The US Military Has A Whole List Of EPA Rules It Wants To Get Rid Of

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The Pentagon wants the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to repeal, modify or clarify nearly two dozen regulations that create extra layers of red tape and compliance for military operations. EPA has been accepting public comments since April on which regulations should be rescinded or modified. The Department of Defense was quick to submit a draft […]

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May 29, 2017 at 06:30AM

The Looney Effort to Keep the US in the Paris Non-Treaty “Treaty”

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Increasing CO2 emissions is what we should be doing because using fossil fuels helps humans to accomplish their work much less expensively and more efficiently and because higher atmospheric levels of CO2 help the environment, especially plants.

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May 29, 2017 at 06:30AM

Global Greening Cools Parts Of Planet Earth

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Scientists have quantified for the first time how vegetation across the African continent has changed in the past 20 years. Thirty six per cent of the continent has become greener, while 11 per cent is becoming less green. The study challenges the view that Africa is undergoing a sustained loss of trees and bushes. –Kristian […]

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May 29, 2017 at 06:00AM

Nipping a legal problem in the bud

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One of my recent articles predicted that the Fish & Wildlife Service’s endangered species designation for the rusty patched bumblebee would lead to its being used to delay or block construction projects and pesticide use on hundreds of millions of acres of US farmland. The abuses have already begun. Projects in Minnesota and elsewhere have been […]

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May 29, 2017 at 06:00AM