When we were wondering why Environmentalism is often assumed to go hand in hand with the political Left, we suggested that Environmentalism and the War on Terror had similar roots in the politics of crisis and fear. A commenter named Harry made an interesting point...
Snowmen Families Hit by Meltdown Double Whammy
Continuing the English tradition of judges making absurd public statements... And following Professor Philip James's call for a "climate plan" to "tackle obesity"... And following Sir David King's "climate change poses a bigger threat than terrorism"... Ladies and...
What Happened to the Precautionary Principle?
It only seems like yesterday that the Precautionary Principle was the standard currency of Environmentalist rhetoric. But like acid rain and global cooling, the precautionary principle seems to be disappearing from the Green lexicon. Increasingly, Environmentalists...
Fat Polar Bears Are Killing the Penguins
This is funny. Funnier is the outrage expressed by Grist readers, of whom Newscloud is funniest: If there is a hell, Inhofe belongs there The Grists need to watch out. And not only on 1 April. All those stuffy, old-fashioned churches want their congregations back....
Women Ultimately Responsible for Fat Swedish Men Killing the Polar Bears
Further to this and this, there's now this: One of Johnsson-Latham's main theories is that global warming is a gender issue because men pollute more because they work more, drive longer, take airplane trips, etc., whereas women pollute less because they are at home...
More Geometric Congruence from the Poorly Physician
We have reported before how climate alarmists seek to draw parallels between the shape of arguments made by the morally reprehensible, and climate change "denialists". At the same time, some like to make analogies of climate scientists and physicians. Andrew Dessler,...
Lights Off… Did the Earth Hour Move for You?
Earth Hour 2008 'happened' yesterday. Except it didn't. The whole point is that nothing happens. Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a...
100 Today
Here's something special (and not work-friendly), to mark our 100th post, which brilliantly captures the absurdity of the nature worship in today's world. Unless you are easily offended, turn up the sound: [youtube ClCmO42_tQ0]
What Else Won't the Greens do for us?
Back in February, we reported on the new plans for 'eco-towns' in the UK, to make up part of the housing shortage. We suggested that it was unlikely that even the eco-town-planners would actually go as far as to replace the sewage system with water-free composting...
Do Environmentalists Want to Save the Planet or What?
They like their weird analogies at Gristmill. The latest comes from scientist and Green oracle Joseph Romm, in an introduction to a tirade about geo-engineering by guest poster Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project: Geo-engineering...