New study questions decline of predatory fish

Are people gobbling up the ocean’s biggest predatory fish?  Well that concept has been popular for more than a decade, with claims that humans are eating up the ocean’s big fish, and then moving to smaller marine species further down the food chain. But according to an article on Livescience.com, new research at the University of Washington contradicts this assessment, and indicates that on a global scale, predatory fish are not being replaced in nets by prey fish.  Indeed, catches of many large fish, like bigeye tuna, have increased along with those of smaller species – from Japanese anchovy [...]

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|2011-01-18T00:00:00-05:00January 18th, 2011|Comments Off on New study questions decline of predatory fish

Wikileaks reveals diplomatic misbehavior on climate change

Most people have heard about how the Wikileaks release of confidential emails harmed US diplomacy. But did you know these emails also revealed sordid and embarrassing US activities related to global warming politics? According to the UK Guardian, the Obama State Department tried to dig up dirt on nations opposed to its climate change position, used foreign aid to try to buy political support, and mounted a secret diplomatic offensive to overwhelm opposition to the Copenhagen climate accord in 2009. Coming on the heels of Climategate and other mounting scientific questions, this revelation of diplomatic strong-arming will only add [...]

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|2011-01-17T00:00:00-05:00January 17th, 2011|Comments Off on Wikileaks reveals diplomatic misbehavior on climate change

Congressman Simpson defends fishermen against EPA

Is the EPA justified in attempting to ban lead fishing products such as sinkers? Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson doesn’t believe so, and has this to say: "There is simply no data to support a ban on traditional fishing tackle and no reason for the EPA to restrict people’s ability to take advantage of the great fishing opportunities all over the country. Lead sinkers do not pose a significant threat either to wildlife or to humans, and the alternatives are often very much more expensive. We should be encouraging Americans to reconnect with the outdoors, not making it more prohibitive. [...]

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|2010-11-01T00:00:00-04:00November 1st, 2010|Comments Off on Congressman Simpson defends fishermen against EPA

CA greenhouse policy no savings to motorists

Recently, the California Air Resources Board issued a report saying the state's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be a boon to consumers. The reason is that by requiring a higher fuel efficiency standard in cars, the board maintains consumers will save more at the pump. But according to an analysis of this study by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the board's findings fail to take into account that as people pay less to fill up their vehicles, they tend to drive more miles. This is why despite a doubling in fuel efficiency since 1975, Americans are driving 150 [...]

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|2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00October 13th, 2010|Comments Off on CA greenhouse policy no savings to motorists

‘Avatar’ director Cameron chickens out of warming debate

Famed 'Avatar' director James Cameron recently challenged several global warming skeptics to a public debate, but then cancelled at the last minute. Marc Morano, one of those challenged by Cameron, has this to say: “Cameron chickened out after saying he wanted to call us ‘deniers out into the street at high noon and shoot it out.’ So he set up a public debate with us, but then backed out at the last minute. This is typical of the global warming alarmists. They rarely agree to debate because the fact is, the idea of manmade global warming doesn’t stand a [...]

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|2010-10-06T00:00:00-04:00October 6th, 2010|Comments Off on ‘Avatar’ director Cameron chickens out of warming debate

New report: ‘Global cooling’ devastated China

You’ve probably heard time and again about how global warming is bad.  But now it appears a new study has shown that at least in one country, namely China, warmer times were better times.   According to the report, produced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, droughts, floods, wars and the price of rice all increased during cooler periods between 10 A.D. and 1900.  In fact, the researchers noted there was a clear, positive correlation between cooling temperatures and the collapse of four important dynasties, which they say were brought about after low temperatures made agricultural work more difficult. One [...]

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|2010-10-04T00:00:00-04:00October 4th, 2010|Comments Off on New report: ‘Global cooling’ devastated China

Howard Stern: ‘Bring back DDT!’

**WARNING** AUDIO CLIP INCLUDES STRONG LANGUAGE **WARNING** Click here if the player doesn't work   Howard Stern, radio personality and host of The Howard Stern Show, one of the most popular and influential radio programs in America, is calling for the insecticide DDT to be brought back to battle the bedbugs in New York and the malarial mosquitos in Africa. "It's time for this nonsense to stop," Stern declared. He praised an article by CFACT senior policy advisor Paul Driessen and quoted from it extensively to support his case. Driessen recently wrote about the drastically different consequences the ban on DDT [...]

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|2010-08-25T09:22:06-04:00August 25th, 2010|Comments Off on Howard Stern: ‘Bring back DDT!’

Adding ‘ecocide’ to list of major international crimes

Genocide and war crimes are ghastly offenses that be tried before the International Criminal Court.  But if one lawyer in Britain has her way, so-called "ecocide" against nature could be added as a new major crime against the world.  According to the UK's Guardian newspaper, this radical idea, if approved by the U.N., could be used to prosecute industries alleged to be damaging the environment through things like fossil fuels, mining, agriculture, chemicals and forestry.  Supporter say the charge of ecocide could even ben leveled against "climate deniers" who try to prevent action on alleged man-made global warming.  A [...]

