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A Bad Message from California on Offshore Drilling

By Tom Tanton -- February 7, 2009

As I posted at the Pacific Research Institute website, the California State Lands Commission (SLC) has rejected a proposal that would have led to the first new oil drilling project off the California coast in 40 years. On January 29, the panel voted 2-1 against Plains Exploration & Production Company’s request for approval of its bid to expand drilling off Platform Irene in the Santa Barbara Channel.

The swing vote was California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, who also serves as SLC Chairman.  Mr. Garamendi had earlier signaled his approval,…

Climate Alarmism Bullying: L’affaire Schmidt (new) … L’affaire Wigley (old)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 6, 2009

Chris Horner’s Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed (Regnery, 2008) documents a number of instances of questionable, peculiar, and even reprehensible behavior by climate alarmists toward their critics.

And the problem continues.…

UN Chiefs see Glimmer of Reality but Remain Wedded to Dangerous Fantasy

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#mlewis">Marlo Lewis</a> -- February 5, 2009

Can there be a Kyoto II without China, India, and the other developing countries getting on board with significant greenhouse-gas emissions reductions? Voices of realism, knowing that consumer and economic factors drive public opinion, doubt it. But there are less realistic voices too.…

California’s Path to Regulatory Hari-Kari: For What Climate Effect?

By Chip Knappenberger --

Beware Windpower’s “Homes Served” Claims

By Glenn Schleede -- February 4, 2009

Long Live Old King Coal?

By Robert Bradley Jr. --

Coal Hard Facts

By Robert Bryce -- February 3, 2009

What Happened to ‘Painless’ Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Greet, Meet, and Exceed the Kyoto Protocol Targets?

By Robert Bradley Jr. --

Lessons from California

By Kenneth P. Green --

John Holdren in Retrospect (Part VIII on Obama’s New Science Advisor)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 2, 2009