Ronald Stein Ron Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com In answer to the provocative question posed in an article of Issues and Insights, “Are We Finally Heading
Deniz Özkundakci University of Waikato theconversation.com The level of microplastic pollution in New Zealand lakes is comparable with those in the US or Europe, despite much lower population densities, according to our global analysis of plastic pollution in freshwater lakes and reservoirs. Globally, our results show two types of
An ABC piece about the death of a platypus in suburban Hobart shrieked that it was a sign of the species’ imminent threat. While it is indeed shocking and tragic that the animal died because of a loop of twine embedded in its fur, it might also be pointed out
“A humanitarian,” Orwell said, “is always a hypocrite”. Nothing could have prepared him for the Greens, though. Because, when it comes to “progressive” hypocrisy, the Greens are in a class of their own. From pontificating about political donations while trousering the largest donation in Australian history, to blatherskiting about “transparency”
Duggan Flanakin cfact.org 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
The U.S. Banned Farmers From Using a Brain-Harming Pesticide on Food. Why Has It Slowed a Global Ban? by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On his first day in
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura We owe much to our ready access to affordable and reliable energy: it is closely correlated with increases in population, GDP per capita and life expectancy. But we have been putting all this at risk with a focus on sustainability which, while in itself is
Jon Queally Jon Queally is managing editor of Common Dreams. commondreams.org Despite years of protest and warnings from environmentalists, the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog on Tuesday approved a plan by Japan to release tens of millions of gallons of water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into
Ronald Stein Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book “Clean Energy Exploitations.” cfact.org The forced transition to occasional electricity generation from breezes and sunshine has proven to be ultra-expensive for the wealthy countries of Germany,
Valerie Check Valerie Check is an energy and environmental policy intern at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. cfact.org “More than half the world’s reefs have perished in the past 30 years,” Newsweek announced in an article claiming that ocean warming is driving bleaching events that have devastated
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
Andrew Moran Economics Editor at LibertyNation.com. Andrew has written extensively on economics, business, and political subjects for the last decade. He also writes about economics at The Epoch Times and financial markets at FX Daily Report. libertynation.com The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on June
John Maunder Climate extremes in New Zealand, since instrumental records became available in the 1850s, show a range from the highest temperature of 42.4 degrees Celsius, recorded in Rangiora on February 7, 1973, to the most intense rainfall in 10 minutes: 34 mm, which occurred in Tauranga on April
Today’s face of the day has Horizons’ environmental manager Craig Davey worried. First-ever wallaby discovered in Manawatu-Whanganui region, prompting plea to New Zealanders Without action, it is estimated pest wallabies could inhabit up to one-third of Aotearoa New Zealand within 50 years. Newshub Phew, they had me worried for
For domestic use, solar panels are generally not a bad idea. That’s because domestic electricity consumption is generally pretty low: residential electricity consumption is about 20% of the total. And if solar output drops because of bad weather or night time, houses still have a grid connection to fall
Apparently, according to Science Direct, “Lab-Grown Meat Has a Big Problem Very Few People Know About”. Well, it can’t be that it tastes like shit — because everyone knows that. So, what is the problem? Because it must be a big one: because, despite the endless hype around it, there
