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Climate change — and the push for biofuels — will create a billion refugees, says Christian Aid
A report just released by Christian Aid says that global warming will displace 1 billion people by 2050, and rich countries that are…
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CAFE klatsch
President Bush is set to address the nation this afternoon on plans to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, reports the Greenwire news service.
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Hate Crimes and Equality
The Washington Post has just published a very ironic editorial supporting the federal hate crimes bill (“Protection from Hate,” May 14). Its editorial is…
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“Bipartisan trade deal” serves special interest, not the public interest
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Chrysler For Sale. Sold.
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Rupert Murdoch’s Gas-Guzzling Hybrid
Rupert Murdoch, a hate figure for much of the Left, especially in Britain, has declared that he is proud to go green. One of…
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Bureaucrash’s Blaze of Glory
When it rains anti-anti-smoking indignation, it pours. In addition to Brooke’s press statement, Jason reminds me that Bureaucrash was hot on this MPAA/smoking tip…
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These Foolish Things Remind Me of the MPAA
As Eli informed us this morning, the MPAA has caved into Big (anti-)Tobacco and decided to rate movies that include smoking by adults more…
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More on Unsustainable Policies
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Special interests win with Peru and Panama FTAs
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Sustain This
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Butt Out!
The Washington Post reports that the The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will now give higher, more restrictive ratings to films that “that…
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Hate Crimes Addendum
In an earlier blog post, I cited the ACLU's recent decision to support the federal hate-crimes bill which recently passed the House. The ACLU…
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Colombia’s president gets cold shoulder on the Hill
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Don’t Count Your Cobs Before They’re Grown
Corn growers are riding high these days, as ethanol moves into place as the default alternative fuel for automobiles. Lots of money is pouring into…
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Typesetting and technology
Today the BBC’s website has an article that caught my eye, “Helvetica at 50.” No, Helvetica’s not a movie star or a rock…
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Opposing Murder = Discrimination, Lawyer Says
Truth is stranger than fiction. A restaurant owner told O.J. Simpson to get out of his restaurant, exercising his right not to associate with murderers on his own property. …
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Eliot Spitzer Rebuffed
In a 3-to-2 decision, New York’s intermediate appeals court dismissed most of former New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer’s lawsuit against former New York…
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The Present State of America’s Future
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UN on biofuels — implications and tradeoffs
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Gas Prices a-Go-Go No More
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You, too, can be a Concerned Scientist for $35
Today, Human Events reprints Iain’s, Myron’s, and my article on the Union of Concerned Scientists (which was first published in Capital Research…
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Gas Prices a-Go-Go
Tomorrow is the exhaustively-named House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming’s hearing on high gas prices. According to Chairman Ed Markey, it…
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Isn’t Poverty Even Filthier?
A massive ad campaign has been mounted in recent weeks within the Beltway to demonize coal. The ads show some rather unlikely models posing as…
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Hate Crimes Hypocrisy
The ACLU has just jettisoned principle and sacrificed civil liberties on the altar of political correctness in supporting the federal hate-crimes bill. Historically, the ACLU…
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Charlie Crist: Populist
Florida continues its populist jihad against private insurance companies. On top of last year’s legislation letting the state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. compete outright for…
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Cable News Grudge Match: Sam vs. Phil on CNBC
In case you missed him earlier today, here’s our very own Sam Kazman debating Phil Clapp of the National Environmental Trust on federal…
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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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Libertarian Smack Down
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Sarko and the French Cultural Myth
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Instead of praying, buy fluorescent
In my web browsing last evening, I came across a booklet published by the Church of England last month. It’s called “How Many Lightbulbs…
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The Department of Energy Liberates Us from Clean Clothes
CEI doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with the editors of Consumer Reports (to put it mildly), but they do have a great feature in the…
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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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“Dr. Hockey Stick” Michael Mann sticks his neck out
A colleague directs my attention to a remarkable example of someone needlessly sticking their neck out, specifically “Dr. Hockey Stick” Michael Mann, whose fall I…
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Will Sarko deliver?
