All Natural

Natural and Artificial Flavors: What's the Difference? - The American Council on Science and Health, since 1978 America's premiere pro-science consumer advocacy non-profit, is pleased to announce our new book, "Natural and Artificial Flavors: What's the Difference?", in order to combat growing confusion about health issues related to food.......

How Do You Make Joe Mercola Look Smart? - Answer: It's not easy. But it is possible. You just have to know where to look.  For example, the Cleveland Clinic might be a good place to start your search.......

Colony Collapse Disorder

How conflicts of interest, NGO activism undermine European bee health oversight - The European Union’s ban of three neonicotinoid insecticides (aimed at saving honeybees) was developed as a logical consequence of the European Food Safety Authority’s draft bee guidance document. This document, which introduced new guidelines for what could be considered as acceptable bee research field trial, set standards that, in my opinion, were so high that none of the existing bee field research could be accepted into the risk assessment process nor would any future trials ever meet the standards. In an exchange between myself and EFSA, it appears to me that the EU Authority was deceived into accepting the 2013 document under the following assumptions:......

Energy

Trump Ends Obama Block On Keystone XL And Dakota Access Pipelines - ‘Green Champion’ China Is Building Europe’s New Coal Power Plants
Report: Germany’s Green Energy Policy ‘A Disaster In The Making’ - 100 Billion For Nothing: German CO2 Emissions Keep Rising

Endangered Species Act

Preserve the habitat of imaginary woodpecker? - Unlike birds, scams never go extinct. JunkScience exposed this one from the Nature Conservancy 11 years ago.   As JunkScience.com exposed in February 2006, alleged sightings of the Ivory-billed woodpecker are just a trick to keep land from being developed.   The media release and my 2006 FOXNews.com column are below.......

EPA

EPA Employees ‘Coming to Work in Tears’ Because of Trump Win: The Mood Remains Dark - Environmental Protection Agency employees have not accepted Donald Trump’s victory and are still “coming to work in tears” more than two months after the election......

Replacing the Environmental Protection Agency - The national EPA must be systematically dismantled and replaced by a Committee of the Whole of the 50 state environmental protection agencies......

Fear Mongering

Cancer fear-mongering has got to stop - Stories like the Nutella scare are an embarrassment to journalism and a dereliction of duty. Imagine what a typical American might do for breakfast: Fry a few slices of bacon, slather Nutella on a piece of toast, and pour a hot cup of coffee while checking e-mail on a smartphone. If we are to believe everything we read in the news, then that rather common daily ritual could cause you to die from cancer.....

Health

Stopping a bloodthirsty killer - This HND piece focuses on the world's most dangerous animal (to humans). And that, of course, is the lowly mosquito, responsible for the deaths of more than 1 million people every year.  We go on to explain that this little fly is really a vector for the actual pathogens, and then go on to discuss the history of orgnaize3d efforts in mosquito abasement. As one of my friends—who lives in a mosquito-infested area of metro NYC—noted, "All but the most lunatic Greenies are on board with killing these miserable creatures."  Since we have already covered the tragedy of banning DDT, and what it did to Africa, that sordid aspect of this story wasn't included."  .......