Editorials: Environment

Illinois should embrace fracking

Taylor Smith
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May 26, 2013
Sandra Steingraber’s op-ed Thursday was disingenuous on many fronts.

Obama Administration Supports Fracking and Natural Gas, Despite Environmental Opposition

Steve Goreham
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May 24, 2013
Last Thursday, the US Department of the Interior released a

A Bee in Their Bonnet

Paul Driessen
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May 21, 2013
Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again.

A Six-Pack of Scandals Could Define and Destroy the Obama Presidency

Marita Noon
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May 21, 2013
It’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week at the White House—and it isn’t looking like next week will be any better.

Does Solar Energy Actually Make Massachusetts Safer?

Steve Goreham
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May 18, 2013
Earlier this month, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick announced that

Americans Fighting Their Own Government For Economic Survival

Marita Noon
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May 15, 2013
No wonder the national debt is at nearly $17 trillion—and ticking higher every day.

Sorry Global Warmists, But Extreme Weather Events Are Becoming Less Extreme

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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May 15, 2013
Just about every type of extreme weather event is becoming less frequent and less severe in recent years as

Reaching 400 ppm of CO2 Is No Milestone

Edmund Contoski
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May 14, 2013
[The following is a letter to the editor I submitted the other day to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. They will certainly not publish it, so I publish it here.

The Unintended Consequences of Energy Mandates and Subsidies on America’s Civil Nuclear Fleet

Dave Banks
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May 13, 2013
Until recently, most energy analysts focused on challenges to expansion and new builds when discussing the future of America’s nuclear power sector.

A Climate Cycle Delivered Our Cold Spring

Dennis Avery
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May 12, 2013
Lots of us are commenting on the U.S. having the second coldest spring in the official thermometer record (starting ca. 1860) and the coldest since 1975.