Editorials: Environment

Is It Hollywood Or Washington? Global Warming Activists Control Government Climate Report

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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February 01, 2013
In one of the most memorable scenes in the classic movie, The Sting, grifter Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) cheats crime boss Doyle

The Overwhelming Judgment of Science Rejects Obama’s Global Warming Claims

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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January 28, 2013
President Barack Obama in his second inauguration address called for new action to “respond to the threat of climate change.” Taking advantage of the bully pulpit and a huge national audience, Obam

Drinking water not at risk from mining

Taylor Smith
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January 23, 2013
Overblown fears about uranium mining are much ado about nothing in regards to justifying an out of date ban on uranium mining (Keep uranium mining ban, Sen. Ruff says, Jan.

Michael Mann Has Trouble With Reading Comprehension

Jim Lakely
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January 21, 2013
It seems that fake Nobel Prize Laureate Michael Mann has his

Who Defends Science?

Joseph Bast
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January 20, 2013
The December 21, 2012 issue of the journal Science contained an editorial that left me wondering who we can rely on to defend science. Science versus science?

The Government Giveth

Marita Noon
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January 16, 2013
Or, do they take and then give? It appears to be a vicious cycle with no beginning or end.

Hydraulic fracturing in Illinois

Taylor Smith
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January 15, 2013
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce’s Tom Wolf was correct in telling the Tribune that economic benefits from fracking in Illinois are largely unknown (“Illinois’ ‘fracking’ future fractured,” Busines

How to Destroy Science: Cast Self-Interest as Public Interest

Norman Rogers
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January 14, 2013
Bruce Alberts is the editor of Science magazine, though it's not exactly clear what the 75-year-old Alberts actually does there.

Lack of Global Warming Means Cold, Empty Chairs at New York Times Environment Desk

Jim Lakely
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January 12, 2013
What's in worse shape? The state of the Earth's climate? Or the state of the New York Times?

Virginia: Energy Capitol of the East Coast?

Marita Noon
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January 08, 2013
With a flood of new federal regulations hitting everything from healthcare, energy, food safety, and bird protection, it is encouraging to know that some states can still think for themselves.