Moral Consideration of Plants

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

From the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology. I think I’ll go kick a dandelion. Hat tip: Volokh Conspiracy.

How to Lose an Election

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Bill Clinton says, “We just have to slow down our economy” to fight global warming. This is the same guy who swept into office on James Carville’s mantra that it’s “the economy, stupid,” right? Is the Clinton campaign even looking at polls like this one? This one?

Ethanol’s Dirty Side

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

According to this report to the California Air Resources Board, total ethanol emissions actual surpass fossil fuel emissions. Hat tip to JunkScience.com Blog.

Skeptical Scientists Urge World To “Have the Courage to Do Nothing” At UN Conference

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

From the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Minority Blog.

Another Interesting Global Warming Report

Friday, November 30th, 2007

An interesting (and short) paper was just released explaining how the IPCC 2007 report is based on flawed (i.e., outdated) data. It’s by a mathematician and engineer, but he’s dealing mostly with mathematical data, for those of you who are skeptical based on his background. Check it out here: Carbon Emissions Don’t Cause Global Warming [...]

Global Madness

Monday, November 26th, 2007

The Telegraph has a fascinating article on global warming madness and the sheer, devastatingly expensive scope of it all. (For more info, you can always trip over to JunkScience.com.)