Plus Ça (Climate) Change
When Eric the Red led the Norwegian Vikings to Greenland in the late 900s, it was an ice-free farm country—grass for sheep and cattle, open water for fishing, a livable climate—so good a colony that by 1100 there were 3,000 people living there. Then came the Ice Age. By 1400, average temperatures had declined by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the glaciers had crushed southward across the farmlands and harbors, and the Vikings did not survive.
Posted: 02/21/2007 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
ESA Listing Not Needed for Polar Bears
Despite healthy polar bear populations upwards of 20,000 bears worldwide, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced on December 27 the Bush administration’s plan to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Posted: 02/19/2007 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Wildlife Issues
Climate Alarmist Quits British Government
Sir Nicholas Stern, author of a controversial October 2006 report alleging global warming will wreak havoc on the global economy, on December 11 resigned his position as second permanent secretary in the British treasury department after the government essentially ignored his call for drastic action.
Posted: 02/19/2007 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
Coal power in Texas is in the black
Texas will need more electric power in the coming years – lots more – and coal will be critical to meeting those power needs.
Posted: 02/06/2007 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy