I love trees and animals. But I don't love the excessive regulations environmentalists force on us to protect them, as I write in my syndicated column this week:

Originally, environmental rules were a good thing. I love the free market, but it doesn't offer a practical remedy to pollution. I could sue polluters for violating my property rights, but under our legal system, that's not even close to practical... continue reading »

In my special tomorrow, titled "Myths, Lies and Complete Stupidity" I argue that it is myth to say that fracking, used to get natural gas out of the ground, is unacceptably dangerous.

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When new environmental concerns appear, the media routinely cover them without context.

in my syndicated column this week, I look at the consequences of scare stories about things like genetically modified foods:

Reporters and environmental activists have incentives to leave out details that might make the story boring. It's useful if you think you're in danger... continue reading »

When tragedy strikes, what do you do if your company is at the center of it?

What if you manufacture the Bushmaster rifle? What if you run BP when it spills oil?... continue reading »

If you worry about global warming, you'll be happy to hear that U.S. CO2 emissions are now at their lowest level in 20 years.

What caused such a massive reduction? Not government, reports AP:

"it happened as a result of market forces rather than direct government action... the drop-off is due mainly to low-priced natural gas..."... continue reading »

Last week, another subsidized company, Abound Solar, joined Solyndra in bankruptcy. Taxpayers lost $70 million.

Sterling Burnett, of the National Center for Policy Analysis, lists other companies you funded. 6 went bankrupt:

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Dr. Grey Stafford, Director of Conservation at the World Wildlife Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona, emailed me that he is upset because "lawyers and extremists" use government to change the way he runs his zoo. He says that bad training and conservation methods are "imposed on us by some outside party whose agenda is not in the best interest of conservation, animals or zoos."... continue reading »

I reported earlier this year about a cool new technology: cars that drive themselves. Google already designed one, and it drove more than a thousand miles on public roads using just a computer chip and a sensor to detect other cars. It only crashed once, and in that case it was rear-ended while it was stopped at a red light.

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Most lefty documentaries I watch seem like obvious nonsense: Michael Moore's movies, "Food Inc ", and "Tapped"... continue reading »

What’s faster, greener and more convenient than high-speed rail? Self-driving cars, as I report in this week’s show. I thought self-driving cars were a science fiction fantasy, but on my show Saturday, transportation expert Randal O’Toole tells me that self-driving cars are already a reality. Google engineers recently drove seven test cars, in traffic, 1,000 miles without any human intervention... continue reading »