Real Climate Science

Windfarms are the most environmentally destructive form of energy.

Lights left on during a foggy night last year at a West Virginia wind farm are thought to be behind the grizzly deaths of nearly 500 songbirds.

It was the third time it happened — and each time, the federal government looked the other way.

Fast forward to last week. Following the deaths of a dozen migratory birds in Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska several years back, a Denver-based oil company was fined $22,500. The company was also ordered to make an additional $7,500 payment to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

The disconnect demonstrates what critics call a blatant double standard that has to change. While the federal government aggressively pursues oil and gas companies for wildlife deaths, it often gives wind producers a pass.

Proponents say going soft on the wind industry allows it to compete. But environmentalists say, in this instance, it’s unacceptable.

“The playing field is not leveled,” American Bird Conservancy spokesman Bill Johns told FoxNews.com, recalling the West Virginia incident. “If there had been a serious consequence the first time, there wouldn’t have been a second time and a third time. All they do now is go, ‘Whoops, my bad’ and it’s forgiven.”

Feds look other way as wind farms kill birds — but haul oil and gas firms to court | Fox News

h/t to Dave G

You won’t hear much about this in the MSM.

With one shot, an off-duty sheriff’s deputy took down a gunman who attempted to opened fire at a crowded movie theater lobby during a late night showing of “The Hobbit” in San Antonio, WOAI reports.

Man Attempts to Open Fire on Crowd at Movie Theater, Armed Off-Duty Sheriff’s Deputy Drops Him With One Bullet | TheBlaze.com

h/t to Dave G

Cold at the poles and cold in the middle. Note the polar amplification – only in reverse of the climate models.

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Soot particles may be twice as bad as the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming, suggests a new study.

Grains of soot deposited in snow have also caused about one-quarter of the observed rise in global surface temperature since 1880, suggests the model by James Hansen and Larissa Nazarenko. The pair examined how soot particles affect the atmosphere when they darken snow and ice.

Soot worse for global warming than thought – 22 December 2003 – New Scientist

Bats seem to be attracted to wind turbines. On this infrared video taken at night, one can see bats “investigating” the moving blades of a wind turbine. Strikes are also recorded.

EPAW – Bats struck by wind turbine blades

h/t to Lance

          S N O W  -  P R E C I P I T A T I O N    U P D A T E

              Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites
                    As of MONDAY: DECEMBER 17 , 2012
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STATE                                                      PERCENT OF Normal
  RIVER BASIN                                     Number   Snow Water  Accum
                                                 of Sites  Equivalent  Precip
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CALIFORNIA
  NORTHERN GREAT BASIN .........................  3 of  5     108*      105 
  TRUCKEE RIVER ................................  8 of  8     148       151 
  LAKE TAHOE ...................................  8 of  8     104       157 
  CARSON RIVER .................................  9 of  9     158       144 
  WALKER RIVER .................................  6 of  6     157       136 
  KLAMATH ...................................... 15 of 18      75       127

Bitter cold after Christmas, high fuel prices, lots of unemployed and homeless, a low CO2 footprint- the stuff greenies fantasize about. This is what universities are teaching kids to strive for.

10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.

Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can?

– John Lennon

A box cutter is not much of a match for a .45 caliber bullet.

That gun free zone cost 4,000 lives, including this person

Winter Storm Draco – 2012 | Weather Underground

During snowy weeks, we are told that the snow is due to global warming. During non-snowy weeks we are told that skiing is doomed because of global warming is keeping it from snowing.

Parents of children at the Sandy Hook school have visited a gun store asking to buy weapons for protection in the wake of the shooting.

One gun shop owner in Newtown reported that a couple had been in his shop looking for something to help safeguard their family.

Sales of weapons have soared in the wake of Friday’s shooting, according to anecdotal evidence from stores.

The same happened in July after the Colorado movie theatre massacre: the number of people getting approval to buy a guns increased by 43% in a week.

US School Shooting ‘Sparks Rise In Gun Sales’