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|2010-06-08T10:36:59-04:00June 8th, 2010|Comments Off on Adding ‘ecocide’ to list of major international crimes

EPA to force automakers to build cars no one wants

Will the EPA’s new fuel efficiency requirement – which mandates a 34 miles per gallon standard on vehicles by 2016 -- be beneficial to motorists?  Nicolas Loris of the Heritage Foundation doesn’t think so and here explains why: “Just because automakers build cars does not mean consumers will buy them.  Industry insiders and experts are worried that consumers will not be willing to pay high prices for hybrid vehicles built to meet the new standards.  So there’s the potential for mass quantities of vehicles to sit on dealerships lots, which sounds an awful lot like the last auto bailout. [...]

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|2010-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2010|Comments Off on EPA to force automakers to build cars no one wants

Guerrillas threat to gorillas

Armed guerrillas are known to be a menace to civilians, but how about to wildlife?  Well it appears that such renegade militias are indeed taking their toll on the animal kingdom and nowhere is this more pervasive than in the Congo.  According to a report issued by the U.N. and Interpol, armed guerrillas are actually threatening the other gorillas of the ape variety who inhabit the region.  They are doing this overtly by illegally trafficking gorilla bush meat on the black market, and inadvertently by dislocating large numbers of people and driving them into gorilla habitat.  The report warns [...]

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|2010-05-18T00:00:00-04:00May 18th, 2010|Comments Off on Guerrillas threat to gorillas

Forecasters divided over global warming

That the public is divided over the issue of global warming is news to no one.  But that weather forecasters are also sharply divided might well surprise a few.  Such was the finding, however, of a recent survey conducted by the National Science Foundation, which found that of the over 1,300 TV weathercasters it surveyed, a bare majority, or 54 percent, said the planet is experiencing global warming, whereas the other 46 percent were either unsure or disagreed entirely.  Even more interesting though, is that twice as many forecasters polled believed that global warming is a natural phenomenon as [...]

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|2010-05-17T00:00:00-04:00May 17th, 2010|Comments Off on Forecasters divided over global warming

A lot of hot air on carbon offsets

Paying money for environmental projects to offset your carbon emissions may sound like a good idea.  But according to a recent report in the Christian Science Monitor, many carbon offsets have merely become a multi-million dollar fraud with little regulation and even less Green benefits.  One of the most prominent examples involves the Vatican, which was recently declared to be the first “carbon neutral sovereign state” because it was paying for a forest to be planted in Hungary to offset its emissions.  But not a single tree has yet been planted, and the company involved merely used the publicity [...]

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|2010-05-17T00:00:00-04:00May 17th, 2010|Comments Off on A lot of hot air on carbon offsets

Eco-designer crafts seed-sprouting face mask

You’ve heard of masks being used for Halloween and by super heroes like Batman, but how about by environmentalists intent on curbing global warming?  Well believe it or not, such a mask, called the Green Screen, has been developed by designer Robert Ortega, and it promises to both keep your lungs safe from the world as well as protect the earth from the carbon dioxide you breathe out.  The mask, as you might guess, is made from all natural materials.  It is crafted with wood pulp and embedded with seeds that actually sprout while you’re wearing it, which means [...]

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|2010-05-14T00:00:00-04:00May 14th, 2010|Comments Off on Eco-designer crafts seed-sprouting face mask

New placement possibilities for renewable energy projects

Lots of people want to see new renewable energy projects spring up for things like solar and wind power.  But finding suitable locations for such large projects is often a huge challenge.  That’s why there’s much encouragement about a new effort by the Bureau of Land Management to begin looking at dozens of previously contaminated parcels of land that could be reused for new power projects.  According to Environment and Energy Publishing, 81 such sites are being considered in Arizona, including a 20-acre gravel pit in the rural northeast and an unused 3,000 acre landing strip north of Tucson. [...]

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|2010-05-11T00:00:00-04:00May 11th, 2010|Comments Off on New placement possibilities for renewable energy projects

Lord Christopher Monckton on Bonn climate conference

 The United Nations recently held yet another climate change conference, this time in Bonn, Germany.  In attendance was Lord Christopher Monckton who doesn't believe a new global warming treaty serves the best interests of the international community:"The tactics of U.N. bureaucrats are dismally predictable.  They wanted to reach agreement in Bonn that would lead to a binding climate treaty whose real purpose would be to stamp out freedom and destroy democracy throughout the world.  Nobody seriously believes that this or any treaty brokered by the UN will ever make any difference to the climate that could be measured even [...]

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|2010-05-11T00:00:00-04:00May 11th, 2010|Comments Off on Lord Christopher Monckton on Bonn climate conference
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