Environment

Pesticides: Environmental Threat Or Anti-Science Populism?

With former Natural Resources Defense Council lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dictating a lot of science policy for the Trump administration, anti-science activists have been quietly cheering even though they uniformly voted for his opposition. They need a wi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 14 2025 - 9:44am

Big Organic Continues To Oppose Food That Uses No Pesticides

I get pitches for stories every day and sometimes I want to see if the world that opposes science has made any progress now that a member of a Republican administration who was formerly one of their own, former Natural Resources Defense Council lawyer Robe ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 14 2025 - 9:54am

The Way To Finally Make Organic Farming Sustainable Is To Allow Modern Gene Editing

The organic process is neither viable nor sustainable but a new paper would like to change that. By allowing modern gene editing. The only way Europe can reach the goal of 25% Organic™ farmland that its government-funded environmental groups demand, a 250% ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 3 2025 - 4:30am

Meta-Analysis: Flower Strips With Two Or More Species May Reduce Pesticides

A new paper has found that flower strips along fields and ditches may be more than just a gimmick that lets people feel like they are improving the environment or saving bees. They may attract pests that eat pests that eat crops. If so, this could help Eur ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 12 2025 - 8:30am