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Monckton’s Schenectady showdown

By Justin Pulliam THE NEWS that Lord Monckton was to give his “Climate of Freedom” lecture at Union College in Schenectady, New York, had thrown the university’s environmentalists into a turmoil. The campus environmentalists set up a Facebook page announcing a counter-meeting of their own immediately following Monckton’s lecture. There is no debate about global warming, they announced. There is a consensus. The science is settled. Their meeting would be addressed by professors and PhDs, the “true” scientists, no less. Sparks, it seemed, were gonna fly. Traveling with Lord Monckton on the East Coast leg of his current whistle-stop tour of [...]

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|2012-10-23T09:30:17-04:00March 10th, 2012|Comments Off

Another solar energy boondoggle

In the early days of 2008, as then-Sen. Barack Obama was running for president, he made many promises to the American people. Among them was his repeated pledge that lobbyists would not have unlimited access to his administration. Fast forward to October 2011 and the appointment of current Commerce Secretary John Bryson.

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|2012-10-25T12:41:19-04:00March 8th, 2012|Comments Off

Global warming science’s climate of corruption

If global temperatures are not rapidly rising, why do so many government agencies and companies keep sounding the global warming alarm?

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|2012-10-31T16:42:34-04:00March 8th, 2012|Comments Off

Green jobs gone with the wind

Does federal support for the U.S. wind industry create large numbers of green jobs?

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|2012-10-31T16:46:55-04:00March 2nd, 2012|2 Comments

A not-so-bright solar mandate

That solar energy has its supporters is news to no one. But that some might mandate its use for average citizens, and fine them $1,500 for noncompliance might seem a bit over the top.

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|2012-10-31T16:47:32-04:00February 29th, 2012|Comments Off

Cities heat up new debate on global warming

Could the growth of our cities in recent years influence temperature readings and explain at least some of what is associated with global warming? Well, perhaps so, as two recent studies examined how temperatures around the Chinese cities of Beijing and Wuhan have experienced just such a rise as a result of rapid urbanization over the past several decades.

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|2012-10-31T16:48:24-04:00February 28th, 2012|Comments Off

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

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

Morano debunks Chevy Volt Super Bowl ad with aliens

Morano: "Ad is an insult to space aliens. Why would space aliens be impressed with a car that already had the same results in 1896? The 1896 Roberts electric car got the exact same battery range as the Chevy volt -- 40 miles. If people are sober, they are not going to be swayed by this [Volt] ad. With all the govt mandates and subsidies, this is what is known as a huge government boondoggle."

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|2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00February 7th, 2012|Comments Off

Signing global warming’s death certificate

By Alan CarubaThe sixteen names of the scientists who jointly signed the article in the Wall Street Journal, “No Need to Panic About Global Warming” on January 27th are mostly unknown to the general public. Perhaps the best known would be Harrison H. Schmidt, a former Apollo 17 astronaut and U.S. Senator. Others might recognize Burt Rutan, an aerospace engineer and designer of Voyager and SpaceShip One. Moreover, not only were the signers distinguished scientists, but they came from places like Paris, France and Cambridge, England, Jerusalem, Israel, and Geneva, Switzerland. Mostly climatologists and meteorologists, some were physicists and astrophysicists. Antonio [...]

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|2012-09-19T21:01:33-04:00February 2nd, 2012|Comments Off

Morano on Canadian TV on global temperatures

CFACT's Marc Morano appeared on Canada's Sun New TV to discuss scientists' claims about particular years being the "hottest." As Morano pointed out, "It is hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit difference between years, well beyond anything that is in margin of error. Scientists have called idea that we are in hottest decade 'a joke."

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|2012-10-19T17:11:54-04:00February 1st, 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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|2013-01-31T09:35:30-05:00January 25th, 2012|Comments Off

Karen Moreau on battle in New York over natural gas drilling

A friend of CFACT, Karen Moreau—president of the Foundation for Land & Liberty—appeared on Fox Business recently to discuss the how the ban on natural gas production is hurting land owners and farmers in the state.

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|2012-10-25T12:27:59-04:00January 24th, 2012|Comments Off