Yearly Archives: 2005

Rachel Carson Syndrome: Jumping to Pesticide Conclusions in the Global Frog Crisis

Download PDF A devastating and detailed review of four highly publicized case studies showing the deep anti-pesticide bias of ecologists. The report asks why ecologists continually chase chemical phantoms despite the scientific evidence and when ecology will become a science … Continue reading

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Norman Borlaug Is The Greatest Living American Saving People and Nature With The “Green Revolution”

Dennis Avery As newspaper readers around the nation brace of the usual avalanche of profiles about various persons of the year, let me toss out an intriguing question: “Is Norman E. Borlaug the greatest living American?” Borlaug has never received … Continue reading

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French Model Fails Muslim Youth—and Farming

Dennis Avery In France, unemployed Muslim youths burn thousands of cars in protest of their joblessness. In Kenya, small farmers lose their grain markets to French wheat dumped into export below its inflated costs. Little sugar cane farmers in Swaziland … Continue reading

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Is Kyoto Dead?

Dennis Avery Latest Meeting, In Failing to Find Agreement, Undercuts Claims of Urgency, Environmental Doom The Kyoto Protocol has died. None of its members has cut carbon dioxide emissions, and their big Montreal meeting has just failed again to agree … Continue reading

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Let’s Extend Full Human Rights To Africa

Dennis Avery On Human Rights Day, Americans Should Push USAID to Supply Africans With Life-Saving DDT Human Rights Day on December 10th often goes unnoticed amid the hustle and bustle of our annual holiday shopping binge. That’s a shame because … Continue reading

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Tell Organic Fearmongers to Stuff it This Thanksgiving

Alex Avery This thanksgiving, don’t let the food fearmongers scare the enjoyment out of your holiday feast. While it’s nothing new that a cabal of organic food fearmongers is once again trying to scare the money out of your pocketbooks, … Continue reading

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Is Global Warming Killing Everyone Already?

Dennis Avery A new report claims global warming is already killing an extra 150,000 people per year around the world. Dr. Jonathon Patz of the University of Wisconsin warns this is just a down payment on the massive death toll … Continue reading

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France Can’t Prevent World Farm Trade

Dennis Avery France has just warned the world it will block any liberalization of farm exports in the current Doha trade round. French presidential candidate Nicholas Sarkozy says farm trade liberalization would end “Europe’s status as an agricultural power.” Sarkozy … Continue reading

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Should The Federal Government Relax Regulatory Restrictions To Encourage More Energy Production?

Dennis Avery Why are oil companies making such big profits? Because the demand for gasoline and natural gas exceeds the supply. Why doesn’t supply increase to match demand? In large part because government regulations are getting in the way. The … Continue reading

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Should We Build A Wind Farm On Nantucket Sound? and Wind Farms—A Breath Of Fresh Air Or A Blight On The Landscape?

Dennis Avery Rich ‘nimbys’ aside, project isn’t worth it What could be more fun than a wind-powered water fight between the rich, the famous and the irresponsible off the gilded coast of Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island? There’s D. Senator Teddy Kennedy, … Continue reading

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