NYT Quietly Deletes Section Of Pruitt E-Mail Story That Contradicted Sierra Club, NRDC Talking Points

BY SIMON LOMAX FEBRUARY 24, 2017 A New York Times story that contradicted claims of wrongdoing against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was quietly edited after publication to remove lines that challenged the talking points of environmental activist groups. The Feb. 22 story was about thousands of newly released e-mails from Pruitt’s time as Oklahoma attorney […]

Big-gov-brain wants “half a trillion” to add ice to the Arctic

Sometimes an idea comes along that adds another chapter to the Book of Stupid. You might think windmills on land are an indulgent, pointless fantasy, but take that idea and make it worse: (CNN) A team of scientists has a surprisingly simple solution to saving the Arctic: We need to make more ice. Source: Big-gov-brain […]

Hundreds of scientists urge Trump to withdraw from U.N. climate-change agency

By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Thursday, February 23, 2017 More than 300 scientists have urged President Trump to withdraw from the U.N.’s climate change agency, warning that its push to curtail carbon dioxide threatens to exacerbate poverty without improving the environment. In a Thursday letter to the president, MIT professor emeritus Richard […]

POTENTIAL TRUMP SCIENCE ADVISER SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE IS GREAT

The rumored frontrunner for the same position for the Trump administration is William Happer, a physicist from Princeton. Happer’s academic science credentials are solid, but he’s earned a reputation as a climate-change skeptic, with good reason. He recently told the Guardian, “There’s a whole area of climate so-called science that is really more like a cult. It’s […]

Global polar bear population sees ‘significant increase’ – almost 30,000 bears – Up 27% since 2005

Via: http://polarbearscience.com/2017/02/23/global-polar-bear-population-larger-than-previous-thought-almost-30000 By Polar Bear Expert Dr. Susan J. Crockford: The results of three recently-released studies that were not included in the last IUCN Red List assessment add more than 2,050 bears (on average)1 to the official 2015 global polar bear estimate, a point you won’t likely hear next Monday (27 February) from most polar bear specialists, […]