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Let Them Drink Tap
Some lawmakers maintain that energy needed to transport the bottled water is too high for the value that the product brings. Let everyone drink tap,…
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Irrationality of Mandated Recycling
I’ve said it a million times: Recycling isn’t environmentally beneficial if it uses more resources than it saves. That is why many government-mandated recycling programs…
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National Geographic Cover Story on Malaria
The July issue of National Geographic features an excellent cover story on malaria. It notes the importance of DDT, highlights many problems with relying…
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Sprawl: The Next DDT?
The Business and Media Institute reports that the greens are trying again to use the nation’s national symbol—the Bald Eagle—to undermine free-markets. The Bald…
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AEI Panel Discussion about the bipartisan trade deal – Continued
Kimberly Ann Elliot, senior fellow with the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, contended that labor and environmental standards do have role to play,…
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AEI panel discussion about FTAs in the aftermath of the bipartisan deal
In the aftermath of the bipartisan deal between the Democrats and the Bush Administration, the question is whether the new enforceable environmental and ILO labor…
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A Plea for the Victims of Malaria
Today on CEI’s Rachelwaswrong.org blog, Barun Mitra of the Liberty Institute (New Delhi, India) makes a plea for greater awareness about malaria’s victims…
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Shining a Spotlight on Anti-DDT Activists
A story in today’s Mail and Guardian, an online African newspaper, highlights First Lady Laura Bush’s trip to Africa, where she is “shining a…
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Never Green Enough
Everywhere businesses are going green, but no firm will ever be green enough for the greens. According to an article in today’s New York…
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Free NYC Garbage!
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Ugandan Official Takes on Greens
In today’s Wall Street Journal Uganda’s director of Health Services Sam Zaramba points out the perils of anti-DDT campaigns to his country. He notes: “Misguided…
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Green State of Denial
John Tierney’s excellent article on Rachel Carson’s legacy published in yesterday’s New York Times is under attack on the comments section of Tierney’s blog. The responses…
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NYT on Carson
Today, columnist John Tierney takes on the legacy of Rachel Carson in the New York Times Science section, offering a critique of Carson’s alarmism and…
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Greens Attack Rather than Debate
Environmental activists from Environmental Defense, the Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA), and the Silent Spring Institute refuse to debate me (and probably anyone…
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At the Mercy of Regulators
After a seven-year policy battle, Europe’s new chemical law takes effect today. The law is known as REACH—the acronym for the bureaucratic name Registration, Evaluation…
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Millions Dead
Millions dead and that’s still not enough for environmental activists to change their colors. Last September, Dr. Arata Kochi, Director of the World Health Organization’s…
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Coburn Right — Rachel Wrong
Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) stands largely alone in efforts to stop congressional initiatives to honor the environmental movement’s icon the late Rachel Carson, whose…
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A Colossal Tragedy
A story on today’s front page of the Washington Post highlights the life of Rachel Carson. While largely praising Carson, the author does note…
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The Real Risk is to Our Freedom
News stories about the “toxic” chemicals seem to appear daily in the press. These stories say our health is at risk, but the real risk…
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Even a Caveman…
A Canadian news site notes that activists have recently formed a new “lobby” group called “Prevent Cancer Now.” They want to alert the world…
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Behind the Times
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Mind Your Own Turf
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Foolish and Dangerous Advice
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Minorities Suffer from Green Hype
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Yet Another Reason to Ignore Fishy Federal Advisories
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Skip the Green Fuzzy Feeling
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Much Toxic Ado About Nothing
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Please Don’t Eat the Roses
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Wal-Mart’s Green Miscalculation Costs Low-Income Customers
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