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While Catholic leaders, led by Pope Francis, are focused on curbing global warming (aka curbing the use of fossil fuels) as the most urgent means of combating poverty, the facts are that cheap, reliable energy and access to jobs and markets is what the poor need most. And, not surprisingly, the poor know it -- ranking "climate change" the LEAST important concern in their lives, with food and education at the top.
What was once largely the domain of far-away UN conferences and obscure academic journals has now made its way to Main Street.
If you travel to the Everglade National Park in Florida, beware of vandals ready to rip door seals and windshield wipers off your car when you’re not looking. What kind of vandals would do such a thing? How about flying vultures!
A number of local newspapers serving our area here in Western New York State – which has been targeted by industrial wind developers – have literally cut off all letters to the editor from local citizens regarding the industrial wind issue. These same newspapers continue to publish “Press Releases” on behalf of wind developers, and yet refuse to do any responsible, investigative journalism on the efficacy, effects and economics of wind power. The pro-wind media obviously control the message.
S. Fred Singer is internationally known for his work on energy and environmental issues. A pioneer in the development of rocket and satellite technology, he devised the basic instrument for measuring stratospheric ozone and was principal investigator on a satellite experiment retrieved by the space shuttle in 1990. He was the first scientist to predict that population growth would increase atmospheric methane--an important greenhouse gas. Now President of The Science & Environmental Policy Project, a non-profit policy research group he founded in 1990, Singer is also distinguished professor emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia. His previous government and [...]
A new study published in an alternative agriculture journal has gained widespread attention by claiming that organic farming not only could adequately feed the world, it might even yield more food and require less farmland. It is a truly sensational claim. In science, the more sensational the claim, the more robust the evidence needed to support it. This time, the evidence doesn't stack up. In fact, the evidence fell so far short that the journal that published the paper also published not one, but two scathing and dismissive "editorial responses" in the same issue. This is anything but a ringing endorsement. [...]
Coral reefs, which are found in the clear and shallow waters of tropical oceans worldwide, are among the most diverse and productive communities on earth. But for years scientist have been alarmed by signs that these ecosystems are endangered. Now a new study published in the Smithsonian journal should help allay these fears. Scientists from the University of Miami spent three years examining some twenty coral reef areas in the Western Atlantic, and found, contrary to expectations, many of these reefs had 26 percent living coral cover. This is considered healthy, and comfortably above the 15 percent coral cover [...]
When you think of new hybrid vehicles, you probably think of small compact cars like the Toyota Prius or Honda Insight. But according to an article in the Miami Herald, Daimler Chrysler is planning to sell the first heavy-duty pickup truck that uses both gasoline and electricity when it brings the Dodge Ram HEV to market later this year. The new truck will use a 35 kilowatt electric motor, powered by the vehicle's diesel engine, to add torque to the engine’s output, and in the process, get about 10 percent better fuel efficiency. Since the electric motor also acts [...]
Coral reefs, which are found in the clear and shallow waters of tropical oceans worldwide, are among the most diverse and productive communities on earth. But for years scientist have been alarmed by signs that these ecosystems are endangered. Now a new study published in the Smithsonian journal should help allay these fears. Scientists from the University of Miami spent three years examining some twenty coral reef areas in the Western Atlantic, and found, contrary to expectations, many of these reefs had 26 percent living coral cover. This is considered healthy, and comfortably above the 15 percent coral cover [...]