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I hate stories like this, in which the reporter bemoans some ecological change and the presence of “invasive species.” It is something I’ve never understood. Isn’t every species invasive at one point in its existance? Maybe I don’t understand the terminology. Besides, as my wife says, I’m a tree hater. So perhaps the logic is [...]

It’s always fascinating to watch momentum shift in public policy. A year ago, it looked like the eco-fundamentalists would continue to amass supporters and inevitably storm the gates of power and “revolutionize” American energy policy.
But it i amazing what $4 per gallon does to American politics. Remember the carbon tax? A popular “solution” to global [...]

It’s amazing how a little energy crisis can complete change the climate of public opinion. From the Financial Post:
Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s largest oil-and-gas company, came out swinging Wednesday against the environmental movement, arguing the science of climate change is far from settled and that his company [...]

More evidence of the eco-demographic: Frango goes Organic.

From Nature Reports:
Last month Jean Ziegler, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, called biofuels a “crime against humanity” and asked for a five-year moratorium on the practice of using food crops for fuel1.
It was only the latest voice in what seems to be turning into a backlash against biofuels. In September, the [...]

That’s it, I’m starting a new group, Citizens for the Prohibition of Wrapping Paper. I don’t want to see any of you so called “environmentalists” out there using ANY wrapping paper.

That’s it. I’m done. Please, turn out the lights when your done.

A court in England has decided that if Gore’s eco-opus, “An Inconvenient Truth,” is going to be shown to school kids it has to include a disclaimer warning kids not necessarily to take it too seriously.

Eric Zorn is poking fun at those of us making jokes about climate change in light of the nearly record-setting cold of February 2007. Writes Zorn:
Only a fool would see a snowstorm or suffer through a cold snap and think it had any long-term meaning.
Indeed. But Zorn misses the point. When we snicker something like [...]

Just in case you follow these sorts of things, February’s first 13 days are the 4th coldest on record in Chicago. Which makes this cartoon particularly timely:
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