You would think some adult at the White House would take notice when 30 lawsuits, including many by states, have been filed against the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. Click to read New York Times coverage.
Month: October 2011
Perry to announce energy plan on Friday
Rick Perry plans to make a major policy speech on Friday in Pittsburgh on jobs and energy, reports the Dallas Morning News. We’re interested in this because… Continue reading Perry to announce energy plan on Friday
Monarch butterfly back as green cause celebre
Foiled when their Bt corn-monarch butterfly scare failed at the turn of the millenium, the greens are resurrecting the monarch scare with a multi-pronged attack. Continue reading Monarch butterfly back as green cause celebre
Shocker: Labor calls on EPA to delay air rule
Does this mark the end of the Big Green-Big Labor marriage? Who gets stuck with their kids (i.e., the anti-jobs regulations)? Continue reading Shocker: Labor calls on EPA to delay air rule
Alarmists push back — on Al Gore!
“Al Gore is doing a disservice to science by overplaying the link between climate change and weather” is the title of a commentary written by alarmist Myles Allen in the alarmist The Guardian. Continue reading Alarmists push back — on Al Gore!
Action item: Demand natural variability included in next round of fed climate research
Now is the time to demand that natural variability be the focus of the U.S. Government’s climate change research program. Continue reading Action item: Demand natural variability included in next round of fed climate research
Pregnant mothers at risk from air pollution?
Does air pollution in Los Angeles County increase the risk of pre-term birth by 30 percent? Continue reading Pregnant mothers at risk from air pollution?
JunkScience.com right again: No prostate test for healthy men
“Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided,” reports the New York Times. But JunkScience.com was all over this more than 13 years ago. Continue reading JunkScience.com right again: No prostate test for healthy men
Rethinking climate change as a security threat
“Once upon a time climate change was a strictly environment and development issue. Today it has become a matter of national and international security. Efforts to link climate change with violent conflict may not be based on solid evidence, but they have certainly captured the attention of governments,” says the International Institute for Environment and Development. Continue reading Rethinking climate change as a security threat
Congress (finally) asks: Is science driving EPA policy, or is policy driving science?
Seventeen years after Steve Milloy’s seminal and controversial investigation on behalf of the Department of Energy into whether EPA regulations are driven by science or politics, the House Energy and Commerce Committee gets around to exploring the issue. Continue reading Congress (finally) asks: Is science driving EPA policy, or is policy driving science?
Anti-Salt Agenda of Federal Govt. Violates Law, Ignores Recent Science, Says Salt Institute
The U.S. Dietary Guidelines on sodium should be withdrawn and government plans to regulate salt consumption halted because the process has been compromised by a conflict of interest and a disregard for a decade of peer-reviewed scientific studies, says the Salt Institute. Continue reading Anti-Salt Agenda of Federal Govt. Violates Law, Ignores Recent Science, Says Salt Institute
Romney & Obama: Carbon Copies
Check out the new Rick Perry ad which includes an audio clip and photo of Mitt Romney saying about a Massachusetts coal plant, “I will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people, and that plant, that plant kills people.” Continue reading Romney & Obama: Carbon Copies