Beneath the Peak

Sales of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged reached a record 200,000 copies in 2008. For the first seven weeks of 2009, sales are reportedly three times those of the same period last year. On a related note, LGF has a roundup of  Tea Party events in the US. Discontent is clearly growing. Is this the start [...]

According to Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker, 2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved. Here’s a sample: Suddenly it has become rather less appealing that we should divert trillions of dollars, pounds and euros into the fantasy that we could reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 80 per cent. All those grandiose projects for [...]

There is both growing public reluctance to make personal sacrifices and a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the major international efforts now underway to battle climate change, according to findings of a poll of 12,000 citizens in 11 countries, including Canada. I suggested this might happen about 6 weeks ago (see point #4). No word [...]

Given the poor state of the international economy, here’s some free advice for the CEO’s of America’s automakers: When you’re asking for a $25 billion government handout, don’t arrive in your private jet. Aside from demonstrating that you’re clueless it’s proof-positive that you are environmentally unfriendly. Speaking of which, the leaders of the German and [...]

In the US, a carbon-neutral luxury airline is getting ready to launch. The gilded faucets, on-board masseuses and loofah scrubs sound particularly good. Read all the way to the end, though, for the terms and conditions. Share/Save

More than one pundit has observed the similarity between the environmental movement and an organized religion. Entertainer/activist Bono has given that idea new credence in a recent Reuters interview, in which he talks about confessing his environmental sins. His confessor? None other that Al Gore Acknowledging that a career in rock music was not always [...]

The WWF works hard to raise environmental awareness in a city where green issues are often a low priority. But they do the people of Hong Kong no favors when they conflate our increasingly foul air with global warming. As Professor Anthony Hedley and others have repeatedly demonstrated, air pollution is killing people here. Right [...]

More specifically, dastardly Canadian beer drinkers and their beer fridges. Share/Save

According to the founder of the Weather Channel, global warming is a scam. In fact, John Coleman says, “It is the greatest scam in history.” Who knew? Share/Save

A high court in the U.K. has ruled that schools screening Al Gore’s global warming film An Inconvenient Truth must warn students that there are other opinions on global warming and they should not necessarily accept the views of the film. Apparently, there’s no truth to the rumor that Hillary Clinton started the lawsuit in [...]