The snow storm on April 1 only fools those who believe government lobbyists never manipulate climate data to push a highly profitable narrative. The Congressional Research Service estimated total federal spending on climate change at $77 billion from fiscal 2008 through 2013 ($110 billion by 2017). During that time, I have been preparing my Maine […]
Mike Brakey
Solar power not the answer
I support Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of the poor solar power legislation. Maine recently announced it has risen to 21st among states when it comes to solar capacity per capita (watts/person). Nevada is No. 1 at 429 watts/person; Hawaii is No.2 at 394; and California is No. 3 at 338. What happens in Las Vegas […]
M. Brakey: NOAA fudging Maine climate data
Unbeknownst to most Mainers, on May 6 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration admitted to introducing Canadian weather stations and rewriting state climate history in 2011 and early 2014. NOAA dramatically lowered Maine temperature averages between these rewrites. In the federal government’s frenzy to preserve the mantra of continuous global warming, 254 degrees of Maine […]
M. Brakey: A discrepancy in data
I am writing in response to the AP article, “New fed data show no stopping or slowing of global warming,” published in the Sun Journal on June 5. The statements by Washington’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are likely in response to a controversy taking place right here in the Lewiston area. I have unfiltered temperature […]