By Steve Milloy
July 6, 2011, The Washington Times
The next month is a good time for Congressional Republicans to move beyond empty gestures to solve the job-killing and economy-slowing problem that is the Obama Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading Last chance for GOP to stop EPA train wreck
“Moderate reductions in the amount of salt people eat doesn’t reduce their likelihood of dying or experiencing cardiovascular disease,” reports a systematic review published in the latest edition of The Cochrane Library.
A Stanford social psychologist claims his poll of 1,001 adults conducted in November 2010 shows that Republican candidates who take a “green” position on climate change gain far more votes from Democrat and Independent voters than they lose from Republican voters.
The “non-green” position included the statement that “climate science is junk science” and that “cap-and-trade is a job killer and damages our economy.”
The poll was funded by a September 2010 grant from the Obama administration’s National Science Foundation in the amount of $200,000.
Isn’t it nice that the Obama administration is trying to help Republicans get elected? Very post-partisan.
Apparently desperate to stop the race for the Arctic’s resources, climate alarmists will attempt to link Arctic emissions with Arctic warming, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading Arctic emissions cause Arctic warming?
In November 2009, Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander excused reporter Juliet Eilperin’s biased coverage of climate stories, but he also warned her that readers would be watching — presumably even on national holidays like the Fourth of July. Continue reading Juliet Eilperin flouts WashPost Ombudsman
Medicare and Medicaid will continue to pay for Avastin prescribed for breast cancer even though the drug offers no meaningful benefits — certainly none worth $88,000 per patient per year to taxpayers. It will be hard to control the Medicare entitlement if snake oil is to be made available on demand.
Electric vehicles aren’t having much of a present; it’s hard to see how they have much of a future. Continue reading Mazda CEO: Not much future for EVs
If you want the EPA reined in, you need to take action now. Continue reading Action item: Stop EPA in debt ceiling deal
The EPA has (inadvertently?) hit upon a new means of reducing CO2 emissions. Continue reading EPA: Don't breathe!