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Going...going...Obama's "Clean Power Plan" Unlikely to See the Light of Day

In an unprecedented decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has sort-of overruled a lower Circuit Court's...

Rogue EPA Wants to Run Our Country

I couldn't help but laugh — one has to, or cry: the headline read, "EPA looks to build on 2015...

NYTimes Exposé Aims At Toxic Chemical, Hits OCD Lawyer Instead

The New York Times continues its grand tradition of always letting its ideology trump sound science...

America's Great Leap Forward: Watermelon Environmentalism

Pre-test Q: What in blue blazes does he mean by that? (Answer at the end)**A commenter pointed...

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Don't Worry About EWG ‘Toxic Toys’, Worry About Toxic Plants Instead

Don't Worry About EWG ‘Toxic Toys’, Worry About Toxic Plants Instead

Dec 23 2015 | comment(s)

Every year around this time, scare-mongering “consumer” groups such as The Environmental Working Group (EWG) spew out alerts about allegedly toxic toys, specifying numerous “chemicals of concern” that parents should shun, based on EWG’s

Omnibus-budget bill replete with bad news for science and health

Omnibus-budget bill replete with bad news for science and health

Dec 21 2015 | comment(s)

In order to save you-all the trouble of poring over the 2000 page Omnibus Budget bill passed last week, let me point out some of its issue of concern:
In the name of

In the name of "the climate," unaccountable regulators will rule our world, if we let them

Dec 18 2015 | comment(s)

Introduction: A covert alliance forged of mutual interest has declared victory after the recently-concluded Paris climate conclave issued its final accord, garnering almost 200 national signatories. Do they have reason to celebrate — or are their gleeful press statements meant to cover up the real shortfalls of this agreement? 
Marion Nestle Should Stick to...I Have No Idea

Marion Nestle Should Stick to...I Have No Idea

Dec 16 2015 | comment(s)

Not content with blathering about the politics of soda and the urgent need to label GMO-containing food to protect America's consumers from science, Prof. M.
NYT Advocates Magical Unrealism

NYT Advocates Magical Unrealism

Dec 15 2015 | comment(s)

The latest nonsense from the NYTimes comes in the form of an op-ed by the noted chef and restaurateur, Tom Colicchio. Mr. C.
Nuclear, the

Nuclear, the "new" green. But it's really the old green, thanks to 35 years of hysteria

Dec 11 2015 | comment(s)

I recently came across an interesting article syndicated through the DC-based "Tribune News Service" by Evan Halper, formerly an LATimes correspondent. Entitled "Nuclear pitched as the new green," it immediately caught my attention for a variety of reasons: