Energy efficiency standards to expand scope of product confiscation Washinton Times Editorial Ice makers are the latest target in the left’s ongoing war against the conveniences of modern life. Earlier this month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a report that may condemn this essential household item to the contraband list that […]
Archive | April, 2011
Study: Minnesota’s Renewable Energy Mandate Will Damage State Economy with Little-to-No Benefit to Environment
By Dan McGrath on April 20, 2011 in Bad Policy, Economics, Global Warming ‘Solutions’, Solar Power, Wind Power
By American Tradition Institute As the new state legislature scrutinizes Minnesota’s restrictive energy policies, a study commissioned by the American Tradition Institute and the Minnesota Free Market Institute provides several reasons for lawmakers and new Gov. Mark Dayton to reverse the state’s damaging Renewable Portfolio Standard. The study found that Minnesotans would pay $15 billion more […]
Berkeley’s Muller goes to Washington and another misleading statement by NOAA CCSP author Thorne
By Joseph D’Aleo In the LA Times, there was a story on Richard Muller’s invitation to DC to testify to congress about the Berkeley Project, which attempts to reconstruct global dataThe Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study is led by physicist Richard Muller, a longtime critic of the scientific consensus on climate change, who plans to […]