GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL SESSION Governor Scott Walker has announced that he will call for a special session of the Legislature in response to the failed roll out of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Governor plans to extend insurance by three additional months to protect those transferring to the federal exchange, in hope that…
Paul Chesser
Duke Energy Fine for Bird Kills is All Show, No Substance
By Paul Chesser Last week’s punishment/settlement between the Department of Justice and Duke Energy over bird deaths caused by its wind turbines gives evidence that the Obama administration needed a scapegoat, to defuse accusations that it applies a double-standard in enforcement of wildlife laws. The Friday before Thanksgiving both parties announced that Duke would pay…
Marita Noon
Subsidizing green energy is like operated-assisted telephones with party lines
By Marita Noon The whole idea of green energy– renewable resources–grew out of an energy reality that was much different from today’s. It was in the 1970s, following the OPEC Oil Embargothat solar panels began popping up on rooftops and “gasohol” subsidies were enacted. It was believed that green energy would move the U.S. off…
Dennis Mitchell, Paul Driessen
A climate of fear, cash and correctitude
Trashing real science to protect grants, prestige, and desire to control energy, economy, lives By Paul Driessen and Dennis Mitchell Earth’s geological, archaeological and written histories are replete with climate changes: big and small, short and long, benign, beneficial, catastrophic and everything in between. The Medieval Warm Period (950-1300 AD or CE) was a boon…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
The Week That Was December 7th, 2013
Quote of the Week “Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds-and fanatics. It is, for scientific folk, an unattainable ideal.” Cassius J. Keyser, American Mathematician ******************************* Number of the Week 1 million and 1.3 million ******************************* This Week By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) ******************************* Ethanol and Biomass:…
Paul Chesser
Problems Pile up for Taxpayer-Subsidized Tesla
By Paul Chesser Fires, faulty drive units, financial losses and stock price deflation marked Tesla Motors news in a week that seemed as bad as the last couple of years were good. Fortunately for CEO Elon Musk and his support staff he’s mastered the art of celebri- preneur showmanship that he’s built enough standing with…