What would life be like without cars? Well for residents of Vauban, Germany, living without cars is a reality – as the town has now become a showcase for the latest utopian vision of suburban planners. In Vauban, there is no more parallel parking or squeezing your car into a garage bursting with lawn equipment and bicycles. That’s because over 80 percent of those living in Vauban have no cars! Now city officials do give people the option of car ownership – if they don’t mind paying a $40,000 dollar permit fee. They are also denying permits to businesses [...]

You’ve heard of warning labels on things like beer and cigarettes, but how about automobiles? Well believe it or not, a British Parliament member, Collin Challen, recently proposed placing warning labels on cars to inform consumers of their impact on, you guessed it, global warming. According to the UK Guardian, such warnings might include highlighting the auto’s contribution to sea level rise, increasing deaths, species extinctions, food and water shortages, and heightened regional conflicts and wars. These warnings would vary depending on the emissions from each vehicle, according to the British MP, with the worst gas-guzzlers carrying the most [...]

Once populous throughout the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, a fish known as the humpback chub began declining in numbers throughout the 1990's. But now, after 13 years of restoration activity, it appears efforts to save the fish are no longer swimming upstream. This, according to Environment and Energy’s Land Letter, which reports that experimental water releases from the Glen Canyon Dam that mimic historic changes in river flow, coupled with efforts to control competing non-native fish species, have resulted in a 50 percent increase in humpback chub numbers over the past six years. With the chub population climbing [...]

You’ve heard of electricity produced by coal, natural gas and even wind, but how about chicken poop? Well as strange as that may sound, a company in North Carolina called Fibrowatt plans to build three power plants that run on such droppings from our egg-laying friends. But not everyone is clucking with excitement about the project. According to the Charlotte Observer, air quality officials believe the plant would likely produce more nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and particle pollution than a conventional coal plant. This understandably has health officials worried as well. Time will tell whether coal or chicken poop [...]

In the twisted mind of Osama bin Laden, the United States and Israel are typically pointed out as the main causes of world ills. But would you believe the master terrorist now has a new villain to add to that list? Yes, believe it or not, bin Laden recently weighed in on the global warming issue, and in a video message featuring images of natural disasters he stated that “climate change is causing catastrophes throughout the Islamic world.” Bin Laden also pointed to the flooding in Pakistan as evidence of climate change, and further stated that, in his opinion, [...]

Bacteria in your water is not usually considered a good thing – unless, well, you happen to be a scientist trying to develop a new way to create diesel gas. This happens to be the case for scientists in California, which according to the New York Times, recently discovered a way to genetically alter a bacteria to convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into ingredients found in diesel fuel. The scientists note this new bacteria can be grown in water that is not usable for drinking or farming, a definite environmental plus. It can also provide a pathway for making [...]

A new report issued by CFACT’s ClimateDepot.com says more than one thousand scientists now disagree with the theory of man-made global warming. Marc Morano, founder and editor of this popular news and information site, explains: “More than 1,000 scientists from around the globe have now challenged the man-made global warming claims of Al Gore and the United Nations. This new 321-page Climate Depot special report features the skeptical voices of many current and former UN scientists, who have now turned against the [UN’s climate] panel. There is no scientific consensus, in fact the science has collapsed. It has been [...]

Since the days of Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, the mafia has been synonymous with organized crime.  But while many tend to associate the notorious outfit with sundry activities like drug trafficking and gambling, it might surprise them to learn the new mafia is going green.  Yes, believe it or not, when the country of Italy recently seized $1.9 billion worth of mafia assets in a raid, they discovered the mafia had been laundering money through alternative energy companies.  One Sicilian kingpin, Vito Nicastri, is even affectionately called the “Lord of the Wind” for his vast holdings in wind [...]

You already get loads of global warming propaganda from TV and movies, so why not from a new play under the bright lights of Broadway?  Well that’s what’s about to happen, now that the National Science Foundation has given a 3-year, $700,000 grant to a New York theater company for an upcoming play called “The Great Immensity.”  According to Broadwayworld.com, the play will focus on the story of a photojournalist who disappears in panama, sparking an  international search by her sister facing polar bears, tundras, and snakes, all the while grappling with the hopeless realities of climate change.  With [...]

Just how realistic is the notion of green jobs?  Well according to Stephen Moore in the American Spectator, you needn’t look any further than California, which was first in the nation in renewable energy standards, has the most stringent cap and trade system to reduce carbon emissions, and has poured hundreds of millions of tax dollars into renewable energy.  The result?  A study from UC-Berkeley says the green economy accounts for just 1% of California jobs, which is a little more than 150,000 out of 15 million. This, by the way, includes trash sorters at dumpsters.  California’s unemployment is [...]

After the UN Climate Conference in Cancun last month, many commentators said nothing was decided. But Lord Christopher Monckton, former advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who attended the meeting, disagrees with this assessment and has this to say: "The decisions made at the Cancun Climate Conference signal the abdication of the West. Western countries, mostly the US, will pay $100 billion a year by 2020 to a UN green fund, indexed at 1.5% of GDP every year. This huge tax will be levied without representation; not one member of the secretariat that will spend your money will be [...]