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June 3, 2014 0

My reaction to Gov. Tomblin on coal not quite what he would want

By News Desk

The governor of West Virginia : These proposals appear to realize some of our worst fears….based on our initial review of these rules, not a single West Virginia power plant will be in compliance if the rules were in effect today despite the billions of dollars companies have already spent to modernize their facilities.

June 2, 2014 0

ISM Correction Heartburn

By News Desk

ISM Correction Heartburn ISM twice revised its manufacturing numbers today, then issued this Correction Notice . ISM ® has discovered an error in its software programming for calculating the May 2014 Manufacturing PMI ® that was released at 10 a.m. ET this morning

May 31, 2014 0

Ukraine & Syria: Elections of Mass Destruction

By News Desk

In Reuters’ article, " Tens of thousands of Syrians abroad vote in early poll ," it reported:  Expatriates and those who have fled the war were casting their ballots at dozens of Syrian embassies abroad ahead of next week’s vote inside the country that opponents have dismissed as a farce as the fighting rages in its fourth year. Several countries that oppose Assad, including France, have blocked the voting but Syrian government media said people were still able to participate in many countries

May 29, 2014 0

Eli Reads Again

By News Desk

Some links for the bunnies Magnus Westerstrand discusses the hidden Bengtsson and his media gambit. I am sad to have witnessed the changes in Lennart Bengtsson’s media presence over the last few years. At first it was just a few comments in local media such as this article in UNT 2009 stating among other things that a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would only result in a temperature increase of about 1 o C as a result of the logarithmic forcing of CO 2 .  This is misleading, of course, because it ignores feedbacks which increase that number substantially.