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HOW TO LIVE LONGER, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
July 6, 2009
CHURCHVILLE, VA—I learned last week how to live longer.
Four of us had wrangled through 90 minutes of public debate in New York City about food regulation. In a forum sponsored by the Smith Family Foundation, we were essentially arguing about organic versus conventional farming.
Michael Hansen of Consumers Union continued his decades-long contention that farm […]
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ECO-MINISTER FLUNKS GLOBAL WARMING TEST, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
June 29, 2009
CHURCHVILLE, VA—When last we heard from Australian Senator Steve Fielding, he had paid his own way to a Washington, D.C. conference of climate skeptics—and armed himself with some questions about why Australia needs heavy carbon taxes on its energy use.
Back home, Fielding asked these three questions of Australian Environmental Minister Environmental Penny Wong:
First: Is it […]
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OVERHEATED WHITE HOUSE CAMPAIGNS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
June 22, 2009
CHURCHVILLE, VA—It was only a matter of time before First Lady Michelle Obama sprang to the wall of the White House Organic Garden and demanded more organic food—a heartfelt campaign fully as sincere as her husband’s ongoing demand that the affluent countries fight off man-made global warming by taxing away most of their energy. However, […]
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AUSTRALIA LEADS MEDIA DEBATE ON GLOBAL WARMING, BY DENNIS T. AVERY
June 15, 2009
CHURCHVILLE, VA—A major country is getting media debate on the science of global warming for the first time ever—thanks to Australia’s Senator Steve Fielding. As one of a half-dozen swing votes on Prime Minister Rudd’s massive carbon tax bill, Fielding recently spent his own money to attend an international conference of climate skeptics in Washington, […]
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OBAMA HAS LAUNCHED THE GREEN TRADE WAR, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
June 8, 2009
CHURCHVILLE, VA—The global warming trade war has started—quietly, but just as surely as we knew it would. The Obama Administration is now subsidizing U.S. milk and cheese exports in a way that will punish New Zealand—which depends on its efficient grass-fed dairy exports for close to one-third of its total income. The reason? U.S. corn […]
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