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December 15, 2011
Does hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for shale natural gas cause earthquakes? The data is still uncertain. But since when has lack of data gotten in the way of a good green scare?
Posted in Environment
November 30, 2011
Climategate 2.0: See for yourself what all the fuss is about.
Posted in Environment
October 20, 2011
What explains our reluctance to let the hidden, external costs of energy be reflected in its price?
Posted in Environment
October 4, 2011
Steven Hayward has the definitive take on the Solyndra affair, with all the gory details. Turns out, it’s much worse than another case of crony capitalism run amok.
Posted in Domestic Policy, Environment, Politics
September 6, 2011
There are more than 20,000 trackable pieces of space junk orbiting the earth. Figuring out how to clean that up might lead to new space-based technologies and industries.
Posted in Environment, Technology
September 1, 2011
Solyndra, a solar panel company that received Federal loans totalling $535 million, was a showcase for President Obama’s green jobs initiative. Now it’s shutting its doors for good. How did this happen?
Posted in Environment, Politics
August 31, 2011
Four months after the earthquake and tsunami, a tour of Sendai, Japan, still reveals a mess of Augean proportions.
Posted in Environment
August 29, 2011
Will Global Warming cause a spate of new wars and violent clashes over food and resource shortages? Think tanks have spun up a whole cottage industry saying “yes”, but the historical record says “no.”
Posted in Environment, Science
August 8, 2011
The end is nigh. The only way to save the earth may be to go back to a pre-industrial lifestyle—or better yet, a pre-agricultural one.
Posted in Environment
August 2, 2011
Faced with government incompetence or malfeasance when it comes to measuring and publicizing radiation levels, Japanese citizens are taking matters into their own hands.
Posted in Environment, Science
July 22, 2011
“Playing God (in the sense of being intelligent designers) at a planetary level is essential if creation is not to be irreparably damaged”, says environmentalist Mark Lynas.
Posted in Environment
July 18, 2011
Earthquakes bring a massive death toll in vulnerable, unprepared urban areas. It’s time to point a finger at governments that shrug in the face of obvious seismic risk.
Posted in Environment, Foreign Policy
