A new book and the temperatures in the Mountains

One of the many significant salient points that Donna Laframboise makes in her new book on the IPCC lies in the predilection of the IPCC aut...

Wyoming combined temperatures

As with New Mexico , Wyoming has 29 USHCN weather stations, however it has two GISS stations at Casper and Lander, WY, rather than just the...

Nuclear weapons and oil shale

There is a distinct possibility that we will see the global supply of oil begin to decline within the next decade. In fact the drop may com...

Burning coal in place, or Underground Coal Gasification

Last week I wrote about the SAGD process and how it is used to extract the heavy oil/bitumen from the oil sands up in Alberta. What I will ...

Looking back at 2009

This has been an interesting year to look back on. The change in the Administration and the difference in outlook that they bring to many o...

T9. Surface Mining of Coal

Coal, as most of you know, is found as a layer in the ground. It can be found at a variety of depths and in a wide range of thicknesses. S...

P30 Pick Points

Half-a-dozen or so stories of interest: Moving to undo some of the last actions of the Bush Administration Interior Secretary Salazar has ca...