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New York City: Obamacare Led To A Surge In Unnecessary Ambulance Rides

New York City: Obamacare Led To A Surge In Unnecessary Ambulance Rides

Aug 15 2019 | comment(s)

If something is free, do you use it more? It seems so, in New York City ambulance usage for minor injuries (abrasions, minor burns, muscle sprains) rose by 37 percent after the Affordable Care Act was implemented.

An ambulance for a scrape? Yes, nearly 3,000 more each year of them, and that is just in one city. All paid for by everyone whose premiums went up.
Anti-Fracking Ecologist Robert Howarth Is Back With A New Cosmic Claim About Methane

Anti-Fracking Ecologist Robert Howarth Is Back With A New Cosmic Claim About Methane

Aug 14 2019 | comment(s)

If you are worried about climate change and don't embrace natural gas as a bridge to whatever energy wins the future - solar, hydrogen, nuclear - you don't understand energy density and emissions.
22 States Sue To Take Away The Federal Government's Decision Making In Tackling Climate Change

22 States Sue To Take Away The Federal Government's Decision Making In Tackling Climate Change

Aug 13 2019 | comment(s)

The never-enacted Obama Clean Power Plan was scuttled by the Supreme Court in 2016 and its defense later abandoned by the Trump administration. Though it is fashionable to claim that means Republicans hate climate science, the reality is it was an expensive mandate without a problem to solve.
My Comment To EPA Recommending Tyrone Hayes Not Be Admitted To The FIFRA SAP

My Comment To EPA Recommending Tyrone Hayes Not Be Admitted To The FIFRA SAP

Aug 13 2019 | comment(s)

Comments opened on the recent EPA nominations to serve on the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) established under section 25(d) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), since three member terms will expire during the next year.
Nearly Half Of US States Want To Stop Misleading Food Claims - ACLU Wants To Promote Them

Nearly Half Of US States Want To Stop Misleading Food Claims - ACLU Wants To Promote Them

Aug 13 2019 | comment(s)

Decades ago, Velveeta had to be labeled “Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product" so that customers could have truth in labeling. It was not "cheese", said the government.  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission even even told Kraft they could not even advertise that their "singles" contained five ounces of milk because of the implication the cheese might have as much calcium as 5 ounces of milk when it only had as much calcium as 3.5 ounces of milk.  Government was all about mandating consumer trust in labels then.
Raw Milk Is Illegal In Australia But Unpasteurized Milk Is Now For Sale

Raw Milk Is Illegal In Australia But Unpasteurized Milk Is Now For Sale

Aug 12 2019 | comment(s)

Raw dairy is diarrhea and vomiting waiting to happen, there is a reason heat pasteurization is credited with saving a billion lives, but a company in Australia has used a legal loophole to milk raw believers into buying their un-pasteurized product.