
The USDA appears about to approve a new Monsanto GMO crop that will increase spraying of a herbicide containing 2,4-D, a chemical component of Agent Orange. 2,4-D is already in use, not only on crops, but on lawns and playing fields. Read More...
Everywhere that green innovations are introduced, the neighbors grouse and groups challenge them. What is surprising and dismaying is that many of these groups think of themselves and liberals, but they cannot get past the conservative idea that change is fine - but not in my back yard. Read More...
The Manhattan Institute scholar and conservative columnist, Max Schultz, uses his considerable wit to shoot at anything that’s environmentally positive. ”Wind, solar, and other so-called renewable-energy sources play negligible roles in our energy economy because they fail in competition with oil, coal, natural gas, and nuclear power,” he wrote. If he had his way,... Read More...