Flashback 1974: CIA Blamed Polar Vortex Dips On Arctic Cooling
USA saw fewest lightning deaths on record in 2013: ’23 Americans died from lightning in 2013, the fewest since records began in 1940′
According to data from the National Weather Service. The previous record low was in 2011, which had 26 deaths. Accurate lightning death records go back 73 years to 1940.
Study: ‘Traveling by car uses most energy’ – ‘Fuel economy must improve 57% in order for light-duty vehicles to match the current energy efficiency of commercial airline flights’
Obama’s Dept. Of Energy Plugs Energy Rating for Homes, Similar to MPG Rating for Cars
DOE says more than 8,500 homes have been scored by the Energy Department’s growing network of more than 25 partners and 175 qualified assessors. – See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/doe-plugs-energy-rating-homes-similar-mpg-rating-cars#sthash.cwqZowUG.dpuf
Baby Birds Doomed By Lightbulb Ban?! – Wild Bird Care Center puts our call out for banned incandescent light bulbs, which it uses to provide warmth for injured and recovering birds
‘Freezing Is the New Warming’: 2014 ‘is looking like another bad year for global warming’
GREEN FURY AS EU CONSIDERS SCRAPPING BINDING RENEWABLES TARGETS
European commissioners are considering scrapping a binding target for renewable energy for 2030, a move that would please big utility companies but infuriate environmentalists.
Flashback 1972: CRU Chief Hubert Lamb of U. of East Anglia Said in an Associated Press article That Earth Would Definitely Cool Over The Next Two Centuries
Flashback 1975 New York Times: Climate Experts Said That Jumbo Jets Would Cool The Planet And Produce Global Famine
Sydney Morning Herald Promotes Skeptics: ‘Game Finally Up For Carboncrats’ – ‘The climate-change Cassandras are increasingly marginalized here and abroad’
The Kyoto treaty effectively expired a year ago. Prospects for a replacement are virtually zero. Rich nations are rejecting climate compensation for the developing world. Europe is in a coal frenzy. Germany, a former green trend-setter, is slashing unaffordable subsidies to the renewables industry. The European Parliament is losing confidence in the EU emissions trading […]