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By Stephen Holzer, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 26, 2011 at 11:52:40

Did New York snow crews sabotage clean-up?

Posted on December 31, 2010
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is investigating whether the real problem during this week's blizzard wasn't snow, but sabotage by the crews meant to be cleaning it up. With the Big Apple still reeling from officially the sixth biggest snow...

Mayor Bloomberg admits that failing to tackle blizzard was 'character building' - NYPOST.com

Posted on December 31, 2010
The Blizzard of 2010 may have forever dented Mayor Bloomberg's popularity. The mayor admitted today that the botched snow removal effort this week was a "character building" experience for him. "This year is not ending the way I would have...

Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Winter may be coldest in 1000 years

Posted on December 30, 2010
BRITAIN?S winter is the coldest since 1683 and close to being the chilliest in nearly 1,000 years. Latest figures reveal that the average temperature since December 1 has been a perishing -1C. That makes it the second coldest since records...

Telegraph Blogs

Posted on December 29, 2010
Here?s something you?ll never hear from the Met Office. Joe Bastardi, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, has laid into the the global warming lobby for making absurd claims, especially their assertion that the cold weather is caused by global warming...

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Newark Mayor uses Twitter to help manage snow emergency - Yahoo! News

Posted on December 29, 2010
While Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces criticism over New York City's slow response to the northeast blizzard, a nearby big-city mayor is getting praise for his unique, hands-on response to the snow emergency. The Village Voice has already proclaimed Newark Mayor...

Coal-based power projects advance in Midwest US | International Mining

Posted on December 29, 2010
Two coal-based power plant projects last week passed significant milestones. The Indiana Finance Authority gave the green light to a proposed $2.65 billion coal gasification project in Rockport, Indiana, that is expected to supply 17% of the total gas used...

FoxBusiness.com - Italy to Ban Plastic Bags Starting Jan. 1

Posted on December 29, 2010
Italy, one of the top users of plastic shopping bags in Europe, is banning them starting January 1, with retailers warning of chaos and many stores braced for the switch. Italian critics say polyethylene bags use too much oil to...

New controversy over hexavalent chromium

Posted on December 22, 2010
A new study by a nonprofit organization called the ?Environmental Working Group? has studied the tap water of 35 US cities and found that 31 of the cities had tap water with detectable levels of hexavalent chromium. Hexavalent chromium is...

FROM POLITICO-EPA AND INDSUTRY BATTLE IN FULL SWING

Posted on December 22, 2010
EPA to double down on climate By: Robin Bravender December 21, 2010 07:18 PM EST The Obama administration is expected to roll out a major greenhouse gas policy for power plants and refineries as soon as Wednesday, signaling it won?t...

Global Warming Update: Lake Erie Lighthouse Transformed Into Huge Ice Sculpture By Extreme Winter Temperatures

Posted on December 17, 2010
Substantial portions of the United States Continue to experience "unusually cold weather" with temperatures well below normal. As a result, a lighthouse on lake Erie has turned into a frozen ice sculpture due to freezing temperatures, high wind and monster...

BBC News - California approves extensive carbon-trading scheme

Posted on December 17, 2010
California has approved an extensive carbon-trading plan aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions. State regulators passed a "cap-and-trade" framework to let companies buy and sell permits, giving them an incentive to emit fewer gases. The aim is to create the second-largest...

Planet Gore - National Review Online

Posted on December 03, 2010
Fiat Expands Chrysler SUV Production to Italy December 3, 2010 11:15 A.M. By Henry Payne In defiance of President Obama?s attempt to force-feed America small, green fuel sippers, Americans have renewed their love affair with SUVs. And in another slap...

In memoriam: House climate panel - Robin Bravender - POLITICO.com

Posted on December 02, 2010
The House Democrats? prized global warming committee died quietly on Wednesday. It was four years old. Continue Reading Created in 2007 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to draw attention to the causes and effects of climate change, the committee...

Can environmentalism be saved from itself? - The Globe and Mail

Posted on November 28, 2010
Maybe it was just a bad dream. via www.theglobeandmail.com "After two weeks of chaos, the talks collapsed in a smouldering heap of wreckage. The only surprise was that this outcome should have come as a surprise to so many intelligent...

Professor Emiritus Hal Lewis Resigns from American Physical Society ? reasonmclucus - My Telegraph

Posted on October 10, 2010
The following is a letter to the American Physical Society released to the public by Professor Emiritus of physics Hal Lewis of the University of California at Santa Barbara. via my.telegraph.co.uk More: "It is of course, the global warming scam,...

