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Eco Myths Revealed
Eco-Imperialism.com October 2004 Much of the anti-DDT hysteria generated by Rachel Carson in Silent Spring, and by assorted eco-activists, involved erroneous and even fraudulent scientific studies. In one, a researcher reported that mice fed DDT developed cancer – but withheld the fact that mice which were not fed DDT actually developed more cancers than did those fed DDT. The oft-cited […]
Eco-Centered Policies Kill!
Myths and lies about pesticides and GM food kill millions by Paul K. Driessen Eco-Imperialism.com October 2004 MISGUIDED POLICIES KILL! Malaria infects 300 million people a year and kills 2 million. DDT and other pesticides are essential if we are to end the needless deaths and bring health and prosperity to developing nations. Eco myths revealed. Most […]
Bring back DDT and save lives!
Emptying birdbaths will not get rid of a zillion hungry mosquitoes. We need pesticides! by Henry I. Miller, MD Scripps Howard News Service September 17, 2004 The five-year-old U.S. outbreak of West Nile virus is a significant threat to public health and shows no signs of abating, but the government is holding back on a […]
Preserving techno progress and human life
Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko have written a brilliant account of how self-interest, bad science, and excessive government regulation have profoundly compromised the potential of the new biotechnology. This book is a call to action to resist a pernicious political process that is currently denying enormous potential benefits to consumers throughout the world. All […]
Preventing malaria is a fundamental human rights issue
We must find better ways to end malaria in developing countries, says CORE by Congress of Racial Equality Statement for US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa September 14, 2004 Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee and guests, we thank you for holding this important hearing on finding better ways to end the intolerable scourge of […]
The wheels are coming off the wind energy gravy train
A common claim in the news stories is that we are actually an oil-and-gas funded entity. They’ve tied us to the Koch Brothers. We all wish. Apparently they cannot believe that individuals and local groups can think for themselves and impact public policy, without a puppet master telling us what to do and say.
The wondrous promise of biotechnology
If we can protect if from the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of radical activists by Paul K. Driessen Environment & Climate News August 2004 Two June 2004 reports document the exciting potential for genetic engineering in industrial processes to reduce air and water pollution, expand the production of new fuels, reduce the amounts of energy […]
Wrongful ban on DDT costs lives
The fact that DDT saves lives might account for part of the hostility toward it. by Walter Williams Jewish World Review July 2004 Ever since Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent Spring,” environmental extremists have sought to ban all DDT use. Using phony studies from the Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the […]
Statement by Paul Driessen at ExxonMobil annual shareholder meeting
Dallas, Texas by Paul K. Driessen Proposal #1: Board of Directors Nominees Response to activist claims about global warming I’m Paul Driessen, senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality, one America’s oldest and most respected civil rights organizations. I urge ExxonMobil shareholders to approve its entire slate of directors. The charges and claims being […]
The Day After The Day After Tomorrow
by Paul K. Driessen TechCentralStation.com April 2004 What makes a horror movie so terrifying? It’s not just the plotline, script and score. It’s being in a dark theater, where everyone is just waiting to be scared half to death. It’s the audience’s willingness to suspend logic, and enter the director’s make-believe world. Maybe most of […]