BACKGROUND: Just as Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) are pushing a "Kyoto-Lite" anti-global warming amendment to put greenhouse gas emissions caps on every major sector of the U.S. economy, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of the Committee ... READ MORE
BACKGROUND: "The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to publish a draft report next week on the state of the environment, but after editing by the White House, a long section describing risks from rising global temperatures has been whittled to ... READ MORE
The New York Times spun a tall tale the other day, and Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel - the fabled "No Spin Zone" - fell for it. Hard. About a hundred newspapers joined him.1 It happened in the ... READ MORE
Maybe it's time to send the editorial writers at The New York Times back to the Columbia Journalism School for a refresher course in fact-checking. Even with the departure of the left-wing ideologue Howell Raines as editor-in-chief and protégé Jayson ... READ MORE
BACKGROUND: The global warming debate is again coming to the forefront on Capitol Hill. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has scheduled global warming hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee May 7; Senator Joseph Lieberman is expected to give a speech May ... READ MORE
BACKGROUND: On May 1, 2003, the American Lung Association will release its annual "State of the Air" report providing details on air pollution levels across the U.S. The report is likely to be alarmist. TEN SECOND RESPONSE: This report is ... READ MORE
DATE: March 15, 2003 BACKGROUND: In an interview with MTV dated March 13, U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said: "On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other ... READ MORE
"The average American in the upper Midwest and the Northeast... [is following] the wind-chill factor more avidly than sports statistics... Floridians... [are] watching their crops freeze..." Another complaint about this year's weather? No. It's a description of the winter of ... READ MORE
It is becoming increasingly fashionable to maintain that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, one that should be regulated under the Clean Air Act. Seven Northeastern states have even announced their intention to sue the administration for its failure to regulate ... READ MORE
(Note: This critique of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report "Climate Change 2001" is an update of "Global Warming Primer" by the same author. A pdf of this critique can be found here. The "Global Warming Primer" ... READ MORE
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