The West’s largest hazardous-waste landfill is running out of room after four years of expansion attempts have been stymied by tragedy in nearby Kettleman City. Continue reading
Tag Archives: irrational fears
Kettleman City’s toxic landfill almost at capacity
Posted in Chemophobia
Tagged anti development, greenie obstructionists, irrational fears
Wal-Mart OK with selling genetically modified sweet corn
“Rejecting entreaties from consumers and activists, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it has no objection to selling a new crop of genetically modified sweet corn created by biotech giant Monsanto.“
Good. Let products stand or fall on what consumers buy, not on campaigns run by big organic trying to frighten people into paying exorbitant prices for inferior produce and limit competition from improved low-cost produce. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Development, Organic food
GM Potato Trial ‘Threatens Ireland’s Image’ – Among Anti-Science Activists, Anyway
Anti-science activists in a war on genetically modified organisms are for more pervasive than right-wing types who limited federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research 10 years ago – because right-wing people just wanted to let taxpayers opt out and left-wing zealots want things banned if it violates their naturalistic world view. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Pesticides
Women at risk: Health problems linked to environmental estrogens
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, the post hoc fallacy: Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Endocrine disrupt.
Tagged irrational fears, medical superstition
Fred Pearce: Are Fast-Breeder Reactors A Nuclear Power Panacea?
Proponents of this nuclear technology argue that it can eliminate large stockpiles of nuclear waste and generate huge amounts of low-carbon electricity. But as the battle over a major fast-breeder reactor in the UK intensifies, skeptics warn that fast-breeders are neither safe nor cost-effective. Continue reading
Researchers confirm link between economy, ‘green’ advertising
Demonstrating once again that “greenery” is reliant on affordability (making it a luxury good?). Whatever, only societies generating a societal surplus can afford environmentalism. I bet it really burns anti-capitalist greenies that they and their “issues” are completely dependent on wealth generation. Just look what a great job the US EPA is doing of destroying US environmentalism by assaulting the cheap abundant energy on which America’s wealth generation depends.
“The amount of “green” advertising rises and falls in conjunction with key indicators of economic growth. That’s what three Penn State researchers found when they examined 30 years of environmental advertising in National Geographic Magazine, America’s leading nature publication, and compared it to what was happening with the gross domestic product at various points in time.” Continue reading
Nuclear Energy Critic Loses Japan Election
A candidate who pushed an antinuclear agenda lost a closely watched race for governor in western Japan on Sunday, underscoring the challenges opponents of nuclear energy face in translating recent mass protests into votes. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, grid reliability, Nuclear power, Radiation
Tagged irrational fears
Germany’s energy transformation Energiewende
German plans to cut carbon emissions with renewable energy are ambitious, but they are also risky Continue reading
Matt Ridley: Three Cheers for Scientific Backbiting
If, as I argued last week, scientists are just as prone as everybody else to confirmation bias—the tendency to look for evidence to support rather than to test your own ideas—then how is it that science, unlike cults and superstitions, does change its mind and find new things? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Health, Scientific method
Tagged climate hysteria, dioxycarbophobia, irrational fears, research, weather superstition
Eye-roller: GM potato trial ‘threatens Ireland’s image’
Ireland’s environmental protection agency has approved the first trial of a genetically modified potato crop. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology
Tagged food superstition, greenie obstructionists, irrational fears
The “Science” Behind Generating Headlines
Last December, EPA released a draft report on water quality in tiny Pavillion, Wyo., which was immediately seized upon by opponents of natural gas development in the United States (and even around the world) as smoking-gun proof that hydraulic fracturing pollutes drinking water. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fracking, Media
Tagged activist propaganda, irrational fears, natural gas, shameless activists
Is It A Good Idea To Label Genetically Modified Foods?
“A new bill in California would force food producers to disclose if any genetically engineered ingredients were in what you eat. Is the law common sense or simply trying to hold back the future of food?“
The very act of labeling suggests to consumers there’s something potentially risky about X – if you don’t believe it try giving away bottles of water labeled “Contains DiHydrogen Monoxide” and see what reactions you get. Continue reading
Robert Bryce: Dirty but essential — that’s coal
We may not like coal, but given the insatiable demand for electricity, it will be powering the global economy for decades to come. Continue reading
People fell for the Montreal Protocol so, try tying warming to people’s cancer fears – that’ll get ‘em
“Climate concerns – Harvard researchers find link between climate change, ozone loss and possible increase in skin cancer incidence“
At first I thought this might be a spoof in The Onion or something but apparently this lot take themselves seriously. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Ozone depletion
Tagged climate fraud, irrational fears, weather superstition
No risk with GMO food, says EU chief scientific advisor
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are no riskier than their conventionally farmed equivalents, the European Commission’s Chief Scientific Advisor Anne Glover has told EurActiv in an exclusive interview, calling for countries impeding GMO use to be put to proof. Continue reading
Alaska’s new, lax pesticide rules squash public comment
“The Parnell administration is poised to allow poisonous herbicides such as 2,4-D — used in Agent Orange — to be sprayed on state highway rights of ways directly in front of private residences without any public comment or public hearings.“
2,4-D? So what? Major non-issue. Continue reading
Robin McKie: Arctic wilderness faces pollution threats as oil and gas giants target its riches
Melting ice caps, the influx of trawlers and tourists, and Shell’s £4bn investment to drill for fossil fuels in the Chukchi Sea all raise fears Continue reading
Henry Payne: CO2 reductions good for nothing
“What the government has not mandated, the economy is doing on its own: emissions of global warming gases in the United States are down,” thrills New York Times’ reporter Matthew Wald. “In part, the Great Recession has been good for something.” Continue reading
Canada energy industry told to improve its green reputation
A Canadian Senate report has warned the industry it must improve its environmental performance Continue reading
Brown out in Arctic apples raises GM ire
A NEW type of apple — the Arctic — has been developed in Canada that does not brown when sliced, diced or bruised. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology
Tagged food fears, food superstition, irrational fears
