“One June 19, 2009 from the Windsor account shows Jackson corresponded with Michelle Depass of the left-leaning Ford Foundation. Depass told Jackson that soon-to-be ‘EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator Shalini Vajjhala was going to work at the White House Council on Environmental Quality while also on payroll at the environmental group Resources for the Future,’ according to Vitter.” Continue reading EPA e-mailgate: White House staffer simultaneously on EPA and enviro group payrolls
Big Food conspires with Food Police to make food more costly, less tasty, possibly less healthy
“The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), the National Restaurant Association (NRA) and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), recently brought together health professionals and government officials to discuss the progress and challenges of reducing the sodium content in food products to continue efforts to help consumers meet the 2010 Dietary Guidelines of 2,300 mg of sodium per day.” Continue reading Big Food conspires with Food Police to make food more costly, less tasty, possibly less healthy
Claim: U.Va. Researchers’ New Diagnostic Test Can Identify Each Person’s Optimal Salt Intake
“Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have cut through conflicting advice about salt consumption by demonstrating that each person has a “personal salt index,” an upper limit on daily salt consumption for good health. In addition, they have developed a test to determine that level – and to identify people who should consume more salt.” Continue reading Claim: U.Va. Researchers’ New Diagnostic Test Can Identify Each Person’s Optimal Salt Intake
Nature Study: Global central planning would ensure ‘world’s technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems’ don’t become ‘global time bombs’
Professor Dirk Helbing of ETH Zurich’s Risk Center clearly missed the 20th century. Continue reading Nature Study: Global central planning would ensure ‘world’s technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems’ don’t become ‘global time bombs’
Charade: Michael Mann again pretends to be an ‘involuntary public figure’; Posturing for defamation lawsuit
He also claims to be a victim of McCarthyism… Continue reading Charade: Michael Mann again pretends to be an ‘involuntary public figure’; Posturing for defamation lawsuit
Michael Mann: Without emissions limits, ‘Jersey shore of my youth’ will not exist by 2100
Mann projects sea level to rise six to nine feet by 2100 — that’s 0.83 to 1.24 inches per year. Continue reading Michael Mann: Without emissions limits, ‘Jersey shore of my youth’ will not exist by 2100
New Enviro Meme: Peak Shale Gas on the horizon as drillers run out of money for more wells
Declining well production means less and less gas from more and more wells, say the enviros. Gas prices will increase and drillers will run out of money for new wells, they add. Continue reading New Enviro Meme: Peak Shale Gas on the horizon as drillers run out of money for more wells
Unfriended-plus: Enviros launch campaign against Facebook CEO Zuckerberg for supporting Keystone XL, ANWR
The downside of wealth creation is that there’s money leftover for wealth destruction. Continue reading Unfriended-plus: Enviros launch campaign against Facebook CEO Zuckerberg for supporting Keystone XL, ANWR
Trial lawyers line up against Keystone XL
But if Keystone XL were truly a disaster waiting to happen, why not let it be built and then sue after the inevitable occurred? Continue reading Trial lawyers line up against Keystone XL
Good News: Sequester hits global warming research
Bad News: GOP Rep. Tom Cole (Okla. 4th) would like to see funding restored to his local institution. Continue reading Good News: Sequester hits global warming research
Anti-renewable bill resurrected in North Carolina
“Lawmakers on Wednesday could once again attempt to end a state renewables policy whose proponents say has elevated North Carolina to the nation’s fifth-largest developer of solar farms.” Continue reading Anti-renewable bill resurrected in North Carolina
Enviro Wind Math: $1.08 billion > $1.65 billion
No wonder they don’t understand that “clean energy” makes no economic sense. Continue reading Enviro Wind Math: $1.08 billion > $1.65 billion