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Common Sense Trumps Absurd Bottled Water Ban
September 6, 2017It’s refreshing to see that political correctness has little hold on the Trump Administration, enabling common sense policymaking—despite offending the left. One of latest “assaults” on leftist nonsense is the reversal... -
NYT Pesticide Exposé Only Exposes Foolish Reporting
August 23, 2017Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected a petition from two environmental activist groups to ban the longtime, widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos. Last week, the New York Times published... -
Environmental Activists Continue to 'Bee' Wrong about Honeybee Health Challenges
August 3, 2017Bloomberg reports some good news this week: Honeybee hive health has improved and so-called colony collapse disorder (CCD) is less of a problem than it was before. Yet CCD has never really been the major challenge to bees. Environmental... -
EPA Should Stand Firm on Chlorpyrifos Decision
July 19, 2017EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt took the right stand in favor of sound science last March when he denied an activist petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. At the time, he explained:
By reversing the previous Administration’s steps to ban one of the most widely used pesticides in the world, we are returning to using sound science in decision-making—rather than predetermined results.
But this battle isn’t over; the activists are continuing their irrational anti-pesticide crusade.
Most recently, the Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), who filed the original petition in 2007,...
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New Study Shows Minimal Pesticide Impact on Bees
July 18, 2017A recently released study claims to have finally proven that certain pesticides are harming both honeybees and wild bees, and news headlines have sounded the alarm. For example, a Los Angeles Times... -
Trump Can Fund Chemical Safety Review while Cutting EPA Budget
April 17, 2017
Some observers express doubt that the Trump administration can cut the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget by 31 percent and still fund implementation of...
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Let's Make a Commitment to Human Ingenuity
March 24, 2017Tomorrow, between 8:30 and 9:30 PM, environmental activists will show their commitment to Mother Nature by sitting in the dark for so-called “Earth Hour.” But paying homage to the Earth for an hour a year, isn’t going to change anything. It only showcases the fact that green activists choose to ignore what really makes the world a safer and better place to live: human ingenuity.
That is why, as the greens bump around in the dark, CEI urges individuals to turn on the lights and celebrate Human Achievement Hour. We turn on the lights and acknowledge that human creativity, fostered by free markets and free minds, is the source of improving people’s quality of life.
And these achievements are not exclusive to those who live in wealthy nations. Expanding economic activity and technological development is...
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Trump Should Cut Government-Funded Junk Science
March 14, 2017The Trump administration’s plan to cut government should include considerable effort to eliminate numerous research programs that peddle junk science to serve environmental special interests. I have already pointed out a... -
Scrap Proposition 65, California's Unscientific Chemical Safety Law
January 31, 2017California may soon list glyphosate, the active ingredient used to make Roundup weed killer, as a carcinogen under the state’s so-called “right-to-know” law, originally passed by voters in... -
Endangered Species Bee Listing Could Harm Bees, Butterflies, other Pollinators
January 12, 2017If you care about the survival of bees and other pollinators in the United States, you should be concerned about yesterday’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announcement that has placed the rusty patched bumble bee on the U.S....