Environnementalism

Forget about the threat from Islamic terrorists or ISIS.  The real threat is in your home, according to Secretary of State John Kerry, who, by the way, served in Vietnam.  Kerry made the outrageous claim while in Vienna on Friday, the Washington Free Beacon reported. “As we were working together on the challenge of [ISIS] and terrorism,” he said. “It’s hard for ...

In a move spearheaded by environmentalists, the Portland Public Schools board unanimously approved a resolution aimed at eliminating doubt of climate change and its causes in schools.  “It is unacceptable that we have textbooks in our schools that spread doubt about the human causes and urgency of the crisis,” said Lincoln High School student Gaby Lemieux in board testimony. “Climate ...

Is Islamophobia accelerating global warming? That was the actual title of a lecture given earlier this week at Massachusetts Institute of Technology by a professor Ghassan Hage.  I can’t decide who should be more upset: the Australian taxpayers who are funding this loon’s position as a “future generation professor” at Melbourne University.  Or the alumni (including the Koch brothers, Michael Bloomberg, “Buzz” ...

Denmark is considering proposals to introduce a tax on red meat, after a government think tank came to the conclusion that “climate change is an ethical problem”.  The Danish Council of Ethics recommended an initial tax on beef, with a view to extending the regulation to all red meats in future. It said that in the long term, the tax ...

The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) posted a video to YouTube on Thursday featuring science popularizer Bill Nye “The Science Guy” suggesting that “climate deniers” and energy CEOs should be treated no differently from war criminals.  CFACT publisher Marc Marono quoted environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as saying that “climate deniers” and energy CEOs should be in prison alongside war criminals, and asked Nye whether ...

A coalition of 17 attorneys general have announced that they will be threatening legal action and huge fines against any company that challenges the climate change orthodoxy, according to The Daily Signal.  A group of 15 state attorneys general (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington State) and the attorneys general of ...

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio took time during a recent movie promotion to lecture the world on why US Republican candidates should be dismissed wholesale.  Speaking at “The Revenant” premiere at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo yesterday, DiCaprio stated the US needed to “do its part” in fixing climate change, and that includes voting Democrat.  “We need somebody, certainly in the most ...

The US Department of Justice has been considering whether people should be prosecuted for the offense of climate change denial.  “This matter has been discussed. We have received information about it and have referred it to the FBI to consider whether or not it meets the criteria for which we could take action on,” said Attorney General Loretta Lynch, responding to ...

Fighting global warming isn’t just about deploying more green energy, it’s also about imposing “profound lifestyle changes” for millions of people, according to leaked European Union documents obtained by The Guardian.  “It will require exploring possibilities for realising ‘negative’ emissions as well as profound lifestyle changes of current generations,” read the document laying out the European Commission’s agenda. It was presented ...

The king of Sweden wants to ban all bath-tubs in an effort to save water.  King Carl XVI Gustaf, who in recent years has put past scandals relating to his reputation as a lothario behind him to become better known as a dedicated environmentalist, has given a frank interview to describe his determination to turn the royal palace in Stockholm ...

The supposed perils of climate change are well known, but rising sea levels could also alter human evolution, scientists have claimed. [4] Humans may evolve bizarre features such as webbed feet and eyes like cats in response to changing environments.  Experts recently calculated how our physical appearance could change under a number of scenarios, including a ‘water world’ if melting ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says global warming is being used as an economic weapon against his country.  He characterized climate change as a “fraud” used to prevent Russia from tapping its vast oil and natural gas reserves.  [1] Greenpeace claims 85 percent of CO2 equivalent emissions in Russia come from its energy industry.  According to a political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky, ...