By Andrew Follett Conservatives should “call the left’s bluff” on global warming by asking why environmentalists oppose using proven technologies like nuclear power or hydraulic fracturing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, according to an article published Thursday in Forbes. James Taylor points out in the piece that if conservatives pressure the left to accept natural gas and…
By Michael Bastasch It’s been nearly one decade since former Vice President Al Gore released his film “An Inconvenient Truth.” It sent shockwaves through American politics and emboldened environmental activists to push for more regulations on American businesses. Gore warned increasing carbon dioxide emissions would spur catastrophic global warming that would cause more extreme weather, wipe…
By Michael Bastasch A new documentary by a prominent global warming skeptic takes on many of the claims from environmentalists and politicians who want to regulate nearly every aspect of the economy to stop it. Marc Morano, a prominent global warming skeptic and publisher of the website Climate Depot, has released his new documentary film “Climate…
Andrew Follett Bill Nye the “Science Guy,” said he’s ok with throwing global warming skeptics in jail, during an interview with the conservative Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) published on Youtube Wednesday. Nye was asked by CFACT interviewer Marc Morano if he agrees with other green activists that the government should throw global warming skeptics into jail as criminals,…
By Michael Bastasch The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed a libertarian think tank after pledging to investigate ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading the public about global warming. AG Claude Walker served the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a D.C.-based free market think tank, with a subpoena Thursday, in an apparent effort to tie the…
Michael Bastasch It’s another bad day in court for environmentalists trying to prove how bad hydraulic fracturing has been for the town of Dimock, Pa. A Cornell University engineering professor often used by activists to attack fracking ran from reporters after he admitted in court there was no proof drilling had contaminated Dimock’s drinking water. Prof. Tony…
Did the government fake the moon landing? Are drug companies hiding cures to deadly diseases? The internet permeates with conspiracy theories of all types, shapes, and sizes. And for those who truly believe in one, not much can sway them. That’s what spurred the interest of David Robert Grimes, a postdoctoral research associate at the University…
Micah J. Fleck Rap artist BoB has taken to Twitter to claim that the Earth is not only flat, but that the Freemasons might somehow be involved in the treachery of pulling the wool over our eyes about this the whole time. Someone should time travel and inform the Ancient Greeks of this. According…
Andrew Follett Bernie Sanders stated on Twitter Monday that “nobody can recall” 65-degree temperatures on Christmas Eve, only to be “berned” by an engineering professor, who promptly listed six prior occasions. The warm Christmas weather on the East Coast wasn’t an anomaly by historic standards, as shown by the professor. The National Weather Service backs up the professor’s claim by…
On the internet you can come across a lot of theories about government control and secret operations. Of course, most of it is fairly unbelievable. One persistent theory which succeeded in getting many people worked up in the early days of the internet is that the government is either spraying us or spraying the atmosphere…