Sheryl Crow's Toilet Paper Concerns Echoed by Environmental Group
Remember back in April when Al Gore sycophant Sheryl Crow actually suggested “a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting,” and then after being ridiculed for her stupidity had the nerve of saying, “It was just a joke?”Well, an environmental group called Worldwatch Institute appears to share Crow’s concerns about Americans using too much toilet paper (h/…
Extremists Abound in Green Movement But Don't Expect Media to Say That
Environmentalism is hip, green celebrities are “very sexy” and saving the planet is “simple,” according to the media.It is certainly not “extreme” as far as journalists are concerned. The deluge of celebrity books, films and even rock concerts is making green look good – because journalists leave out the cost to individuals, businesses and the economy.“Going green” is all the rage – from Live…
CBS Worries That Global Warming Will Destroy Eiffel Tower, Global Tour
Apocalyptic rants about what global warming will do to civilization have become so frequent it's hard to keep up, but CBS “Evening News” had a monumental one on June 19.Mark Phillips reported an international study that said climate change could threaten the $662 billion international tourism industry – because rising sea levels and humidity will supposedly destroy monuments and sites like the…
BBC’s Hypocritical Analysis of its Own Global Warming Coverage
On Wednesday, NewsBusters reported the complete study done by the BBC of the problem it's having with liberal bias within the organization (h/t Benny Peiser).Inside the Report was a section dealing specifically with how the network is dealing with matters relating to climate change.As NewsBusters has given great focus to this controversial subject since its inception, it seems appropriate to…
BBC Accommodates Excuse-Making for China's World-Leading Carbon Emissi
Iain Murray at Planet Gore yesterday predicted the enviro reaction to the news that China is already the world's biggest carbon emitter, and is running away from the rest of the world:
I look forward to complaints that China has only a sixth of the world's population but emits a quarter of its CO2, that Chinese auto emissions standards aren't good enough (Mr Gore?) and that China hasn't signed…
China Surpasses U.S. as World’s Leading CO2 Emitter, Will Media Noti
Well, sports fans, it happened before most analysts and scientists have been predicting: China has officially surpassed the United States in CO2 emissions.This, of course, was always a matter of when rather than if, but still raises a question as to when and if America’s media will share the news.Regardless of the answer, England’s Guardian Unlimited reported Tuesday (emphasis added throughout):
Chris Horner Identifies More Weather Station Problems
On Monday, NewsBusters exposed some serious problems at a number of temperature data-collection facilities around the country.On Tuesday, Christopher C. Horner, Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and author of the New York Times bestseller “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism,” shared information with NewsBusters concerning two additional…
Will Media Ever Investigate Accuracy of Weather Stations
Assume for a moment there was evidence some weather stations around the country were underestimating mean temperatures. Would a media fixated on expanding climate change alarmism investigate and report this phenomenon to demonstrate that the planet was actually warmer than people think?“60 Minutes,” “20/20,” and “Dateline” would have all done rather lengthy exposés into the matter, correct? Well…
Father of Climatology Throws Up at the Thought of Al Gore's 'An Inconv
Reid Bryson, the 87-year-old considered to be the father of scientific climatology, has once again spoken out strongly against anthropogenic global warming theories being regularly disseminated by alarmists in the media and the scientific community.In an interview published by Wisconsin’s Capital Times Monday, Bryson spoke about the money involved in this "religion," and when asked about soon-to-…
Al Gore’s Daughter Writes Global Warming Documentary
It appears that soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore isn’t only brainwashing America’s kids with global warming alarmism, for his daughter has co-written a documentary on the subject about to be released in Australia.As reported Sunday by Variety (h/t John McLean):Paramount Vantage is hoping auds will be as bullish on bears and walruses as they were on "March of the Penguins," although it remains to be seen if…
UN Secretary General Blames Slaughter in Darfur on Global Warming
Honestly, folks, when this first arrived in my inbox moments ago, I had to check multiple links to believe that this next example of Global Warming Derangement Syndrome was actually true. Alas, it was.United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is blaming mass-murder in Darfur on – wait for it! – "global climate change."I kid you not.As reported Sunday by Agence France-Presse (h/t Willis…