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Chamber claims its Board makes policy

Memo to media:  The ever-shrinking Chamber of Commerce is not “the voice of business.”  Indeed, we now know that besides being anti-scientific, it is anti-democratic, not even bothering to consult with its own Board of Directors on its own climate policy — in direct contradiction to its stated policy. Greenwire (subs. req’d) reports the amazing […]

American companies tell Senate “We Can Lead” on clean energy

Hundreds of business executives are descending on Washington this week in support of a clean energy economy. Calling for investment in American jobs instead of global warming pollution, the CEOs participating in the Business Advocacy Day for Jobs & Competitiveness — an effort organized by the new We Can Lead coalition — will tell the […]

Mike Castle (R-DE) to run for Biden’s seat

Republican Rep. Michael Castle announced at a press conference today in Wilmington, Del., that he will seek the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President Biden last year — instantly boosting the GOP’s chances of capturing a Democratic seat. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which handicaps congressional races, called Castle’s candidacy a “major recruiting victory” […]

Dr. Stephen Leeb is easily duped by deniers

Someone just e-mailed me the latest example of a seemingly intelligent (albeit conservative) person who has joined the ranks of those successfully duped and confused by the deniers and the status quo media.  Our latest victim’s impressive bio: Dr. Stephen Leeb is the editor of The Complete Investor newsletter. The Complete Investor newsletter has earned […]

Why do you want to be CA's govenor?

Since failing to vote gets more attention than wanting to suspend California’s climate and clean energy laws, a lot of people probably know this story: Meg Whitman, the fourth richest woman in California, thinks she should be governor, presumably because the three richer women are busy. She freely admits that this idea just popped into […]

Climate and hydrogen car advocate gets almost everything wrong

Once upon a time, some serious people used to believe that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) might have a snowball’s chance in hell of being a practical and affordable climate strategy in our lifetime.  Those very sincere people were used by the car companies and Bush Administration as part of a strategy to oppose or […]

Apple shuffles off the nano-Chamber of Commerce

The US Chamber of Overstated Horrors has been hemorrhaging credibility and members since it blurted out its true agenda with its Luddite call for “the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st century” on global warming.   The Chamber is shrinking faster than the size of Apple Computer’s products. Pacific Gas & Energy, Public Service Company of […]

Memo to WashPost, George Will: Cassandra was right

George Will and the editorial page editors at the Washington Post proved a long time ago they don’t know science (see “The Post, abandoning any journalistic standards, lets George Will publish a third time global warming lies debunked on its own pages“).  And they don’t do any fact-checking (see WashPost op-ed page remains the home […]

Weather Channel expert on Georgia’s record-smashing global-warming-type deluge

Stu Ostro, Senior Meteorologist at the Weather Channel, has written a must-read post on the recent record Georgia deluges, “Off the chain without a ‘cane” (reprinted below).  He makes a key point that had not occurred to me about the devastating September rainstorms: Usually during that month when there’s wild weather, including precipitation extremes, it’s […]

Cleantech venture capital investment continues recovery

Media reports of the death of the clean tech industry have been exaggerated (see “Global recession? Must be time for the media’s alternative-energy backlash“).  The Cleantech group reported Thursday, third quarter “results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China and India totaling $1.59 billion across 134 companies.” That means total cleantech VC […]