Baise: This Lawsuit is For the Birds

Environmental super-lawyer Gary Baise writes about Obama administration abuse of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to prosecute oil companies. Continue reading Baise: This Lawsuit is For the Birds

PolitiFact: Gingrich’s gun rack quip about Volt shot full of holes

Depends on what your definition of “gun rack” is. Continue reading PolitiFact: Gingrich’s gun rack quip about Volt shot full of holes

Hayward: Plot thickens for Gleick

“A comment here about Gleick’s tender concern for ‘transparency’… Heartland received substantial contributions from one anonymous donor. It happens that the Environmental Defense Fund in a recent report thanks 141 anonymous donors for their support.” Continue reading Hayward: Plot thickens for Gleick

Cattlemen vindicated over EPA court ruling

EPA is slowed in its “arbitrary and capricious” effort to kill 15,000 agricultural jobs. Continue reading Cattlemen vindicated over EPA court ruling

Atrazine: Demonizing Defendants

We can understand why plaintiffs’ lawyers and allied advocates for the organic food industry would seek to demonize what they see as a deep-pocket defendant and a competitor. But why would Madison County judges ignore overwhelming science and favor the plaintiffs when so many of the county’s tax-paying residents earn their livelihoods in conventional agriculture? Continue reading Atrazine: Demonizing Defendants

Claim: Fracking depletes water supply

Water is the most abundant substance on the planet. Necessity is the mother of invention. Continue reading Claim: Fracking depletes water supply

Monbiot: Gleick should not have apologized

Now this is denial. Continue reading Monbiot: Gleick should not have apologized

Monbiot attacks Booker over $1,000 Heartland honorarium

Why Monbiot has earned from JunkScience.com the sobriquet “Moonbat.” Continue reading Monbiot attacks Booker over $1,000 Heartland honorarium

Cap-and-trade an issue in Democratic Congressional Primary

“Obama’s bill contained too many scientific and technical flaws as well as ‘business nonsense'” for Democrat Bill Foster to support it.” Continue reading Cap-and-trade an issue in Democratic Congressional Primary

English: Utah E-Cigarette Ban Based On Junk Science

“‘With tobacco cigarettes a user generally knows how much nicotine is being consumed. … When it comes to an electronic cigarette, you just don’t know …’ This is also entirely false.” Continue reading English: Utah E-Cigarette Ban Based On Junk Science

Kevin Roeten: Mercury Toxicity from Power Plants?

“There are over 250 known phobias, and chemophobia seems to be the most common fear.” Continue reading Kevin Roeten: Mercury Toxicity from Power Plants?

Unilluminated: Gleick canned by San Francisco Chronicle

The Chronicle no longer considers Peter Gleick to be a local “luminary.” Continue reading Unilluminated: Gleick canned by San Francisco Chronicle