Michael Bastasch The global warming debate on Capitol Hill is heating up. Government scientists refused to comply with lawmakers’ demands they turn over internal documents regarding a study that eliminated the “hiatus” in global warming from the temperature record. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials argued such records are confidential and “essential to frank…
Michael Bastasch The Environmental Protection Agency finally published a regulation that will be the backbone of President Barack Obama’s plan to fight global warming: a sweeping rule called the Clean Power Plan. Attorneys general from 26 states and numerous business groups, however, aren’t going to stand idly by while EPA regulations threaten the closure of hundreds…
Andrew Follett writes The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently called for countries to start taxing carbon dioxide emissions to finance struggling governments. “It is just the right moment to introduce carbon taxes,” IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde said at a conference [need to put what day this took place], because “finance ministers are looking for revenues.”…
Michael Bastasch on October 2, 2015 Hurricane Joaquin has really put a damper on a number of anti-global warming rallies set for this weekend at several East Coast colleges. With Joaquin heading north, environmental activists are opting to stay indoors, curl up and read a good book this Friday and Saturday, instead of protesting rallying…
Michael Bastasch on October 1, 2015 The EPA’s sweeping plan to tackle global warming is set to be published in the Federal Register by the end of the month, but critics are arguing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is justified using “Volkswagen accounting.” In a recent Senate hearing, Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso asked a…
Michael Bastasch on September 29, 2015 There must have been some major blowback against the scientists and researchers who recently sent a letter asking President Barack Obama to prosecute global warming skeptics, because the group’s letter to Obama has been quietly removed from their website. Canadian journalist Donna Laframboise posted on her blog NoFrakkingConsensus.com that the Institute of…
By: Laura Meyers The problem with progressives having mouths is that sometimes they open. And when they do, they blame you and everyone else for the amount of CO2 inside of it. They want you to ride your bike to work, shut down your factory, and stop eating beef so the cows will stop pooping…
By Michael Bastasch There are government scientists and researchers who are skeptical of man-made global warming — they just won’t speak up about it, according to two seasoned climate scientists. “There are skeptics in NASA and NOAA, a good number. But they are quiet. They know in this administration, they don’t speak out,” John Christy,…
A Warming Climate has Positive Effects on Life on Earth There’s a lot of debate around global warming. Many say the planet is getting warmer. However, is moderate global warming actually beneficial? Here’s 10 facts the fear mongers don’t want to talk about. 1. Less energy used in the winter Warmer climates means…
Is climate change going to kill us all? Today’s Freedom Report welcomes back one of our favorite guests the Science Babe, a research chemist and debunker of all things woo. Science Babe and The Libertarian Republic’s editor spar over the best solutions to combat the problem… and whether climate change is really a problem at…