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Environment & Climate News
October 2008
Alabama Officials Fight Feds over Emission Standards
Power plant and manufacturing emissions are taking center stage in Alabama as state environmental officials clash with the U.S. Environmental Protection ... (read more)
Power plant and manufacturing emissions are taking center stage in Alabama as state environmental officials clash with the U.S. Environmental Protection ... (read more)
Alarmist Claims Global Warming Causes Increase in Kidney Stones
New research by University of Texas-Southwestern professor Margaret Pearle claims global warming will cause an increase in kidney stones. Others, however, ... (read more)
New research by University of Texas-Southwestern professor Margaret Pearle claims global warming will cause an increase in kidney stones. Others, however, ... (read more)
Alarmist Hansen ‘Not Interested’ in Debate
James Hansen, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) staffer who has called for global warming skeptics to be tried for “crimes ... (read more)
James Hansen, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) staffer who has called for global warming skeptics to be tried for “crimes ... (read more)
Anchorage Shivers as Global Warming Gives Way to Cooling
Anchorage, Alaska is experiencing one of its coldest years on record, defying assertions that humans are creating a global warming crisis, especially in ... (read more)
Anchorage, Alaska is experiencing one of its coldest years on record, defying assertions that humans are creating a global warming crisis, especially in ... (read more)
Aquatic Herbicide Success Inspires Rhode Islanders to Protect More Lakes
Inspired by the success of aquatic herbicides in eliminating invasive milfoil from the Smith and Sayles Reservoir, Glocester, Rhode Island residents are ... (read more)
Inspired by the success of aquatic herbicides in eliminating invasive milfoil from the Smith and Sayles Reservoir, Glocester, Rhode Island residents are ... (read more)
Better Nuclear Waste Management Needed
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he wants the United States to build 45 more nuclear power plants as a means of reducing our ... (read more)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he wants the United States to build 45 more nuclear power plants as a means of reducing our ... (read more)
Biotech Makes Eggplants Resistant to Devastating Insects
Researchers in India have begun field testing on eggplants genetically improved to resist devastating attacks by the fruit and shoot borer. The pest currently ... (read more)
Researchers in India have begun field testing on eggplants genetically improved to resist devastating attacks by the fruit and shoot borer. The pest currently ... (read more)
Bisphenol-A Is Safe for Humans, Government Study Concludes
A comprehensive study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reports products containing the chemical bisphenol-A are completely safe for human use. The ... (read more)
A comprehensive study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reports products containing the chemical bisphenol-A are completely safe for human use. The ... (read more)
Book Review: Global Warming Distracts from the World’s Truly Pressing Problems
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Bjorn Lomborg, editor Cambridge University Press, 2006 208 pages, $12.99, ISBN 978-0521685719 Given ... (read more)
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Bjorn Lomborg, editor Cambridge University Press, 2006 208 pages, $12.99, ISBN 978-0521685719 Given ... (read more)
Congressional Leadership Blocks Energy Production
Facing heightened demands from Republicans and a growing number of Democrats to boost domestic production of oil and natural gas, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ... (read more)
Facing heightened demands from Republicans and a growing number of Democrats to boost domestic production of oil and natural gas, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ... (read more)
Declaration Signatories Include Impressive List of Scientists
The list of scientists who have endorsed the Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change is impressive, noted S. Fred Singer, Ph.D., founder and president of ... (read more)
The list of scientists who have endorsed the Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change is impressive, noted S. Fred Singer, Ph.D., founder and president of ... (read more)
Interior Department Drafts New Oil Shale Rules
The U.S. Department of the Interior has published proposed regulations for the production of oil from shale deposits on federal lands, bringing the nation ... (read more)
The U.S. Department of the Interior has published proposed regulations for the production of oil from shale deposits on federal lands, bringing the nation ... (read more)
Los Angeles to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban plastic grocery bags unless the state imposes a 25 cent fee on the bags by July 2010. Council members asserted ... (read more)
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban plastic grocery bags unless the state imposes a 25 cent fee on the bags by July 2010. Council members asserted ... (read more)
Manhattan Declaration Opposes Global Warming Alarmism
Since its creation in March by the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, the Manhattan ... (read more)
Since its creation in March by the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, the Manhattan ... (read more)
N.J. Lawmaker Aims to Repeal Warming Laws
New Jersey Assemblyman Michael Doherty (R-Warren) says new scientific data justify repealing the state’s wide-ranging list of regulations aimed at ... (read more)
New Jersey Assemblyman Michael Doherty (R-Warren) says new scientific data justify repealing the state’s wide-ranging list of regulations aimed at ... (read more)
NASA’s Spencer Tells Congress Global Warming Is Not a Crisis
Roy Spencer, Ph.D., U.S. Science Team Leader for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s collection of satellite temperature data and ... (read more)
Roy Spencer, Ph.D., U.S. Science Team Leader for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s collection of satellite temperature data and ... (read more)
National Park Service Scientist Caught Spreading False Environmental Data
A senior science advisor with the National Park Service (NPS) knowingly used false scientific data to overstate the environmental impact of a family-run ... (read more)
A senior science advisor with the National Park Service (NPS) knowingly used false scientific data to overstate the environmental impact of a family-run ... (read more)
New Zealand Scientists Protest Royal Society’s Alarmist Statement
The Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) in June 2008 issued a special statement designed to clear up the “controversy over climate change” and ... (read more)
The Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) in June 2008 issued a special statement designed to clear up the “controversy over climate change” and ... (read more)
October 2008 Environment & Climate News: No Warming Crisis
The October 2008 issue of Environment & Climate News features several articles about the rapidly waning concern over global warming. On page 1: * Facing ... (read more)
The October 2008 issue of Environment & Climate News features several articles about the rapidly waning concern over global warming. On page 1: * Facing ... (read more)
Schools Cut Back to Four-Day Week
With high energy costs increasingly eating up education budgets, schools around the country are considering four-day weeks to save money. More than 100 ... (read more)
With high energy costs increasingly eating up education budgets, schools around the country are considering four-day weeks to save money. More than 100 ... (read more)
Support for Global Warming Alarmism Continues to Wane
Around the world, controversy over climate change continues to grow. Contrary to what the politicians tell us, there is no consensus of scientific thought ... (read more)
Around the world, controversy over climate change continues to grow. Contrary to what the politicians tell us, there is no consensus of scientific thought ... (read more)
Taxpayer Money Gone with the Wind If Billionaire Pickens Has His Way
Billionaire financier T. Boone Pickens’ campaign for government subsidies to wind power, advertised in a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal and ... (read more)
Billionaire financier T. Boone Pickens’ campaign for government subsidies to wind power, advertised in a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal and ... (read more)
Wisc. Governor Calls for More Nuclear Power
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D), whose past statements and actions indicated a lack of support for nuclear power plant construction, is now speaking out more ... (read more)
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D), whose past statements and actions indicated a lack of support for nuclear power plant construction, is now speaking out more ... (read more)
