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Polluted science contaminates National Toxicology Program

The National Toxicology Program recently revised its process for listing carcinogens in our air and water. But does it go too far? Angela Logomasini of the Competitive Enterprise Institute offers this analysis: “Unfortunately, the federal National Toxicology Program’s carcinogen listing process has little connection to science. A CEI study shows that the criteria the agency uses are subjective rather than scientific. As a result, the agency often labels many perfectly safe and valuable products as dangerous, inviting unnecessary regulations that undermining consumer freedom and innovation. To ensure bad NTP decisions don’t adversely impact consumers, Congress needs to seriously reform [...]

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|2012-02-27T00:00:00-05:00February 27th, 2012|Comments Off

Free market keeps bee numbers buzzing

While there are many insects which pollinate flowering plants, the most celebrated is of course the honey bee. And while important for farmers and gardeners, the honey bee has been experiencing hardship over the past decade through a phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Weakening its immune system, this mysterious disease kills one in three bees each year, and conservationists are at a loss as to its origins. Fortunately, according to the group PERC, the free market is ensuring honey bee numbers stay healthy as bee keepers that specialize in stocking hives with new worker and queen bees have [...]

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|2012-02-23T00:00:00-05:00February 23rd, 2012|Comments Off

Fukushima fallout spurs safer nuclear design

Like a phoenix rising from ashes, nuclear power has seen a renaissance in recent years after decades of bad publicity. And while the accident at Fukushima cast an ominous shadow over its future, experts are now applying some important lessons to new designs.

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Craig Rucker

|2013-10-17T11:33:38-04:00February 21st, 2012|Comments Off

Captive U.S. tigers no threat to wild brethren

Do captive tigers in the U.S. pose a danger to their brothers who live in the wild? The World Wildlife Fund says "yes" and wants to ban private tiger ownership in the U.S., claiming their body parts could enter the illegal trade and increase demand in Asia as well as poaching. But South African wildlife expert Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes refutes this claim, noting that a recent census found less than 3,000 privately owned tigers in the U.S., with most found in licensed zoos and sanctuaries. Even if U.S. tiger parts did somehow enter the world market, it makes no [...]

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|2012-02-17T00:00:00-05:00February 17th, 2012|Comments Off

Ontario’s Green energy boondoggle

As politicians push for expensive Green energy, stories about soaring costs and a lack of promised jobs are abounding. Now Canada's Financial Post reports that a scathing internal audit of Ontario's Green energy program reveals waste and abuse that makes the Solyndra scandal look mild. Apparently, Ontario's Liberal government charged ahead with a Green energy plan in 2009 that didn't allow cost-benefit analysis or cost-cutting alternatives that would have saved ratepayers at least $8 billion. Contracts are now locked in for renewable energy the province doesn't need, companies are being paid billions not to produce electricity, and rates, which [...]

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|2012-02-13T00:00:00-05:00February 13th, 2012|Comments Off

New poll shows overwhelming U.S. support for Canadian oil

When it comes to imported oil, where should the U.S. be doing its business? Well a new poll of nearly 2,500 Americans indicates overwhelming support for Canada as our most secure, reliable, and environmentally responsible oil supplier. . .

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CFACT

|2013-01-31T09:35:30-05:00January 25th, 2012|Comments Off

Colorado’s renewable standard to devastate economy

Colorado is set to require that 30 percent of its power come from renewable sources by 2020. Paul Chesser, executive director of the American Tradition Institute, believes this will devastate the state’s economy, and here explains why. . .

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|2013-02-20T11:53:01-05:00May 5th, 2011|Comments Off

Deforesting turns to reforesting

"Many of the world's forests appear to be making a comeback, and some are more thickly forested now than they were nearly 200 years ago." this, according to the Environmental News Network, which reported on a National Academy of Sciences study which showed that the United States and China had the greatest gains in forests over the last 15 years. Indeed, researchers found that despite concerns about deforestation, timber-size trees increased over the past 15 years in 22 of the 50 countries with the most forests. Experts attribute this to increasing prosperity, since almost every country with per capita [...]

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|2011-04-29T00:00:00-04:00April 29th, 2011|Comments Off

False promise of green energy

Advocates of green energy and green jobs claim their policies will create jobs, reduce pollution, and save the environment. Dr. Roger meiners, author of the false promise of green energy, disagrees, and has this to say:

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CFACT

|2012-11-13T16:11:49-05:00April 25th, 2011|Comments Off

FDA picks environmental hype over public health

The government has long sought to protect both public health and the environment, but what does it do when these two priorities seemingly conflict with one another? Well such was recently the case when the FDA was charged with removing the last remaining over-the-counter asthma inhaler.

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|2013-02-21T10:56:13-05:00April 22nd, 2011|Comments Off

UK: Paying consumers to click the â€œoff switchâ€

You’ve heard of a kilowatt of electricity, but how about a negawatt? Well unless you’re from England you probably haven’t heard of a negawatt yet, but the concept of paying consumers to turn off their power switch is now a reality in Britain. As reported by Bloomberg News, England’s efforts to meet its growing demand for electricity with wind power is proving daunting, as wind energy is unreliable and creates a lot of problems for electric grid managers. To help them out, a curb in demand is being pursued by offering consumers an opportunity to earn an average of [...]

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|2011-04-21T00:00:00-04:00April 21st, 2011|Comments Off

Japan earthquake not caused by global warming

Not surprisingly, a number of environmentalists have recently attempted to link the tragic earthquake in Japan to, you guessed it, global warming. But Dr. Tom Borelli of the National Center for Public Policy Research isn't buying it, and has this to say: “Clearly global warming alarmists will exploit any natural disaster to promote their anti-fossil fuel agenda. The very idea that carbon dioxide – a trace atmospheric gas – and global temperatures could impact plate tectonic forces and cause an earthquake is absurd and is unsupported by any credible scientific study. Spreading such hype in the media without a [...]

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|2011-04-20T00:00:00-04:00April 20th, 2011|Comments Off

EUâ€™s carbon trading riddled with fraud, corruption

The practice of trading carbon credits to lower greenhouse emissions has not yet taken hold in America. But in Europe, the practice has been widespread for nearly a decade, and is not without its troubles. Most recently comes news from Germany that investigators have uncovered a ploy being used by shady companies to lift 850 million euros from the carbon trading business. The criminal companies were found to have recycled carbon certificates in such a manner that they could rake in hundreds of millions, and then simply announce bankruptcy and disappear. Since organized crime is also implicated in Europe’s [...]

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|2011-04-19T00:00:00-04:00April 19th, 2011|Comments Off

Alaska: eighth largest oil producing nation?

When you think of large oil producing nations, no doubt countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Venezuela come to mind. But could Alaska also be added to that list?

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|2012-11-13T16:18:02-05:00April 18th, 2011|Comments Off

All aboard the climate gravy train

Looking for a high-paying career? Well how about becoming a climate scientist? According to an article in National Review entitled “All aboard the climate gravy train,” author Ian Murray explains that while global warming advocates like to portray climate scientists as poorly paid academics, immune to the influence of money, climate science has actually become one of the highest paid professions in America. He notes that while firefighters average about $21 per hour and university professors around $50, climate scientists average about $73 per hour, making it the third highest-paid public sector job, ranking even above judges. So apparently, [...]

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|2011-04-15T00:00:00-04:00April 15th, 2011|Comments Off