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Are Gorillas More Important than Humans?

Mathew Otieno mercatornet.com Mathew Otieno writes from Kisumu, Kenya. The Batwa are a group of pygmy people who have lived in central Africa for millennia. Their homeland spreads across what is now Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Shorter in stature than other Africans, they

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

In 2015 Justin Trudeau announced a Canadian cabinet that was a 50/50 split between men and women. When questioned on why this was done – he delivered the patronising quip, “Because it’s 2015.” Not choosing the best people for the job is an appalling disservice to his country – in

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A path through a dark evergreen forest near Loch Maree

Forests Are Back in a Big Way

The proclivity of environmentalists for making ludicrously wrong alarmist ‘predictions’ is well documented. In fact, it’s even been the subject of peer-reviewed scientific literature. Not that that ever stops them from going right ahead and trying to scare up the next environmental boogey-man. The eternally wrong Paul Ehrlich is

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Harnessing Hot Air

Harnessing Hot Air

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Focus on EVs… but it’s a risk

Duggan Flanakin is the Director of Policy Research at 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 of

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Coca-Cola is Now All Woka-Cola

Jeffrey Clark newsbusters.org Jeffrey Clark currently serves as a staff writer and researcher for the Media Research Center’s Business Division. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a dual degree in History and English Bill Nye the Science Guy went from pushing climate change to

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Going Organic — What Could Go Wrong?

Going Organic — What Could Go Wrong?

Whenever well-off hippy types try to extol the virtues of “organic” farming, it’s worth pointing out that organic farming was the default for nearly all of the past 12,000 years. For all that time, 99.9% of the comparatively tiny human population lived on a monotonous diet of

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The Fly in the Green Policy Ointment

The Fly in the Green Policy Ointment

Europe’s green policies are actually funding the Ukraine war. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more

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There’s Nothing Fantastic about This Plastic

There’s Nothing Fantastic about This Plastic

Julia Conley commondreams.org Less than two weeks after scientists discovered microplastics in human blood, a team of researchers in the U.K. said Wednesday that the tiny particles have also been detected in people’s lungs. Researchers at the University of Hull and Hull York Medical School analyzed lung

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Green Dream World

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They Don’t Care About the Environment

Bill Kocacs cfact.org The apocalyptic talk about climate change is nothing more than a diversion tactic by the government, the radical Left, and their mainstream press. The many laws, the trillions in federal appropriations and tax credits, and the unworkable proposals to address climate change will not slow the

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But, What about the Whales and Dolphins?

But, What about the Whales and Dolphins?

Dr Woods has finally announced a windfarm!  She said all we needed was 4.5 windfarms per year several years ago – and now she has one. There is a “really good chance” that a massive $5 billion offshore wind farm capable of powering more than a third of New Zealand

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Weather Eye with John Maunder

Weather Eye with John Maunder

John Maunder New Zealand’s NIWA has an informative review of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) written by Jim Renwick and David Thompson. The Southern Annular Mode (or SAM) is a ring of climate variability that encircles the South Pole and extends out to the latitudes of New Zealand. (Its

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Native Birds Love Gardens

Native Birds Love Gardens

Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. In July last year, Wellington Mayor Andy Foster addressed a meeting on the city’s Significant Natural Areas policy.  Foster had one reply to every question and comment: * The policy is unlawful  – ‘ah, but biodiversity’ * The policy is

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Newsflash: Flood Plains Get a Bit Wet

Newsflash: Flood Plains Get a Bit Wet

I spent a great deal of my childhood and early teens in the Otway Ranges, the belt of temperate rainforested hills that are the northern half of the spectacular scenery of the Great Ocean Road. BFD readers might remember seeing the Otways in the horrifying firestorms of Ash Wednesday. In

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