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A BURNING ISSUE: MORE HUGE FOREST FIRES?, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

Our ironic thanks to Smoky the Bear’s campaign manager, the Sierra Club, and all those well-meaning folks who have just delivered the second-largest wildfire in Arizona history. The Wallow Fire has burned more than 600 square miles of Ponderosa pine … Continue reading

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WHEN ANTI-TECHNOLOGY KILLS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

This week’s headlines: Another huge, awful outbreak of food-borne bacteria. This time the worst, so far, in modern history; perhaps 2000 sickened, and about 20 dead. At least 500 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome.. That means liver damage—and potential death … Continue reading

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GLOBAL WARMING NEWS FROM THE BRITS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

My colleague Bennie Peiser, of Britain’s Global Warming Policy Foundation, offers some of his latest man-made global warming news: The Sunday Times noted on May 22 that the UK government has agreed to cut its greenhouse emissions 50 percent by … Continue reading

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A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR CONSUMERS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

U.S. Energy prices have risen to more than 6 percent of consumer spending—which may be a historic “tipping point.” Our food prices, meanwhile, have had their steepest increase in a generation, to about 6.5 percent of spending. That’s a double … Continue reading

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DROUGHT-TOLERANT BLACK-EYED PEAS AT CENTER STAGE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

Extended droughts were far worse in the Little Ice Age that ended just 150 years ago, but big droughts are also likely in the world’s future if we are in a new warming cycle. This prospect pushes the un-exciting Black-Eyed … Continue reading

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REAL LIFE AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

The Wall Street Journal recently made a dreadful error in a news story. That’s “dreadful” as in causing consumers to dread the potential loss of the antibiotics we need to cure pneumonia, tuberculosis, and infected scratches. On January 10, the … Continue reading

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TOXINS MOVE UP ON WORRY LIST, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

Forty thousand researchers and clinicians have just written to the journal Science —through their professional societies—asking for broader and quicker testing of “new chemicals in our environment.” Eight societies, including the geneticists, endocrinologists, developmental biologists and others say that 12,000 … Continue reading

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INCREDIBLE SEA LEVEL RISE IS—NOT CREDIBLE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—A recent scientific paper quoted in the N.Y. Times claimed Mexican corals that died 120,000 years ago showed sea levels might have surged 10 feet in just 50 years! If so, such a sea-level rise must have involved a … Continue reading

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NATURAL GLOBAL WARMINGS HAVE BECOME MORE MODERATE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—This week, at the 2nd international conference of man-made warming skeptics sponsored by the Heartland Institute in New York, I’ll predict the earth’s warming/cooling trends for the 21st century.   I will be among splendid company such as John … Continue reading

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THANKSGIVING’S FUTURE: KANGAROO INSTEAD OF TURKEY?, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—Incoming President Obama will undoubtedly call for a renewed crusade against greenhouse gas emissions. Will Thanksgiving dinners in the future feature kangaroo instead of turkey?   Don’t get me wrong. Turkeys emit lots less greenhouse gas than beef cattle. … Continue reading

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