs EPA financial advisory committee

"[MF Global executive Bradley Abelow] has ties to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson through former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. Each served at different times as the governor’s chief of staff."

Environmental lawsuits could hit US agriculture in 2012

The National Corn Growers Association is currently involved in two major pieces of environmental litigation that will likely be decided in federal court in 2012.

Kentucky utility: EPA mercury rules to cost it $100 million

What a deal: a minimum of $100 million in costs for just one utility in exchange for no benefits — even on a nationwide basis.

Sunflower State Blackouts: Kansans to Sweat Under EPA Air Rules

That’s what Kansas largest power provider says.

Enviro strategy: ‘Keep coal in the hole’

The Washington Post reports today that the enviros are not only trying to stop coal burning, but coal extraction as well — “keep coal in the hole” is what the WildEarth Guardians call the strategy.

Chevy Volt Costing Taxpayers Up to $250K Per Vehicle

“This might be the most government-supported car since the Trabant.”

GM Inflates Chevy Volt Stats With Fleet Sales

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Permafrost paranoia

The New York Times stokes fear because the permafrost is not so permanent.

House GOP wastes year: No significant EPA riders in budget omnibus

We’ve failed. Congrats to Lisa Jackson. The House GOP get an “F-” for effort in reining in the EPA.

Light bulb ban NOT repealed

We fell for it, too. There has been no repeal of the light bulb ban.