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Environment & Climate News
April 2007
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The April 2007 issue of Environment & Climate News offers several articles addressing global warming: from reduced warming projections by the IPCC to attacks ... (read more)
The April 2007 issue of Environment & Climate News offers several articles addressing global warming: from reduced warming projections by the IPCC to attacks ... (read more)
Asbestos Removal: Our Most Costly Environmental Scam
This article is the tenth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam: A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory and Food Safety Concerns, ... (read more)
This article is the tenth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam: A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory and Food Safety Concerns, ... (read more)
Bush Executive Order Aims to Reign in Excessive Regulation
An executive order signed by President George W. Bush on January 18 will make it more difficult for federal agencies to issue policy guidances that critics ... (read more)
An executive order signed by President George W. Bush on January 18 will make it more difficult for federal agencies to issue policy guidances that critics ... (read more)
Congress, Media Distort Censorship Issue
In an ironic twist to the ongoing persecution of state climatologists who doubt global warming alarmism, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform ... (read more)
In an ironic twist to the ongoing persecution of state climatologists who doubt global warming alarmism, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform ... (read more)
Evangelical Group Denies Backing Global Warming Agenda
On January 17 a small group of high-profile environmental activists and evangelicals announced an alliance against greenhouse gas emissions, but spokesmen ... (read more)
On January 17 a small group of high-profile environmental activists and evangelicals announced an alliance against greenhouse gas emissions, but spokesmen ... (read more)
Heartland President Debunks Global Warming Myths
Joseph Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, gave a summary of the current state of global warming science in a February 7 presentation to the Nebraska ... (read more)
Joseph Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, gave a summary of the current state of global warming science in a February 7 presentation to the Nebraska ... (read more)
IPCC Reduces Global Warming Projections
On February 2, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Summary for Policymakers of its Fourth Assessment, even though the full ... (read more)
On February 2, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Summary for Policymakers of its Fourth Assessment, even though the full ... (read more)
Letter to the Editor: Greenland Ice Gain Since World War II
As a retired meteorologist, I feel the accusation that we humans are the cause of global warming is one of the biggest hoaxes ever foisted on a gullible ... (read more)
As a retired meteorologist, I feel the accusation that we humans are the cause of global warming is one of the biggest hoaxes ever foisted on a gullible ... (read more)
Local Budgets Reel Under Arsenic Mandates
The citizens of Middlefield, Ohio are being hammered by a staggering cost of $7,400 per household after water testing showed the community is very slightly ... (read more)
The citizens of Middlefield, Ohio are being hammered by a staggering cost of $7,400 per household after water testing showed the community is very slightly ... (read more)
Many States Devastated by Frigid Weather
In a time when the national media trumpets any brief heat wave or unusually warm local weather as "proof" of global warming, the winter of 2006-2007 offered ... (read more)
In a time when the national media trumpets any brief heat wave or unusually warm local weather as "proof" of global warming, the winter of 2006-2007 offered ... (read more)
Pennsylvania Implements Severe New Mercury Regulations
Pennsylvania's state agency responsible for publishing newly enacted regulations ended a two-month showdown with Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on February 10 by publishing ... (read more)
Pennsylvania's state agency responsible for publishing newly enacted regulations ended a two-month showdown with Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on February 10 by publishing ... (read more)
Radiation Myths Harming Public Health
Review of Underexposed: What If Radiation Is Actually Good for You? By Ed Hiserodt Laissez Faire Books, 2005 247 pages, $14.95, ISBN 0930073355 I ... (read more)
Review of Underexposed: What If Radiation Is Actually Good for You? By Ed Hiserodt Laissez Faire Books, 2005 247 pages, $14.95, ISBN 0930073355 I ... (read more)
San Francisco Reconsidering Ban on Phthalates
The heads of two San Francisco departments have asked the city's supervisors to reconsider a proposed ordinance that would severely restrict the commercial ... (read more)
The heads of two San Francisco departments have asked the city's supervisors to reconsider a proposed ordinance that would severely restrict the commercial ... (read more)
School District Rejects Gore Film
Al Gore's 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth cannot be shown in Federal Way, Washington schools unless "credible, legitimate" opposing views are also presented, ... (read more)
Al Gore's 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth cannot be shown in Federal Way, Washington schools unless "credible, legitimate" opposing views are also presented, ... (read more)
Senator Calls for National Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
Appearing in Long Beach, California with fellow Republican maverick Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on February 21 called for ... (read more)
Appearing in Long Beach, California with fellow Republican maverick Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on February 21 called for ... (read more)
State Climatologists Attacked for Global Warming Doubts
Several state climatologists--researchers officially charged with gathering, analyzing, and disseminating climate and weather information for the states--are ... (read more)
Several state climatologists--researchers officially charged with gathering, analyzing, and disseminating climate and weather information for the states--are ... (read more)
U.S. Cutting Emissions Faster than Europe
The United States is making more significant progress than Europe in cutting both greenhouse gas intensity and gross emissions, Kurt Volker, a European ... (read more)
The United States is making more significant progress than Europe in cutting both greenhouse gas intensity and gross emissions, Kurt Volker, a European ... (read more)
Uganda Will Use DDT to Fight Malaria
Concerned about the rising number of deaths mosquito-borne malaria is inflicting on its citizens, the government of Uganda has approved the use of the pesticide ... (read more)
Concerned about the rising number of deaths mosquito-borne malaria is inflicting on its citizens, the government of Uganda has approved the use of the pesticide ... (read more)
Weather Channel Host Shows Climate Alarmists' Ugly Side
Heidi Cullen, a Weather Channel meteorologist who hosts the station's alarmist weekly program The Climate Code, created a media stir on January 18 by calling ... (read more)
Heidi Cullen, a Weather Channel meteorologist who hosts the station's alarmist weekly program The Climate Code, created a media stir on January 18 by calling ... (read more)
Why Trust the Media to Get Global Warming Story Right?
In a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, delivered on September 26, 2006, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) summarized the state of climate science, drawing ... (read more)
In a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, delivered on September 26, 2006, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) summarized the state of climate science, drawing ... (read more)
