EPA is slowed in its “arbitrary and capricious” effort to kill 15,000 agricultural jobs. Continue reading Cattlemen vindicated over EPA court ruling
Day: February 24, 2012
Atrazine: Demonizing Defendants
We can understand why plaintiffs’ lawyers and allied advocates for the organic food industry would seek to demonize what they see as a deep-pocket defendant and a competitor. But why would Madison County judges ignore overwhelming science and favor the plaintiffs when so many of the county’s tax-paying residents earn their livelihoods in conventional agriculture? Continue reading Atrazine: Demonizing Defendants
Claim: Fracking depletes water supply
Water is the most abundant substance on the planet. Necessity is the mother of invention. Continue reading Claim: Fracking depletes water supply
Monbiot: Gleick should not have apologized
Now this is denial. Continue reading Monbiot: Gleick should not have apologized
Monbiot attacks Booker over $1,000 Heartland honorarium
Why Monbiot has earned from JunkScience.com the sobriquet “Moonbat.” Continue reading Monbiot attacks Booker over $1,000 Heartland honorarium
Cap-and-trade an issue in Democratic Congressional Primary
“Obama’s bill contained too many scientific and technical flaws as well as ‘business nonsense'” for Democrat Bill Foster to support it.” Continue reading Cap-and-trade an issue in Democratic Congressional Primary
English: Utah E-Cigarette Ban Based On Junk Science
“‘With tobacco cigarettes a user generally knows how much nicotine is being consumed. … When it comes to an electronic cigarette, you just don’t know …’ This is also entirely false.” Continue reading English: Utah E-Cigarette Ban Based On Junk Science
Kevin Roeten: Mercury Toxicity from Power Plants?
“There are over 250 known phobias, and chemophobia seems to be the most common fear.” Continue reading Kevin Roeten: Mercury Toxicity from Power Plants?
Unilluminated: Gleick canned by San Francisco Chronicle
The Chronicle no longer considers Peter Gleick to be a local “luminary.” Continue reading Unilluminated: Gleick canned by San Francisco Chronicle
Al Gore hits Heartland
Al Gore is the best weapon that skeptics have. Continue reading Al Gore hits Heartland
Anti-fracking order may resurface in Albany
“Some critics of the ban panned it as symbolic because Albany doesn’t sit atop Marcellus Shale rock formation most coveted by the gas industry.” Continue reading Anti-fracking order may resurface in Albany
Hope for SMU: Response to: ‘Keep America pro-science’
We spotlighted yesterday a “pro-science” commentary by a voice performance major in the SMU student newspaper. Here’s a student response. Continue reading Hope for SMU: Response to: ‘Keep America pro-science’