FOXNews.com - White House: Global Warming Out, 'Global Climate Disruption' In

Posted on September 19, 2010
From the administration that brought you "man-caused disaster" and "overseas contingency operation," another terminology change is in the pipeline. via www.foxnews.com "Global climate dispruption" is the new Administration-suggested phrase. What a hoot-"global warming" didn't work to panic people and now,...

Los Angeles school named after Al Gore - latimes.com

Posted on September 06, 2010
Al Gore has had some tough breaks ? like losing the presidency after getting more votes than the other guy ? but the noted environmentalist achieved a singular honor last week, becoming the first vice president to have a Los...

IAC slams IPCC process, suggests removal of top officials ( whether Pachauri should resign??)

Posted on September 01, 2010
Flaws Found in U.N. Climate Structure By NEIL MacFARQUHAR UNITED NATIONS ? The scientists involved in producing the periodic United Nations reports on climate change need to be more open to alternative views and more transparent about their own possible...

UN climate panel urged to reform, stick to science | Reuters

Posted on August 30, 2010
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should make predictions only when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The...

RealClearPolitics - Politics - Aug 28, 2010 - EPA denies bid to ban lead in hunting ammunition

Posted on August 29, 2010
via www.realclearpolitics.com "The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition by five environmental groups to ban lead in hunting ammunition, saying the issue is not within the agency's jurisdiction."

Environmental Protection Agency Reviewing Petition to Ban Lead Bullets | The Weekly Standard

Posted on August 27, 2010
Will Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson make a back door move to ban lead bullets the day before the November 2 elections? Several environmentalist groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) are petitioning the EPA to ban...

Massive solar storm to hit Earth in 2012 with 'force of 100m bombs' - Yahoo! India News

Posted on August 27, 2010
Melbourne, Aug 26 (ANI): Astronomers are predicting that a massive solar storm, much bigger in potential than the one that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier this month, is to strike our planet in 2012 with a force of...

Obama SG urges tossing CO2 ruling, greens howl | Watts Up With That?

Posted on August 26, 2010
The Obama administration has urged the Supreme Court to toss out an appeals court decision that would allow lawsuits against major emitters for their contributions to global warming, stunning environmentalists who see the case as a powerful prod on climate...

Grievances aired over wind turbines on Vinalhaven - Bangor Daily News

Posted on August 21, 2010
VINALHAVEN, Maine ? Residents expressed grievances about turbine noise at a Thursday meeting that allowed islanders to ask questions of two wind professionals who will be collecting noise data in an attempt to identify specific mechanical perpetrators...

Chemical dispersants used in gulf oil spill don't hurt seafood safety, FDA says

Posted on August 06, 2010
Chemical dispersants sprayed into the Gulf of Mexico to break up the massive oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon disaster do not appear to threaten the safety of seafood in the affected waters, the Food and Drug Administration said this...

BBC News - Astronomers detect 'monster star'

Posted on July 21, 2010
They are among the true monsters of space - colossal stars whose size and brightness go well beyond what many scientists thought was even possible. Continue reading the main story ?Start Quote Planets take longer to form than these stars...

California's pioneering e-waste program a model gone wrong - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Posted on July 18, 2010
It seemed a perfect symmetry: California, the world's high-tech capital, would lead the way in recycling the debris of our digital revolution. But five years after its launch, the state government-run electronic waste program stands out not as a model...

A Puzzling Collapse of Earth's Upper Atmosphere - NASA Science

Posted on July 18, 2010
July 15, 2010: NASA-funded researchers are monitoring a big event in our planet's atmosphere. High above Earth's surface where the atmosphere meets space, a rarefied layer of gas called "the thermosphere" recently collapsed and now is rebounding again...

The unintended consequences of "environmental-friendly" regulation

Posted on July 17, 2010
After publishing my previous post I came across this comment on the newpaper article: "Lets look at some examples [of unintended consequences of suppsoed environemtnal-friendly bans/regulation]- "Banning phosphates in detergents - causing the use of more water, other chemicals, and...

Dishes may sparkle less with Virginia phosphate ban | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Posted on July 17, 2010
Don't blame your dishwasher if your eating utensils seem a little less squeaky-clean these days.On July 1, a law banning phosphates in dishwasher detergents went into effect in Virginia as part of a Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan. Phosphorus, a primary....

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