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Have Dennis Speak

Have Dennis Speak

A dramatically informative speech on climate change by Dennis Avery, Hudson Institute, co-author of the new book of the same title.

Author’s chosen as the recipients of the Lysander Spooner Awards
About CGFI
The Center for Global Food Issues staff conducts research and analysis of agriculture and the environmental concerns surrounding food and fiber production.
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A Flimsy Cancer Scare—From The National Cancer Institute!

Dennis Avery
A new National Cancer Institute study claims that prolonged high consumption of red and processed meats may double our intestinal cancer risks. The journal Nature headlined the study: “Red meat is strongly linked to cancer: Diet experts urge move to poultry, fish and beans . . .”
Strongly linked? The NCI’s researchers themselves admit that [...]

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EPA Scientists Get It Wrong, Again

Dennis Avery
There is a longstanding joke among journalists here that the term “EPA scientist” belongs in the pantheon of oxymorons at the same level as “military intelligence” and “congressional ethics.”
The truth of that quip was reinforced this month when an expert panel at the National Academy of Sciences found that the chemical perchlorate can be [...]

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A False Consensus On Global Warming?

Dennis Avery
Do all of the world’s climate scientists agree that humanity is causing dangerous global warming?
A California history professor, Naomi Oreskes, says she recently looked at 928 peer-reviewed research studies in a data base on “climate change” and found “none of the papers disagreed with the consensus position” on the Greenhouse Theory.
Normally, getting consensus among [...]

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American Farm Review segment on (rbST) in American Dairies

This segment, hosted by Morley Safer of 60 Minutes, illustrates the safety of milk produced by rbST-supplemented cows and its benefits to farmers. Featuring interviews with dairy farmers, Cornell University’s Dale Bauman and Ruth Kava from the American Council on Science and Health, this video has great educational value.
American Farm Review Video Segment on the [...]

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Did Global Warming Cause the Killer Wave?

Dennis Avery
After the recent horrifying tsunami wave hit the Indian Ocean, I was warned the eco-movement would blame it on global warming.
I laughed. “How could they blame an earthquake event that hits the region about once every 200 years on modern CO2 emissions,” I asked?
I didn’t have long to wonder. The very next day, Stephen [...]