The EPA’s Science Advisory Board has endorsed the EPA’s draft Report to Congress on Black Carbon, which concludes that black carbon emissions are the second or third leading cause of global warming. But check out the report’s charts on historical black carbon emissions (pages 4-37 to 4-39). Let us know if you find some correlation between historical black carbon emissions and historical temperatures.
Day: June 27, 2011
UN underscores arbitrariness of chemical bans
Canada and the Ukraine successfully blocked the banning of chrysotile asbestos from the UN’s politically incorrect list of chemicals that can be banned from import as hazardous. The two countries argued that chrysotile asbestos shouldn’t be banned because it can be handled safely. Of course, there’s not a chemical on the Rotterdam list that can’t be handled and/or used safely. Chemical bans are arbitrary, silly and harmful.
New BPA scare: Male mice less hunky to females?
Is your significant other turned off after you consume canned food? Do you have trouble finding your way home after touching a cash register receipt? Continue reading New BPA scare: Male mice less hunky to females?
A Lesson in Limited Government: Dow Chemical vs. Natural Gas Industry
Today’s lesson in why “limited government” is the best government comes courtesy of Dow Chemical and the natural gas industry. Continue reading A Lesson in Limited Government: Dow Chemical vs. Natural Gas Industry
NYTimes assault on fracking continues
The New York Times continued its assault on hydraulic farcturing for natural gas (“fracking”) over the weekend and today with two front-page articles attempting to position the unconventional gas industry as a scam. Continue reading NYTimes assault on fracking continues