EPA-funded University of Rochester researchers test deadly air pollutant on diabetics

You’d think a guy with the name like “Günter Oberdörster” would avoid illegal human experiments like the plague. Continue reading EPA-funded University of Rochester researchers test deadly air pollutant on diabetics

Teenager died in 1996 government-funded air pollution experiment at Univ. Rochester; University now using diabetics as air pollution guinea pigs

We can now say that government-sponsored air pollution experiments have killed more people than any recent air pollution. Continue reading Teenager died in 1996 government-funded air pollution experiment at Univ. Rochester; University now using diabetics as air pollution guinea pigs

Study: Cold cities less sustainable than warm cities — Not green: Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Rochester, Buffalo and Chicago

“In simple terms, it takes less energy to cool a room down by one degree than it does to heat it up by one degree.” Continue reading Study: Cold cities less sustainable than warm cities — Not green: Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Rochester, Buffalo and Chicago

William ‘Carnival’ Barker attacks Milloy Wall Street Journal op-ed on secret science

My March 27 Wall Street Journal op-ed “The EPA Cleans Up Its Science” was attacked in a letter-to-the-editor by University of Rochester emeritus professor William H. Barker. I report you decide — and don’t let the title of this article do it for you.

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Absurdity of the Day: Adam Frank’s ‘Welcome to the Age of Denial’

The University of Rochester’s Adam Frank does a slash-and-burn job on climate skeptics in today’s New York Times. Continue reading Absurdity of the Day: Adam Frank’s ‘Welcome to the Age of Denial’