Yearly Archives: 2005

Dennis Avery A new study of California elephant seal pups and their weaning weights predicts that a 25-year cycle warming has ended, and the second half of a 50-year cycle has begun to cool the northern Pacific. Historical fish catch … Continue reading →

The New York Times By Melanie Warner Correction Appended WHEN it comes to food fights, John Belushi’s character in “Animal House” has nothing on Rick Berman. A prominent Washington lobbyist, Mr. Berman runs the Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery California’s economy threatened Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. The question for today is whether this defense against global warming will “terminate” California’s economy. We’ve already seen the answer, … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery To hear most environmentalists and their pals in the mainstream media tell it, America’s largest corporations only recently abandoned their “public be damned” ways and embraced the green revolution. The Washington Post’s David Ignatius is a prime example. … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery and H. Sterling Burnett* For over 30 years, Lester Brown, a MacArthur Foundation “genius award” winner and president of the Earth Policy Institute, has warned that human activities threaten agricultural productivity and human well-being. Brown and other … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery Only in the past 20 years have scientists begun to understand that the Earth has a moderate, persistent 1,500-year climate cycle that creates warmings and coolings. Sunspot records and the isotopes of carbon, oxygen and beryllium trapped in … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery Should cities ban pesticides on public property? Los Angeles found it couldn’t keep its playgrounds usable without herbicides. Many schools have found they can’t keep down rats and roaches—and the diseases they spread—without chemical help. Oakland, California, found … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery I’ve finally figured out how to start my new lawn mower. I just disconnect the spark plug wire, use a plug wrench to unscrew the spark plug itself, spray some starter fluid into the open cylinder through the … Continue reading →