Published November 05, 2011 FoxNews.com This one’s really off the radar. Wind farms, along with solar power and other alternative energy sources, are supposed to produce the energy of tomorrow. Evidence indicates that their countless whirring fan blades produce something else: “blank spots” that distort radar readings.  Now government agencies that depend on radar — [...]

By Rep. Ed Whitfield Published November 01, 2011 FoxNews.com Economists call it “the jobs multiplier effect” – each new job created in turn supports other new jobs. A new pool of workers means new salaries being spent in local economies for everyday needs at places like the supermarket, the car dealer, or the dentist.  The [...]

A carbon tax on U.S. airline passengers. Oct 27, 2011 WSJ Who says bipartisanship is kaput in Washington, D.C.? Last week the House passed a bill that would bar U.S. airlines from complying with a European Union directive that requires all airliners flying to Europe to buy carbon-emissions permits. Sponsored by Transportation Chairman John Mica [...]

As the world retreats from cap and trade, Sacramento signs on. Oct 31, 2011 WSJ It may be time for California to formally apply for membership in the European Union. Its taxing, borrowing and regulatory policies are already more in line with the southern tier of Euroland than with other U.S. states, and the Golden [...]

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Oct 28, 2011 A foot of heavy wet, back-breaking snow will plaster areas north and west of I-95 Saturday, causing massive power outages, downed trees and travel nightmares. ALSO: Saturday vs. Oct. 1987 New England Snow Storm The storm will hit hard and fast, traveling from southwest to northeast [...]

By Victor Davis Hanson (Archive) · Thursday, October 27, 2011 Not long ago, candidate Obama promised to cool the planet and lower the rising seas. Indeed, he campaigned on passing “cap-and-trade” legislation, a radical, costly effort to reduce America’s traditional carbon energy use. The theory was that new taxes and greater regulations would make Americans [...]

Moving on from climate virtue. OCTOMER 25, 2011 WSJ The United Nations will convene its 17th annual climate-change conference next month in Durban, South Africa, with the purpose of sealing a new carbon-cutting deal to succeed the soon-to-expire 1997 Kyoto Protocol. It promises to be a historic event, if not in the way the organizers [...]

By Debra Saunders (Archive) · Tuesday, October 25, 2011 What is the purpose of high-occupancy vehicle lanes? Is it to make people who aren’t in car pool lanes feel resentful? Or, as University of California, Berkeley civil and environmental engineering professor Michael Cassidy believes, is the goal to reduce the number of people-hours traveled? Cassidy [...]

Published October 24, 2011 Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey –  Rescue teams on Monday sifted through rubble of flattened multistory buildings to try to reach dozens of people believed trapped beneath after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey. Cries of panic and horror filled the air as the earthquake struck, killing at least 238 people as [...]

Published October 23, 2011 Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey –  A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing at least two buildings in the center of eastern city of Van, the mayor said. “Two buildings collapsed in Van, but the telephone system is jammed due to panic and we can’t assess the entire damage immediately,” Bekir [...]