Last March, President Obama said something smart: "Today we're announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration." The decision would have opened up drilling along the coast from Florida to Delaware. But then the BP oil rig blew up, causing a new push to ban offshore oil drilling. The White House declared such a ban – but a court threw it out as too broad.  This doesn’t mean that drilling resumed... continue reading »

The Senate just passed the tax bill compromise that would extend the Bush tax cuts... continue reading »

Chemicals are everywhere! Farmers spray their crops with pesticides, fungicides, weed killers -- and some of that residue still lingers on the food when we eat it. fear of those pesticides has helped Organic food become a big business, because organic food is supposed to be "clean" and free of pesticides... continue reading »

"Natural" food sounds so pure. Tampering with nature feels wrong.  So it’s easy to believe that things like chemical pesticides and genetically modified food are unhealthy.  It’s intuitive to believe that they harm the planet. But as so often happens, what we know just isn't so... continue reading »

We in the media love to scare you, because if you're scared ... we know you'll watch our programs. On my Fox Business show tonight (9pm ET), I'll cover some of these bogus scare stories, including one that made the news last month: Canada announced that it will ban the chemical "bisphenol A" -- known as BPA -- which is used to make plastic bottles. The problem is ... BPA isn't toxic... continue reading »

Earlier today, a UK-based Environmentalist group called 10:10 – a campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10% starting in 2010 – posted this highly produced video, including English soccer stars and actress Gillian Anderson, to encourage people to “take action” on climate change. The video, called “No Pressure”, features various green advocates asking people to reduce carbon emissions by taking trains to work instead of driving, changing to CFL light bulbs, etc... continue reading »

Last week, Canada announced it will ban the chemical “BPA” – a chemical used to make plastic bottles and canned goods. Environmental activists, like the head of the Canadian “Evironmental Defence”, were thrilled:

Kudos to the federal government… We look forward to seeing BPA legally designated as 'toxic' as soon as possible." ... continue reading »

Earlier this week, Progressive websites were buzzing with the latest "defection" in the global warming debate: Bjorn Lomborg, the "Skeptical Environmentalist"... continue reading »

Do you have a bedbug problem?... continue reading »

Since my previous post, readers alerted me that Pasadena, California isn’t the only U.S... continue reading »