Federal regulations require that allegations of scientific misconduct be thoroughly investigated. But Hugh Tilson, editor-in-chief of the NIEHS journal Environmental Health Perspectives only thoroughly stonewalled us in the EPA human testing scandal involving “killer” airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5). We have elevated the matter to the Office of Research Integrity. Continue reading
NIH asked to investigate misconduct at Environmental Health Perspectives in EPA Human Testing Scandal
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NIH asked to investigate misconduct at Environmental Health Perspectives in EPA Human Testing Scandal (June 1) | EPA asked to investigate scientific misconduct (May 23) | EPA Inspector General Asked to Investigate Illegal Human Experimentation (May 14) | Journal editor rejects Milloy request to retract false case report of EPA human experiment (May 8) Continue reading
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MoJo: Toxic Flame Retardants: Now In Your Food
Mother Jones gets it right only in that there are traces of flame retardants in food. But they don’t bother to explain that the science is clear that they don’t harm anyone at those levels.
Posted in Flame retardants (PBDEs)
@NRDC Calls Chemical Industry “Pro-Cancer”
So much for calls for civility. In a blog posting, NRDC writes that the chemical industry wants to give you cancer.
Posted in Chemophobia
Hockey Schtick: New paper contradicts a tenet of global warming theory
A paper published today in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics finds that clouds located in the stratosphere over the poles act to cool the stratosphere by adiabatic cooling, which is the cooling of air parcels as they rise and expand, rather than by ‘trapping heat’ below the clouds resulting in ‘radiative cooling’ of the stratosphere above. Continue reading
S. Fred Singer: Romney’s Historic Opportunity: Low-Cost Energy Fuels Economic Recovery
Energy, the lifeblood of the economy, is the Achilles heel of President Barack Obama. Mitt Romney can win the November election if he concentrates his campaign on a sensible energy policy. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, gasoline prices, KXL, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
Pierre Gosselin: Despite Tens Of Billions Spent on Renewables And Steeper Energy Prices, Europe’s CO2 Output Climbs
It’s great to see what all those tens of billions of euros spent on renewable energies and the skyrocketing costs of electricity have accomplished. Nothing! Continue reading
An American Success Story in Paris
The production of natural gas from deep shale formations, thanks to the combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, was pioneered in the U.S. and it’s a technological breakthrough that continues to transform the nation’s energy economy. Continue reading
