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Wasps Are Smarter than You Think and Ecologically Important

Wasps Are Smarter than You Think and Ecologically Important

Adrian Dyer Adrian is a vision scientist and photographer. He’s interested in the comparative physiology of how different animals evolved their visual capabilities depending on the ecology of their environment, and the information that can be learnt to improve the design of new systems. Scarlett Howard Scarlett is a

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The Cost for Green Hydrogen

Frank Lasee CFACT policy advisor Frank Lasee is an expert on energy and environmental issues. His articles have appeared in the Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Real Clear Energy, Town Hall. He has been a guest on TV and radio news. He is the president of Truth in Energy and Climate.

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A Land Hidden Under the Ice

A Land Hidden Under the Ice

I still remember how much it blew my child’s mind to realise that beneath the vast, icy wastes of Antarctica was an entire, buried continent. A continent bigger than Europe or Australia, buried beneath kilometres of ice for nearly twenty million years. Like island peaks in the Pacific Ocean,

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Too Many Products Are Easier to Throw Away Than Fix

Alexandra Sims University of Auckland Trish O’Sullivan Massey University theconversation.com There was a time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repair person. But those days are long gone. Today, it is often faster, easier and cheaper to replace

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This Is Not What We Were Promised

This Is Not What We Were Promised

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com A Court of Appeal decision was released last week that will have a profound influence on the future of New Zealand. Poor drafting and a radical application of ‘tikanga’ by the judiciary has delivered the exact opposite outcome from what the public was promised. The

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It’s Never Going to Be Cheap

It’s Never Going to Be Cheap

Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an

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Environ-MENTAL

Environ-MENTAL

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Who Is Involved in the Solar Industry?

Who Is Involved in the Solar Industry?

Miles Pollard Miles Pollard is an economic policy analyst with the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com Behind those harmless-looking solar panels harnessing the sun’s power lies a disturbing secret: Roughly 80 per cent

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Crybaby of the Day

Crybaby of the Day

As the only range in the Nelson Tasman district available for police training, it wasn’t just the club shutting down that concerned [Nelson Waimea Clay Target Club president Martin O’Connor]. “When the shit hits the fan, you ring the police, and if the police don’t have adequate

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EVs Don’t Help Auto Workers, Drivers, or Planet Earth

EVs Don’t Help Auto Workers, Drivers, or Planet Earth

Larry Bell CFACT Advisor Larry Bell heads the graduate program in space architecture at the University of Houston. He founded and directs the Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture. He is also the author of “Climate of Corruption: Politics and Power Behind the Global Warming Hoax.” cfact.org Nearly 13,

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The Father of India’s Green Revolution

The Father of India’s Green Revolution

Vijay Raj Jayaraj Vijay Jayaraj is a research associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and a contributor to CFACT. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK, and resides in India. cfact.org In Memoriam: Dr M.S. Swaminathan – The Visionary

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Not a Habit That We Should Want to Kick

David Brady David is a a double major in Economics & Finance at Florida Southern College. He is an Austro-Libertarian, a co-host of the “Econphonics” podcast, and an Apprentice at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. fee.org If one is on social media, they are likely already acquainted

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Saving the Rhino by Farming Them

Jason Gilchrist Edinburgh Napier University theconversation.com With all the terrible news on climate change, it’s easy to lose track of what’s happening with particular species. So, in case you missed it, a new report has bad news for Earth’s five surviving species of rhino. Poaching for

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Brazil’s Big Cats and Wind Turbines

Bonner Cohen, PhD Bonner R. Cohen, PhD, is a senior policy analyst with CFACT, where he focuses on natural resources, energy, property rights, and geopolitical developments. Articles by Dr Cohen have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, the New York Post, the Washington Examiner, the

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A Tale of Two Whale Protection Groups

David Wojick David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. cfact.org There are two groups specializing in trying to protect the severely endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, of which only about 340 critters remain alive, fewer every month, it seems.

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It Is Revoltin’ – the People Don’t Want EVs

It Is Revoltin’ – the People Don’t Want EVs

Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history

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