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College Students Forced to Watch Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth
May 18th, 2007 5:50 PM
Here’s a disturbingly inconvenient truth: Students at Roger Williams University in Briston, Rhode Island, were forced to watch Al Gore’s global warming schlockumentary if they wished to graduate.Think I’m kidding?As reported by Young America’s Foundation (h/t NBer Dahlia Travers. Also, please watch the following video of Fox News’ Neil Cavuto interviewing one of these students on the May 9 “Your…
New Zealand Weatherman on Global Warming: 'It's All Going to be a Joke
May 18th, 2007 3:03 PM
The air continues to seep out of the global warming consensus balloon, ladies and gentlemen. Meet Augie Auer, the former University of Wyoming professor of atmospheric science turned New Zealand meteorologist who isn’t buying what soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry global warming alarmists are selling.As reported by the New Zealand Timaru Herald (emphasis added throughout):
Portland High School Honors Student Takes on Al Gore’s ‘An Inconve
May 18th, 2007 2:31 PM
Here is a story that should make every parent proud, even those on the left side of the aisle.A high school student up in Portland, Maine, created a website for extra credit in her Honors Earth Sciences class. Called “Ponder the Maunder,” fifteen-year-old Kristen Byrnes took on the subject of global warming, and was eventually asked to examine the veracity of Al Gore's schlockumentary “An…
Thursday Funnies: Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Youth’ Blames Globa
May 17th, 2007 4:16 PM
A few weeks ago, NewsBusters reported on the environmental think tank that believes having too many children is bad for the planet. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel must have gotten wind of this daffy position, for his crew (time unknown) created a wonderful parody of Al Gore’s schlockumentary wherein the former vice president ties the global warming problem to various behaviors by children.Entitled “An…
Oil Patch Democrats Concerned Global Warming Bill Could Raise Energy P
May 17th, 2007 2:29 PM
Did you hear about the nineteen Democrats that sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) expressing concern that a global warming bill being discussed in the House could reduce energy supplies and raise prices?You didn’t? Want to know why?Well, because other than Environment & Energy Daily, nobody reported it. *****Critical Update:…
Another State Climatologist Bashes Al Gore and Global Warming Alarmism
May 17th, 2007 1:34 PM
Do you hear that hissing sound? That’s the balloon that soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry alarmists have floated concerning a scientific consensus on man’s role in global warming losing air.As the media continue to pound the table about the debate being over, another state climatologist has come out of the closet so to speak to voice his views about all things climate change.As…
New Website Offers Carbon Debits to Take Away Al Gore's Meaningless Ca
May 16th, 2007 2:00 PM
This is way too funny, and by now, you should know the drill concerning potables, combustibles, and sharp objects. You've been warned!A website has surfaced that is “on a mission to take away every one of Al Gore's meaningless carbon credits by simply providing carbon debits.” Called “Carbon Credit Killers” (h/t Glenn Reynolds), the proprietors “run a burgeoning business of clearing trees from…
List of Global Warming Skeptics Grows, Media Couldn’t Care Less
May 16th, 2007 1:30 PM
While global warming alarmists like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry sycophants continue talking about a scientific consensus concerning man’s role in “climate change,” the list of scientists that have grown skeptical of this nexus continues to grow. Unfortunately, a media obsessed with advancing hysteria on the subject refuse to acknowledge the existence of such folks as they…
Is Media’s Love for Al Gore Stronger Than Their Hatred for George W
May 15th, 2007 6:20 PM
As gas prices hit all-time highs – not adjusted for inflation, of course – it appears that the media are missing a fabulous opportunity to rightly or wrongly blame the problem on President Bush.Since press representatives rarely pass up such a chance, one has to wonder what’s causing this peculiar oversight.An article published Monday by Reuters might give us a clue. Astonishingly, though it didn…
Did Media Hype NASA Study Forecasting 110 Degree Summers in the South
May 14th, 2007 11:31 AM
Did you happen to see the reports last week predicting that summer temperatures in the southeastern part of the country could reach 110 degrees by the year 2080? Well, according to a study just released by the Roger Pielke, Sr. Research Group, the media took “an otherwise interesting and informative research article” published in the Journal of Climate and translated it “into an almost hysterical…
Did the U.N.’s IPCC Report Exaggerate CO2 Increases to Hype Global W
May 14th, 2007 10:15 AM
Those who have been following the manmade global warming debate are well aware that every time the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues another dire pronouncement, the media report the bad news every hour on the hour.However, what if a new scientific study concluded that the IPCC cherry-picked data concerning CO2 levels in the past in order to make it look like today’s…
Liberal Columnist Slams Al Gore, the U.N. and ‘Greenhouse Fearmonger
May 13th, 2007 4:28 PM
Would you expect a former writer for the Village Voice and The Nation to be harshly critical of soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not-so merry manmade global warming alarmists?Neither would I. Yet there it was in the leftwing newsletter CounterPunch, written by editor Alexander Cockburn.*****Critical Update: Cockburn's article published by The Nation.Entitled “Hot Air, Cold Cash; Who are the…
Al Gore Protested by ‘Environmental Militants’ in Argentina, Media
May 12th, 2007 1:31 PM
When President Bush receives protests as he travels abroad, it’s front-page headline news. Yet, when former Vice President Al Gore is so protested, the media couldn’t care less.Although the Associated Press did report Gore’s visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to speak at a biofuels conference Friday, virtually no American media outlet picked up the story:As Gore spoke, outside the hotel…
Polar Bear Baby Boom Occurring in Eastern Arctic, Will Media Notice
May 11th, 2007 2:42 PM
This one is really too funny, folks, and definitely requires all potables, combustibles, and sharp objects be properly stowed (grateful and humorous h/t to NBer dscott).Despite all the carping and whining by folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his not so merry band of sycophant devotees about global warming killing polar bears, there is actually a baby boom occurring in this species in Canada’s…