The Columbia Journalism Review says “covering government efforts to improve the nation’s eating habits is more complicated than it seems.” Continue reading Policing the food police (part 1): The assault on salt
Author: Steve Milloy
Liberal Charity: ex-TraderJoe’s exec leads effort to give expired food to poor
What happens when liberals run out of other-people’s-money to give away. Continue reading Liberal Charity: ex-TraderJoe’s exec leads effort to give expired food to poor
What the Oil Business Could Learn From the NRA
The gun lobby isn’t naïve, and it refuses to cede the moral high ground. Continue reading What the Oil Business Could Learn From the NRA
Gnarly: Great White Sharks Protected Off Calif. Coast
Will surfers become the endangered species? Continue reading Gnarly: Great White Sharks Protected Off Calif. Coast
Federal Agency Undermining State Offshore Wind Plans, Backers Say
Hmmm… clean energy type don’t like the federal interference either. Continue reading Federal Agency Undermining State Offshore Wind Plans, Backers Say
Claim: BPA causes asthma
Aside from the improper use of statistical analysis and lack of biological plausibility, widespread BPA use predates the supposed “epidemic” of asthma by decades. Continue reading Claim: BPA causes asthma
Claim: Study of Ice Age Bolsters Carbon and Warming Link
The study claims to narrow the gap between higher temps preceding higher CO2 — but even so, so what… a gap (or even no gap) is still a gap. Continue reading Claim: Study of Ice Age Bolsters Carbon and Warming Link
Kerry’s global warming crusade
“The paint hadn’t dried on Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s new Foggy Bottom digs before he laid out his agenda for higher taxes and job-killing regulations that would put the United States at a disadvantage with the rest of the world. This was the pressing foreign-policy issue he chose to address in his first major speech as America’s chief diplomat.” Continue reading Kerry’s global warming crusade
Study: American women overweight because they don’t vacuum, iron
Phew… I thought it was BPA. Continue reading Study: American women overweight because they don’t vacuum, iron
Marin Environmentalist Claims Recreating Extinct Species Is Possible
“Speaking from the prestigious TED Conference in Long Beach Wednesday, Sausalito activist Stewart Brand said scientists are developing the ability to reassemble an extinct animal’s genome, and even recreate the animal itself.” Continue reading Marin Environmentalist Claims Recreating Extinct Species Is Possible
McKibben: ‘God has set [the Keystone XL pipeline] up as the most perfect pure test there could be’
McKibben also apparently doesn’t believe in Peak Oil. Continue reading McKibben: ‘God has set [the Keystone XL pipeline] up as the most perfect pure test there could be’
Lawsuit challenges coal mine approvals in 4 states
“An environmental group seeking to temporarily halt mining at seven coal mines in four states has sued the federal government, saying Thursday the approval of the mines allowed companies to dig up a combined 1.3 billion tons of the fuel across the Rocky Mountain West…
…The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Colorado by WildEarth Guardians alleges the Department of Interior approvals were illegal because no public notice was given.”