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Rachel Carson was wrong!
And her alarmist claims about DDT cost millions of lives by Paul Driessen www.RachelWasWrong.org May 24, 2007 Environmental and other cultural myths often stand in the way of human progress. Even worse, they can result in devastating consequences. In fact, today millions of people around the world suffer the painful and often deadly effects of […]
An economic suicide pact for Europe and the US
Climate alarmism threatens intense pain, for no environmental gain by Paul K. Driessen Washington Times January 28, 2007 Europeans have worked themselves into such a lather over “climate chaos” that they’ve set themselves up for a head-on collision between eco-ideology and economic reality. With the new Democratic Congress poised to ram through heavy-handed climate legislation, […]
Climate McCarthyism and eco-Inquisitions
Censoring news and views to advance ideologies and legislation by Paul K. Driessen Providence Journal Two centuries years ago, Voltaire reportedly proclaimed, “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” Today, our free speech traditions are under assault. Colleges prohibit “offensive” and “politically incorrect” speech. Radical […]
The real climate change catastrophe
Misguided energy policies are harming the world’s poor by Paul K. Driessen Townhall.com October 21, 2006 Our planet is again warming slightly, and the weather keeps taking unexpected turns. Many scientists say this is hardly unprecedented, cause for alarm, or proof that humans are now the dominant factor in climate change. Others disagree strongly, and […]
Eco-colonialism degrades Africa
Green, UN, rich nation and African elites impose deadly anti-development colonialism by Willie Soon and Paul Driessen Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of Earth’s most impoverished regions. Over 90% of its people still lack electricity, running water, proper sanitation and decent housing. Malaria, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and intestinal diseases kill millions every year. Life expectancy is […]
The social responsibility of coal
Relying more on coal generates benefits that are too often ignored by Paul Driessen They get little credit for their efforts, but most resource extraction, manufacturing and power generation companies strive to be “socially responsible” – by emphasizing energy efficiency, resource conservation, pollution control and worker safety in producing the raw materials, consumer products and […]
Support ANWR drilling – Save wildlife habitats
Wind energy “alternative” to drilling would harm habitats, wildlife and US economy by Paul K. Driessen Eco-Imperialism.com March 28, 2005 The U.S. Senate budget bill would finally open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling. Environmentalists are shocked and outraged. “This battle is far from over,” they vowed. Indeed, the 51-49 margin underscores the […]
Environmentalists surf tsunami tragedy
Environmental activists are shamelessly trying to exploit last week’s earthquake-tsunami catastrophe in hopes of advancing their global warming and anti-development agendas. Two days after the tragedy, the executive director of Greenpeace UK told the British newspaper The Independent, “No one can ignore the relentless increase in extreme weather events and so-called natural disasters, which […]
Disasters don’t kill people – Poverty does
by Ross Clark The (London) Daily Telegraph January 2005 The most telling remark about last week’s tsunamis was made by a man who was in Scandinavia when the wave struck. In response to the reported deaths of 1,500 of his countrymen, Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson declared: “It is probably the worst [disaster] of our […]
When nature shows its dark side
People often speak of earthshaking events, but the tsunami in the Indian Ocean was one, in the most literal sense. The underwater earthquake that produced it didn’t just move dirt where it happened, but rattled the planet itself. The force was so great it affected the Earth’s rotation, accelerating it by one ten-thousandth (.0001) of […]