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NYU med prof claims bus exhaust caused 3-week hospitalization for asthma attack — RealityDrop: EPA exposes asthmatics to 10x more diesel with no harm

From the ongoing Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing. As it turns out, the “victim” had a pre-existing pulmonary condition but nevertheless stood at the bus exhaust pipe for 5 minutes or so. Continue reading NYU med prof claims bus exhaust caused 3-week hospitalization for asthma attack — RealityDrop: EPA exposes asthmatics to 10x more diesel with no harm

Laugher: Montana enviro says exporting Montana coal would kill Chinese — RealityDrop: Chinese coal isn’t killing any Chinese

Montana could be contributing to the death and destruction of China’s people. Continue reading Laugher: Montana enviro says exporting Montana coal would kill Chinese — RealityDrop: Chinese coal isn’t killing any Chinese

UN: Air pollution kills more than AIDS, malaria — RealityDrop: Enviros failed to produce a single body in the 2 years we’ve been asking

Hogwash. Show us a body… someone killed by ambient air pollution… even from China or India. So far the enviros have produced not a one. Continue reading UN: Air pollution kills more than AIDS, malaria — RealityDrop: Enviros failed to produce a single body in the 2 years we’ve been asking

Claim: Air pollution in California associated with childhood cancer — So where was all the childhood cancer in the 1950s, 60s and 70s?

If this association were true, there would have been a huge spike in childhood cancer during the 1950s and 1960s. This is junk science because the weak statistical associations are based on unknown exposure data (exposure data is only guesstimated) and the biological implausibility of lumping different types of cancer together (i.e., if an exposure causes cancer, it probably causes one sort of cancer not all sorts). Continue reading Claim: Air pollution in California associated with childhood cancer — So where was all the childhood cancer in the 1950s, 60s and 70s?

Irony: Gov. Moonbeam agrees to help Beijing clean its dirty air; But America’s “worst” air is in California

With all California’s problems, does Jerry Brown really have so much spare time that he can afford to be an air pollution consultant to Beijing? Continue reading Irony: Gov. Moonbeam agrees to help Beijing clean its dirty air; But America’s “worst” air is in California

Lisa Jackson pushes canard that $1 worth of EPA rules bring $30 in economic benefits

Jackson’s EPA once asserted that two of its rules — the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and the Mercury Air Toxics Standard — would annually produce benefits of $380 billion — equal to about 2.5% of US GDP! Continue reading Lisa Jackson pushes canard that $1 worth of EPA rules bring $30 in economic benefits

Study: EPA rules endanger coal even if gas glut lifts

“A new study finds that Environmental Protection Agency pollution rules could increasingly prompt power companies to abandon coal and turn to natural gas — even if gas prices soar above their currently low levels.” Continue reading Study: EPA rules endanger coal even if gas glut lifts