So where was all the autism from, say, 1940-1980 when U.S. air was not nearly as clean as it is today? In the 1950s and 1960s, Los Angeles air often hit ozone levels of 500 ppb — compare with today’s worst case levels of about 90 ppb. Pittsburgh-area air could contain more than 500+ micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter 50% of the time — compare with today’s worst-case of maybe 40-50 micrograms per cubic meter. Ouch, it must hurt epidemiologists to think. [Los Angeles Times]
Month: November 2012
Harvard endowment to keep [hearting] fossil fuels
“Harvard is not considering divesting from companies related to fossil fuels.” [Harvard Crimson]
Alarmist MacCracken gives up ghost on CO2 cuts
“Indeed, cutting emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) today won’t eliminate a climate change-induced pattern favoring more severe storms and extreme weather.” [Michael MacCracken, NJNet.com]
TriHealth fires 150 employees for not getting flu shots
How can you be fired for not getting a vaccine that probably doesn’t work in the first place? [WLWT.com]
Horner: EPA administrators invent excuses to avoid transparency
Apparently like Steven Seagal, EPA is above the law. [Washington Examiner]
Divine Right of EPA: Agency says it's above the law on human testing
EPA tells the federal court hearing the illegal human testing suit that the agency answers to nothing and no one — i.e., no law and no judge. Continue reading Divine Right of EPA: Agency says it's above the law on human testing
Finally… some truth from Pravda?
“The Communists have won in America with Obama…[who] has been re-elected for a 2nd term by an illiterate society… President Vladimir Putin could never have imagined anyone so ignorant or so willing to destroy their people like Obama much less seeing millions vote for someone like Obama. They read history in America don’t they? Alas, the schools in the U.S. were conquered by the Communists long ago and history was revised thus paving the way for their Communist presidents…” [Xavier Lerma in Pravda]
NYTimes: Is This the End?
In this New York Times front-page Sunday Review article, opinion writer James Atlas frets about climate change destroying New York City. Atlas comes to the correct conclusion about pointless fretting (i.e., enjoy what you have while you have it) but also (inadvertently) debunks the notion of manmade climate change as a cause. Continue reading NYTimes: Is This the End?
Tucker: Romney should have embraced a carbon tax
William Tucker laughably argues in the American Spectator that Romney should have embraced a carbon tax to win the election and that millions of [presumably voting] Americans care about Mayor Bloomberg’s views on climate. [American Spectator]
EPA asks court to dismiss human testing lawsuit
The EPA has asked a federal court to dismiss our lawsuit asking for an injunction against EPA’s illegal human testing. Continue reading EPA asks court to dismiss human testing lawsuit
Effort to Curb Dangerous Coolant Falters, Sometimes at Home
Is your HVAC tech simultaneously causing ozone depletion and global warming? [NYTimes]
Off-topic of the Day: WashPost Says Attack on Rice is Racist
Affirmative action hits politics? The Washington Post editorializes that white male politicians, especially from the South, ought not question black politicians. [Washington Post]