“When news broke this year that Diederik Stapel, a prominent Dutch social psychologist, was faking his results on dozens of experiments, the fallout was swift, brutal and global.” Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
PETA seeks roadside memorials for meat that didn’t make it
“Slippery when slathered in A-1″? Continue reading
Posted in Animal rights
Peak shale gas?
“It’d be easy to analogize the small group of analysts who continue to believe the world is imminently running out of oil and natural gas to the stranded Imperial Japanese soldiers who, upon being discovered in the jungles of Guam and Indonesia in the 1970s, refused to accept that the second World War had decades earlier come to a close.” Continue reading
Posted in Fracking, Oil and gas
Brown pelicans not harmed by DDT either
Thanks to Florida journalist Charles Sobczak for the opportunity to debunk another DDT myth. Continue reading
Posted in DDT and wildlife
Myer: War on Coal Is Cynical Politics
“Were it a proven fact that coal-fired power plants had to be shut down to safeguard the public’s health and protect the planet, it would be one thing. But it isn’t.” Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, Coal, EPA
Endangered Enviros: CBD’s ‘Hump Smarter Hotline’
We applaud the Center for Biological Diversity for counseling enviros to breed themselves out of existence. Continue reading
Posted in Population
Agent Orange for Breakfast?
The editors of Sioux Falls’ Argus-Leader show how much they don’t know about dioxin. Continue reading
Posted in Dioxin
Top Ten JunkScience.com Stories of 2011
By popular choice. Drum roll please… Continue reading
Posted in From the Publisher & Editor
WashPost: Mild winter is not global warming?
“At the National Arboretum, the white petals of snowdrops — normally an early spring flower — have unfurled,” reports the Washington Post. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Gingrich kills climate chapter in new book
We’d been pushing on this since the Los Angeles Times first reported (Dec. 9) on the upcoming book. Continue reading
Posted in Battle of 2012, Climate Change
Win: EPA Cross-State Emissions Rule Stayed by Court!
Yea! Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA
Is low-level radiation more potent than high-level radiation?
Should the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of low-level radiation be set at greater than 1? Continue reading
Posted in Radiation
Explosive: Fisker Recall for Battery Fire Risk
Yes, but can taxpayers recall their $528 million subsidy for the Made-in-Finland cars? Continue reading
Posted in Electric vehicles
Battle of 2012: Rep. Bob Latta v. Angela Zimmann
Help Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) continue his valiant efforts to rein in the EPA. Continue reading
Posted in Battle of 2012, EPA, Fighting back
Indoor swimming reduces testosterone in adolescent males?
Scrotal absorption? Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Endocrine disrupters
FDA on Food Coloring: It’s the Kids Not the Chemicals
Still the FDA tries dancing around activist sensitivities. Continue reading
Posted in Food additives and preservatives
Calif. solar users whine about novel fee
Who says solar is “the right thing to do”? Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Landrigan: Scientific evidence unnecessary to condemn chemicals
We’ll just let Phil decide? Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Precautionary principle
EPA mercury rules to raise Louisiana electricity prices by 25%
Breathe the new air. Same as the old air — just more expensive. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA, Mercury
Clean teeth reduce pneumonia risk?
Regular brushing is a good idea even without this half-baked study. Continue reading
Posted in Odds and ends