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Re: Sam’s the Man
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Sam’s the Man
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The Honor of Being ‘Lamberted’
I have recently been informed that a couple weeks ago I had the distinct honor of being 'Lamberted.' That is, I was the object of…
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MSYahoo Would Be Good for the Market
The New York Post is speculating on the possibility of Microsoft aquiring Yahoo! This deal would deflate the notion that Google is a…
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Another Victim of the Nanny State
In the spirit of Friday afternoon, allow me to direct your attention to the sad demise of Sudan’s only married goat. Her name was…
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Amensty International Helps Fight to Free Kareem
Amensty International posted this summation of the injustice that has landed Karim Amer in prison for the next four years. Karim’s ‘crime’ has been…
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Hate Crimes and Federalism
Congress is considering proposals to create a broad hate-crimes law covering crimes based on sexual orientation, gender, and disability, as well as race. Hate-crimes laws…
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The CAFE Debate: Safety v. Mileage
With today’s Senate hearing on fuel economy, it’s a good time to turn again to CEI’s work on the Department of Transportation’s corporate average…
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Of Chocolate and Ice Cream
A number of blogs and mainstream media outlets are going wild over proposed FDA regulations that would redefine chocolate. Right now, to be called…
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The Digg Revolution?
Websters are calling the ‘revolt’ at Digg an online Boston Tea Party. This is offensive to anyone who knows the history of the Boston…
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AdSense Nonsense
Charges that Google is constructing a vast network of partners in order to monopolize the net betray that fact that most regulators and ‘tech journalists’…
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Consumer “Protection” Racket
D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson is suing a Korean drycleaner couple for $65 million for losing his pants and posting signs that say…
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Chris Horner on Glenn Beck’s Global Warming Special
In case you missed him last night:…
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A Knight to Slay the Green Dragon
Our friend Peyton Knight had an (intentionally) hilarious op-ed piece in yesterday’s Examiner, highlighting the (unintentionally) hilarious display of eco-hypocrisy in Vanity Fair‘s…
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Glenn Beck Takes on Global Warming Alarmism
Here’s the transcript from last night’s CNN/Glenn Beck special on global warming, which included our very own Chris Horner. Beck sets the tone of…
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Rep. Scott Garrett on Sarbanes-Oxley Reform
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) delivers remarks to the Center for Entrepreneurship’s recent conference on “Entrepreneurs, the Stock Market and the American Dream.”…
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KFC Lawsuit Thrown Out
A lawsuit against KFC for using trans fats in its fried chicken has been thrown out. In an appropriately sarcastic ruling, federal district…
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Environmentalism a religion? Naaaah!
Penn & Teller will need a new way to do their Gideon Bible card trick (for an explanation, read the book) at the Gaia…
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Business groups support Korea trade pact
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WTO agriculture chair suggests ways to move stalled talks
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Nobel Laureates Say the Darndest Things
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Editing Isn’t Censorship, Even for Digg
Digg.com, the popular crowd-edited news aggregating site, has been the subject of online controversy as of late. Recently, a Digg user posted a story with…
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Myron Debates Carbon Offsets and ‘Green’ Power on CNBC
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NY Gov. Spitzer joins ranks of corn ethanol doubters
CEI is not the habit of praising Elliott Spitzer. Indeed, Spitzer won the number three spot in CEI’s report on the Top Ten Worst…
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Buy out the sugar growers, says the LA Times
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Anyone Want to Buy Some Venezuelan Oil Futures Contracts?
Hugo Chavez, celebrating Communist New Year in style, has stripped the world’s major oil companies of operational control of drilling projects in the Orinoco…
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Marlo to appear on climate change panel
If you’re in DC this evening, CEI’s own Marlo Lewis will be a panelist at a climate change discussion sponsored by the World Affairs…
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Carbon Offsets and Snake Oil
EasyJet, one of Europe’s biggest budget airlines, has taken a look at the carbon offset business and doesn’t like what it found: Toby Nicol,…
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A Blow to Privatization and Interstate Commerce
Once again, Justices Roberts and Alito have split over whether federal law preempts a state regulation. In United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste…
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Incandescent Damsels in Distress
The front page of today's Washington Post breaks the dramatic story I've been waiting to see reported on for some time: U.S. consumers don't care…
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Global Warming Round-up
It’s a while since I’ve done one of these, but here are some global warming-related stories you may have missed. Canada sets own emissions…
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Free Kareem Roundup
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Lewis Black on Eco-celebs
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Enviro kids need counseling?
