“There is nothing environmental about exporting manufacturing jobs abroad” Continue reading
Daily Archives: January 4, 2012
California clean air regulations could “wipe out” Hydro’s export revenues
California’s new carbon cap-and-trade regulations will require BC Hydro’s power exporting arm to buy costly carbon credits beginning in January, 2013 Continue reading
Posted in Carbon offsets, Clean energy
IBD: Renewable Fuel Standards Formula For Global Poverty
Anyone remember the “tortilla riots?” Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biofuels
IBD: Vast Web Of Federal Regulation Causing Drug Shortages
The number of prescription drug shortages shot up to a record 267 in 2011, nearly four times the level of just seven years ago, a new report says. It’s a shortage made in Washington. Continue reading
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Posted in Health
Canada’s Oil Sands Battle Headwind
Canada’s oil sands hold some of the world’s biggest oil deposits and logically should be America’s best guarantor for energy security Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
U.S. Taxpayers Cover Nearly Half the Cost of U.N.’s Global Warming Panel
An absurd situation given that the entire charade is an assault on US industrial might Continue reading
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Posted in IPCC
GM moves EV development to China
That will make the Volt even more environmentally friendly. Continue reading
Posted in Electric vehicles
More Brown Jobs
Now foreign investors are betting on America’s shale boom Continue reading
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Posted in Fracking, Oil and gas
Georgia ethanol plant sold, at taxpayers’ loss
The Range fiasco harkens other, failed renewable energy companies that received major taxpayer funding Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Renewable fuel
EPA Harbor Clean-up Backfires
The fish in the Richmond, Calif. harbor are more contaminated with long-banned chemicals. Continue reading
Posted in EPA, Water pollutiuon
Trzupek: Bad Environmental Reporting: Exhibit A
“Excuse the Britishism here, but it’s appropriate: Steve Jones’ column in the Daily Telegraph yesterday is Exhibit A in showing how bloody thick journalists are when they write about environmental issues.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Ohio Mayor buys earthquake insurance for fracking; Seeks moratorium
Fracking hysteria hits Ohio. Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
Report: CDC to medicalize fracking
Fracking is not a public health issue; but the Obama administration wants to turn it into one. Continue reading
Posted in Fracking
Chevy Volt misses first-year sales target
Of course, GM has offered to buy them all back. Continue reading
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Posted in Electric vehicles
Markey attacks gas exports in bid to hurt coal — and help chemicals?
Here’s some common ground for competing fossil fuel interests. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Whistleblower: Keystone XL Pipeline Not Safe
We tend to be suspicious of people who say they’ve involved themselves in controversy because their kids encouraged it. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Ecuador: Chevron loses appeal against $18 billion pollution fine
That’s about 16% of Ecuador’s GDP. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Rust: Beware EPA Bearing Gifts
By Dr. James Rust
January 4, 2012, JunkScience.com
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman posted a column in the December 31 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Why we should celebrate the gift of new EPA rules.” Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA, Mercury
Earn $500 in JunkScience.com’s Himalayan Glacier Melt Challenge
Glacier-hard cash in your pocket… all you have to do is attend a movie screening, ask a question and send us a video. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Letter: DDT ban has deadly consequences
Kudos to Wayne Michaelchuck (Gibbstown, NJ) for this terrific letter-to-the-editor of the Gloucester County Times. Continue reading
Posted in DDT and wildlife, Fighting back
