Out of Gas
(PDF here) Despite the environmental movement’s enormous effort and great expectations Congress has enacted no comprehensive climate change…
Green Watch
Green Notes: January 2012
In October, 2011 Coca-Cola announced it would be changing its iconic red cans to a polar white from November to March to draw attention to its partnership with the World…
Texans Wrangling Over Global Warming
Texas Democratic state senators Rodney Ellis and Leticia Van de Putte are accusing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of scientific censorship in a state-commissioned report on Galveston Bay. Rice…
Keystone Cops in the White House
The Obama administration has been caught between two key constituents regarding TransCanada Corp.’s proposed $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline that would deliver crude oil from the tar sands of…
Solyndra, Solyndra
The Solyndra scandal keeps getting bigger and more disturbing. The now-defunct solar panel manufacturer received $535 million in taxpayer dollars from the federal government before going belly up in August.
Carbonfund.org: Carbon Scheming Gone Wild
The Carbonfund.org Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to reduce global warming by having government require people and industries to cut their production and use of fossil fuels (i.e.
Chris Christie & The New Jersey Green Machine Little Green Monsters, Part 3
(Green Watch, November 2011, PDF here) The business community and free market advocacy groups applauded when Governor Chris Christie decided to…
Whale Wars
(Green Watch, October 2011, PDF here) Whale Wars is a popular Friday night television series on the Animal Planet cable channel. Having just…
“Fracking”
(Green Watch, September 2011, PDF here) You will be hearing lots more about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the name for an innovative…
The EPA Runs Amuck
(Green Watch, August 2011, PDF here) On June 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade…