By Steve Milloy
The League of Women Voters is attacking Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in a TV ad accusing him of siding with “polluters” over “people.” A closer look at the facts, however, reveals that it’s the LWV that’s fouling the air. Continue reading In league with junk science
Clinton administration energy chief and former UN ambassador Bill Richardson hopes the killing of Osama bin Laden improves the prospects for climate legislation. According to Politico, Richardson said:
My hope is that from this success in the foreign policy arena two days ago, that he will be emboldened to take once again to the Congress legislation — not just to increase a renewable energy standard — but climate change legislation that this country and the world need… We can sit back and say, well we’ll wait until the next election, wait until the political climate is better. You know if we do that, we’re doomed — if we don’t take action right away.
Ironically, bin Laden was Richardson’s ideological kinsman on climate.
By Steve Milloy
Which is more dangerous: dietary salt or the government’s dietary guidelines? A new study confirms some old truths. Continue reading New study: Low-salt diet kills
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today that the prevalence and number of persons with asthma have increased since 2001 despite improvements in outdoor air quality, and decreases in cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure.
It is of course entirely possible, if not likely, that asthma is not really up so much as it’s being more frequently reported, often erroneously. So buck up, CDC, maybe the politically incorrect can still be blamed.
Transparency International reports that,
None of the 20 countries deemed most vulnerable to climate change score more than 3.6 on TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) indicating significant risks of corruption.
At the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, President Obama promised that the U.S. would contribute to a $100 billion fund for developing nations threatened by climate change.
An upside of our debt crisis is that foreign climate corruption is not likely something U.S. taxpayers will be funding any time soon.
Climate alarmists have finally found one good thing about global warming — as you might expect, though, they’re even wrong about that. Continue reading New 'study': The ONE good thing about global warming
You might think that the big terrorism news today is that we finally got Osama bin Laden. Hah, that shows how much you care about the planet. Continue reading Forget bin Laden: Gitmo is green!
Environment and Energy News reports that Prince Charles will lobby Congress next week on climate. Continue reading Prince Charles to lobby Congress on climate
America’s CEOs have finally realized that President Obama is not their friend when it comes to the EPA. Continue reading Business Roundtable comes to on EPA climate rules
We’ve seen it all at JunkScience.com, and this has to be some sort of new low. Continue reading 'Study': BPA hurts babies; Oops, sample size=1
By Steve Milloy
There’s a new tale to be told in the annals of corporate greenwashing — so-called “BPA-free” cash register receipts. Continue reading BPA-free isn't
Is American agriculture facing yet another major attack on food safety similar to the 1989 Alar scare? Continue reading Organic Valley identified as secret funder of 'FrogTV' pesticide scare campaign