When you hear about a “bat cave,” you probably think of a hideaway for a caped crusader living somewhere near Gotham City. But believe it or not, there is another type of bat cave currently being constructed deep in the Tennessee woods designed to save bats which are dying by the millions from a fungus.
Is America importing less oil today than it did four years ago? Well, that is certainly the claim of the President who cites this drop as a major accomplishment of his Administration.
For years, charges have been made that a common chemical found in plastics, known as BPA, is responsible for birth defects, obesity and even cancer. And while activists have been successful getting their message into the media, they’ve been less successful in getting it validated by peer-reviewed science.
The Science and Public Policy Institute reported that the EPA recently awarded $1.9 million in environmental justice grants to non-profits and local governments working on the global warming issue. Dennis Ambler, the author of the report, offers this observation:
Recently the London Daily Telegraph ran a story claiming there are only 100 cod fish left in the North Sea. And while this story was echoed widely by newspapers and environmental groups, an investigation by BBC reporters found this cod report to be, well, just a little bit fishy.
When U.S. solar companies like Solyndra have faltered, the blame has often been put on China with that claim that we just can’t compete. But according to energy analyst Paul Chesser, China’s big solar firms are reporting disastrous financials, with just 3 companies listing debts more than $6 billion.
You might take your coffee with cream and sugar, but how about barley husks and mushroom roots? Probably not the latter, but according to the group PERC, common white Styrofoam coffee cups, along with a whole host of other Styrofoam packaging, may one day be replaced by this organic mixture grown by a start-up company in New York.
Coal has powered America for decades, but is it time to move on? Nicolas Loris at the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Economic Policy Studies says “no,” and here explains why: “There is enough coal in America to provide cheap, reliable electricity for 500 years at current consumption rates.
What could be more socially conscious than an environmental activist working on a sleek new tablet or smartphone? Well according to an explosive article in the New York Times entitled "Pollution, Power and the Internet," information technology is a massive energy glutton that may now be consuming more than 10% of America's electrical supply.
Citing concerns about the alleged impact of the proposed Keystone pipeline on an aquifer in Nebraska, environmentalists and President Obama have so far blocked approval for construction. But according to an article on Bloomberg News, that opposition will likely end up simply benefiting China, and further harming the U.S. economy.
When one thinks of bird killers, predators like cats probably come to mind. But it appears there’s another scourge to our feathery friends and it comes in the form of wind turbines.
What can we do to clean up our oceans? Well one surprising answer may be to open up our coastlines to more offshore oil drilling, according to Ben Lieberman, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
Can strengthening private property rights help protect our streams, rivers and endangered species? Well if the Upper Colorado River Basin is any example, the answer is “yes.”
When you think of a mythological creature coming back from the dead, probably a zombie or mummy come to mind. But believe it or not, scientists have recently discovered a real life creature that has done a similar thing, and it comes in the form of a fly.
Could global warming destroy the Amazon rainforest? Well according to the World Climate Report, recent studies in leading scientific journals spell trouble for such global warming alarmism.