Watch for the butterfly net to overtake the hockey stick in global warming symbolism. Continue reading Michael Mann implies that skeptics might have weaponized anthrax and would commit bioterrorism
Day: March 24, 2013
Suit filed against EPA over killing bees
“This first-ever suit filed in San Francisco says the EPA is allowing the “ongoing use of pesticide products,” known as neonicotinoids in violation of federal law.” Continue reading Suit filed against EPA over killing bees
Don’t Fear the ‘Frankenfish’: Why Rich Americans Should Drop Their War on Genetically Modified Foods
“Upper crust grocery stores like Whole Foods are taking a moral stand against genetically modified meat and vegetables, even though these products could help solve hunger for billions.” Continue reading Don’t Fear the ‘Frankenfish’: Why Rich Americans Should Drop Their War on Genetically Modified Foods
The Atlantic: How Health Research Misdirects Us
While this article is targeted at the pharmaceutical, nutriceutical and dietary supplement industries, it could just as well be applied to the junk science techniques of environmentalists, chemophobes and food nannies. Continue reading The Atlantic: How Health Research Misdirects Us
Bad blood of research: Do human experimenters take the ‘informed consent’ requirement seriously?
A psychiatrist recommends a patient for a University of Minnesota antipsychotic clinical trial — even though one week earlier the psychiatrist recommended the patient be involuntarily committed. The patient subsequently committed suicide, possibly but not certainly because of the medication. Question: How could patient possibly have provided “informed consent” to participate in the clinical trial? Continue reading Bad blood of research: Do human experimenters take the ‘informed consent’ requirement seriously?
Stanford Prof: ‘It’s absolutely not true that we need natural gas, coal or oil — we think it’s a myth’
ClimateProgress: We are 80 ppm of CO2 away from extinction
Does Joe Romm know that the next 80 ppm of atmospheric CO2 will have less effect on the atmosphere than the previous 80 ppm? Continue reading ClimateProgress: We are 80 ppm of CO2 away from extinction
Al Gore also spurned in Senate vote
Not just carbon taxes. Continue reading Al Gore also spurned in Senate vote
Hansen-made retroactive global warming: Over the past year, Hansen caused 0.15 degrees C of warming from 1910-2012
Jim Hansen has created about 0.15 degrees C of warming all by his lonesome. Continue reading Hansen-made retroactive global warming: Over the past year, Hansen caused 0.15 degrees C of warming from 1910-2012
Not a Joke: Disgraced Thief Peter Gleick Poses for ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award
Amazingly, not for stealing e-mails or forging documents! Continue reading Not a Joke: Disgraced Thief Peter Gleick Poses for ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award
Britain gets worst snow in 30 years; Flashback to March 2000 — ‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is’ Climategater said
That’s what Climategater David Viner told The Independent in March 2000. Continue reading Britain gets worst snow in 30 years; Flashback to March 2000 — ‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is’ Climategater said