Physics professor Howard Hayden offers the editors of Physics Today a simple algebraic exercise to alleviate climate alarmism. Continue reading Hayden: All you need is elementary algebra
Author: Steve Milloy
Romney vague, confused on environment, EPA
Why is it that Republicans can’t seem to wrap their brains around their tongues when it comes to the environment? Continue reading Romney vague, confused on environment, EPA
Obesity not associated with heart disease?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports bad news for the obesity industry. Continue reading Obesity not associated with heart disease?
Ozone not correlated with asthma hospitalizations, reports new JunkScience.com study
In the spirit of our 1999 debunking of the dioxin scare via original research, we now turn our sights on EPA’s air pollution hysteria. Continue reading Ozone not correlated with asthma hospitalizations, reports new JunkScience.com study
Media Matters ranks Junkman, Stossel as #1 in 'Fox's Top 10 Lies About The EPA This Year'
George Soros-funded Media Matters credits JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy and Fox News’ John Stossel with telling the number one “lie” about EPA this year. Continue reading Media Matters ranks Junkman, Stossel as #1 in 'Fox's Top 10 Lies About The EPA This Year'
Climate propaganda for kids trashed in Michigan
Congrats to the Michigan Farm Bureau for successfully combatting “A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids,” a book that was being marketed to Michigan school districts for seventh graders. (Kalamazoo Gazette)
Global warming to bring back Black Death?
Nature reports that extant strains of Yersinia pestis are very similar to the Black Death bacterium that wiped out half of Europe in the 14th century — meaning that environment ought to be at the forefront of concern for the plague’s potential return. Continue reading Global warming to bring back Black Death?
2,4-D to make a comeback?
First it was Pepsi Throwback. Now it’s herbicide throwback. Continue reading 2,4-D to make a comeback?
Quote of the Day: Issa on enviro agenda
At today’s House Oversight & Reform Committee Hearing entitled, “Running on Empty: How the Obama Administration’s Green Energy Gamble Will Impact Small Business & Consumers”, Chairman Darrell Issa offhandedly described the agenda of the Natural Resources Defense Council as… Continue reading Quote of the Day: Issa on enviro agenda
WSJ: Government vs. EPA
“The Environmental Protection Agency’s political agenda hasn’t gotten any less reckless, but the news is that the rest of the government is beginning to notice—including a majority of the states and even other regulators… Between the Governors and AGs, some 27 states are merely asking the EPA to delay the final [“Clean Air Mercury Rule” or “Utility MACT”) until the risks can be properly quantified…” (Wall Street Journal)
WSJ: Red Flags for Green Energy
“… $15 million went to train workers in skills such as solar-panel installation, but 62% of that program’s alumni remain jobless, according to the [California] Employment Development Department… Nationwide, jobs related to energy efficiency rose to 2.7 million people last year, up 27% from 2003, compared with overall job growth of 33%, according to the Brookings Institution.” (Wall Street Journal)
IBD: Labor Dept. Program Spends $121,000 Per Green Job
“The Department of Labor has spent $162 million on its own green jobs program, which has found steady work for just 1,336 people as of June. That’s just 2% of what the program targeted.” (Investors Business Daily)