A new Consumer Reports scare. Cook your turkey well and you’ll be okay. No need to panic. Continue reading Report: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in ground turkey in 21 states
Study: Environmental Labels May Discourage Conservatives from Buying Energy-Efficient Products
Probably because environmental labels are like a sign flashing “CAUTION: THIS PRODUCT IS A JUNK SCIENCE-BASED RIP-OFF!” Continue reading Study: Environmental Labels May Discourage Conservatives from Buying Energy-Efficient Products
Claim: Sleeping duration linked with higher colon cancer risk
Dubious if not automatically self-debunking — data from the perpetual junk science machine (i.e., self-reported and unverified data, multiple inquiry fallacy) known as the Nurses Health Study. Continue reading Claim: Sleeping duration linked with higher colon cancer risk
Claim: Secondhand smoke presents greater threat to teen girls than boys
Regardless of the validity of the researchers dubious HDL claims, unfortunately for these researchers, cholesterol levels have nothing to do with risk of heart disease. Continue reading Claim: Secondhand smoke presents greater threat to teen girls than boys
WebMD offers dangerous junk science-based dietary salt advice…
… even though one of its cited “experts” tacitly admits there is no established cause-and-effect relationship between typical/normal/current salt intake and adverse health effects. Continue reading WebMD offers dangerous junk science-based dietary salt advice…
New York AG: Keystone XL construction is illegal; View positioned as ‘neutral’ because pipeline not running through NY
“Mr. Schneiderman says, the State Department’s belief that the pipeline could be constructed without damaging the environment runs contrary to federal environmental law…” Continue reading New York AG: Keystone XL construction is illegal; View positioned as ‘neutral’ because pipeline not running through NY
Native American Tribal Judge: ‘Keystone XL = Death’; Certain rupture to cause children, grandchildren to die of thirst
Written in ignorance or disregard of all the existing pipelines over the Ogallala aquifer. Continue reading Native American Tribal Judge: ‘Keystone XL = Death’; Certain rupture to cause children, grandchildren to die of thirst
Facebook CEO on enviro sh*t list for supporting Keystone XL, fracking
“It’s great that Mark Zuckerberg is promoting immigration reform. Too bad he has to do so by echoing big oil’s agenda,” Daniel Weiss, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, told POLITICO. Continue reading Facebook CEO on enviro sh*t list for supporting Keystone XL, fracking
UK Gov’t Survey: 11x more Brits worried about energy prices than global warming
Environmental Injustice: Complying with EPA standards no longer a defense in environmental justice complaints
Complying with EPA standards has been a rebuttable presumption in actions brought under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — no longer under a draft EPA policy. Continue reading Environmental Injustice: Complying with EPA standards no longer a defense in environmental justice complaints
WaPo Columnist: Government’s bad bet on Fisker
“Government can efficiently affect energy usage through fuel taxes and basic research. When it intervenes on behalf of specific technologies and specific companies, however, bad things happen — resource misallocation, windfall-seeking, even, sometimes, corruption. The Fisker debacle proves once again that, in the immortal words of former White House economist Larry Summers, ‘government is a crappy VC’.” Continue reading WaPo Columnist: Government’s bad bet on Fisker
Anti-nuke activists accuse EPA of weakening radiation disaster protection guidelines
“IMAGINE THAT the Boston bombers didn’t pack nails into pressure cookers but instead packed highly radioactive material. How would the government be responding?” Continue reading Anti-nuke activists accuse EPA of weakening radiation disaster protection guidelines