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Scientists Say 'Whoa!' on Climate Legislation | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 09:39

More than a few conscientious scientists are trying to call "Whoa!" to the "herd of independent minds" that is using the issue of "climate change" to urge a stampede to legislation putting unprecedented controls in the hands of government to control climate, which is a broad field, indeed.

 
Massive Iceberg Heralds Antarctic Cooling | Print |  E-mail
Written by Rebecca Terrell   
Saturday, 14 November 2009 09:30

icebergScientists are shocked by a massive iceberg floating into waters near the Australian Island of Macquarie. New Zealand's Otago Daily Times reports that satellites have located the iceberg more than 12 miles north of Macquarie and headed toward currents that could draw it closer to New Zealand or out into the Pacific Ocean. The giant floating slab of ice, first sighted last week south of the sub-antarctic island, measures 2,300 feet long and 1,148 feet deep, as reported by Sky News.

 
Senate Not Settled on Cap and Trade | Print |  E-mail
Written by James Heiser   
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:30

Apparently, the Senate will not be voting on “cap and trade” any time soon, and all UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon can do about it is tap his foot impatiently and complain to the media.

 
Wolves Will Thrive Despite Recent Hunts | Print |  E-mail
Written by William F. Jasper   
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 07:30

wolfIn 1995 the federal government began transplanting Canadian gray wolves into Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. That program touched off a fierce range war that continues to rage, pitting farmers, ranchers, hunters, conservationists, outdoor recreationists, and rural folk against the major environmentalist lobbying organizations, government bureaucrats, the big-city media, and urban politicians.

 
From Rio to Copenhagen | Print |  E-mail
Written by William F. Jasper   
Tuesday, 10 November 2009 00:00

copenhagenSeventeen and a half years ago, in May-June 1992, this correspondent was jammed cheek to jowl with 30,000 greenies in a global mosh pit known as the United Nations Earth Summit. From that initial event in Rio de Janeiro — and its successors — has flowed a deluge of treaties, conventions, and proposed regimes to regulate (i.e., to control) all human life and activity on our planet.

 
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