This article was originally posted at Human Events: Right now on Monterey Bay, along the central coast of California, tickets ranging up to $32,000 are being written to anyone caught “harassing” a humpback whale. Let me begin by stating up front that I’m all for saving the whales—in fact, I personally want to collect the whole set.  But, whale harassment? The excessive penalties have been created to protect all species in the Monterey Bay, which, thanks to Al Gore, is a national marine sanctuary overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Society (NOAA). Currently the huge...

Updated 3:30pm Pacific                                                                  Also, accompanying video here It’s like Christmas come early for spoiled children.  The media is going gaga over research by University of California-Berkeley Professor Richard Muller—formerly a global warming “skeptic”—supposedly illustrating a rise in global temperature. According to Muller and his team at the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project (BEST), the earth’s climate has warmed well over a full degree (Fahrenheit) since 1950.  In response,...

Thirty-five windmills at a wind farm in Pennsylvania,  have been shutdown at night since a bat  was found dead under one of the turbines. According to the Associated Press, the farm was forced to shut down the windmills during the night time hours, after the bat, an endangered species, was found dead in September. By the way, you read the copy correct.  We’re talking about one dead bat. The wind farm was built by Gamesa Energy USA, and covers parts of Portage, Washington, and Cresson Townships in Cambria County, and part of Blair County, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh. A spokesman for Duke...

My friends at CNS NEWS have tipped us off to a speech made by  the crowned prince of the environmental movement, Al Gore.  According to Gore, democracy in the U.S. is being undermined by American politicians appeasing special interest groups in return for campaign funding rather than trying to stop global warming, Al Gore told a conference in Scotland. Says the BBC, Gore staffers blocked broadcast media access to Wednesday’s speech. But British journalists quoted from the address to the Scottish government-sponsored Low Carbon Investment Conference in Edinburgh. The BBC said Gore’s speech...

Illustrating the absurdity of our government’s fixation on solar energy, the Department of Energy’s “Solar Decathlon” kicked off Friday in Washington D.C… in the rain. Perfect.  No sun.  No solar.  But the show went on as if nothing was wrong. In a press release announcing the competition, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is quoted as saying, “The Solar Decathlon collegiate teams are showing how clean energy products and efficient building design can help families and businesses reduce energy use and save money…The event challenges talented students to become pioneers of clean...

On May 26, 2010, President Obama stood before investors, management and employees of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, and gave praise to the half-billion dollar guaranteed federal loan issued to the company via Stimulus funds. “It’s here that companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future,” Obama proclaimed. While Obama highlighted the company’s “cutting edge solar panels,” insiders knew the firm’s proprietary technology was actually “bleeding edge.”  In other words, the product was so unique that there was a high risk of it being...

I’ve been writing about the half-a-billion dollar, money-sucking, solar failure known as Solyndra, for over a year, and now the Washington Times has found year another federally-funded boondoggle: the Genesis Solar Company. Reports the Times: Last week, the Obama administration’s Department of Energy announced it is extending an $852 million loan guarantee to something called the Genesis Solar Project in California. Genesis, according to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will be built on federal land and ultimately employ perhaps 800 people during its construction and 47 people once it is up and...

It was so predictable. Solyndra, a San Francisco based solar panel company that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government, has declared bankruptcy. Last year President Obama touted the company as “leading the way” in the green jobs future he envisions. Just a few months ago, ABC News revealed that one of the major financial backers for Solyndra is also a major donor to the Obama campaign. The donor, Steve Westley, has subsequently been named to the President’s Energy Advisory Board. Solyndra was supposed to have produced 4,000 jobs with the loan guarantee....

According to a report released Monday, rates of mental illness, including depression and post-traumatic stress, will increase as a result of climate change. The paper, prepared for the Climate Institute, says loss of social cohesion in the wake of severe weather events related to climate change could be linked to increased rates of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and substance abuse. The research claims as many as one in five people already have reported ”emotional injury, stress and despair” in the wake of these events. The report, A Climate of Suffering: The Real Cost of...

Just in time for the holiday weekend!  These ribs are delicious, and easy to fix! Plus, they drive the environmentalists crazy as a barbecue–complete with billowing clouds of carbon dioxide–is required to finish these tasty treats off.  The last time I published this recipe I received excellent reviews from all over the world, including lots of folks in Texas and the Southern U.S.–that’s a huge compliment because those patriots know their barbecue. Here’s the recipe: Sussman’s World Famous Patriot Ribs Cover both sides of the baby back ribs with BBQ rib rub of...

Some idiot named Bill McKibbin writes at the Daily Beast: Irene’s got a middle name, and it’s Global Warming.  As she roars up the Eastern Seaboard, everyone is doing what they should—boarding windows, preparing rescue plans, stocking up on batteries. But a lot of people are also wondering: what’s a “tropical” storm doing heading for the snow belt? McKibben is not only a fool, but he’s hardly original. When the Gulf of Mexico coastline took its direct hit from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a lefty columnist for the Boston Globe blamed the storm on global warming.  “The hurricane...

Over the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new standards to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants.  Mercury, air particulate, ozone, coal ash, and especially carbon dioxide—it’s all getting regulated in the name of “saving the environment” and supposedly curbing global warming.  The new rules will likely force the closure of many coal plants between now and 2017, although it’s difficult to know precisely how many.   As a result it’s likely that up to one-fifth of the nation’s oldest coal-fired electrical generating plants,...