Richard, your post on angry kids used by enviros reminded me that I showed the Greenpeace ad to a friend who deals with disturbed…
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Getting rid of the sugar program — buyouts looking sweeter
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Supporting Online Gaming Is No Gamble
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank has proposed repealing last Fall’s ban on Internet gambling, though according to the punsters at the Associated…
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Free Kareem Rally in DC
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ED Ads: Tick’d off By Annoying Child Actors
First came Greenpeace’s Angry Kid: Now come ED’s clock kids: Why do big environmental groups think adults like being lectured by bossy…
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Back to the Paleo Future
The delightful and fascinating blog Paleo-Future has some entertaining video clips up from a short film produced by AT&T in 1993, showing what…
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More on the Neutrality Battle
If this whole net neutrality thing sounds a bit complex, let The Simpleton’s Guide explain it all. Because after all, simple is better:…
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What’s the Gift for a One-Year Lobbying Anniversary?
The inaptly named Save the Internet coalition is celebrating its first anniversary today, and Wayne is on the case: “We all can probably agree…
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Green Spendthrifts, Get a Life!
Christine, I loved your post about the new trendy green fashions. Via Fark I’ve just come across something I think tops it: a…
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Re: The Clothesline
We used a clothesline when I was growing up, but were forever running outside to grab the clothes when the sky darkened. In the North-East…
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Speed Limits. . . Don’t Need ‘Em
Some visitors coming to my home this morning complained of very slow traffic on the beltway at 10:00 a.m. Serious traffic this late in the…
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Clotheslining Progress
It seems recent posts by myself and Fran were all too prescient. The clothesline is apparently merely beginning its green-inspired comeback. Following Kathy…
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“Al Gore trains a global army”
Beware of the storm troopers of global warming alarmism. According to USA Today, they’re on the march.
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How To Go Green For A Gazillion Bucks
The May issue of Vogue arrived on my doorstep this week, filled with all the usual high fashion photos and news. But this issue also…
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From the Mouths of Babes: A Poetic Approach to Recycling
Yesterday's "How Did You Celebrate Earth Day?" post generated an unexpected response from Nishant Magar of the American Chemical Society. Apparently our friends at…
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In Defense of the Bundle
Has everyone been taking French lessons without me? That’s the feeling I get when I see the increasing chatter about “a la carte” for everything.
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Could this be the end
… of a beautiful friendship?…
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Toilet Humor
Sheryl Crow is now claiming that her toilet paper idea was a joke.The reaction to it should tell her something about the environmental movement. …
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Fred Talks Global Warming and Sheryl Crow with Tucker Carlson
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The Latest from Chavezuela
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Re: How Did You Celebrate Earth Day?
I spent the day reading. I did drive my car, though — and it’s not a hybrid.
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Union Decline – It’s not just in America anymore
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Google glacier going, going, gone
For what I only surmise was the observance of Earth Day, Google had a figure of its logo as a melting glacier (which still appeared…
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Careful What you Wish for, Sheryl
Sheryl Crow should be careful what she wishes for. Iain’s post on her green evangelist mission with Laurie David reminds me of a similar…
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Re: You would need a heart of stone
Rationing toilet paper isn’t all that Sheryl Crow is pursuing to save the planet. She recently told People magazine that she intends to…
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Exposing Ethanol in the Centennial State
Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi has an excellent piece today on ethanol and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s enthusiastic embrace of it as a solution…
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I’ve Certainly Got Laughter in My Heart
Iain, I agree that only the most humorless wretch could refrain from laughter in the face of the Sheryl Crow/Laurie David juggernaut of pretension.
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You would need a heart of stone
…not to laugh at the sanctimony and earnestness displayed by the Global Warming Sistas Laurie David and Sheryl Crow in their blog. Here’s Crow:…
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Fun with Emissions Calculators
Inspired by John Whitehead, I decided to use the EPA emissions calculator to find out how much CO2 my household emits.Total emissions for…
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How Did You Celebrate Earth Day?
Iain raises an interesting question over at Planet Gore, and it's a good idea to follow up with it here. Yesterday was Earth Day,…
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Commercial Broadcast Radio with…No Commercials?
The New York Times Business section has an interesting story this morning on how one of Clear Channel’s stations in Dallas is eliminating all…
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