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By cgfi on March 09th, 2010

LOSING JOBS WITH GREEN TECHNOLOGY, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

President Obama has allocated $4 billion in “stimulus funds” to help advance the “smart grid,” which is intended to seamlessly integrate all our new solar and wind power into the national supply of electricity. Much of the $4 billion will be spent to install 20 million new digital “smart meters.” These meters will instantly tell the power company how to deploy its varied generating sources most effectively.

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By cgfi on December 22nd, 2009

THE WINTER GAMES AT COPENHAGEN, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—Copenhagen was two weeks of uninterrupted game-playing: 
 

CFACT conned their way aboard a Greenpeace vessel with donuts—then unfurled a banner overside reading “Ship of Lies.”

 

China told the world it really wants to cut its carbon emissions, if the West will just pay them a trillion or so dollars to offset the higher costs [...]

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By cgfi on November 09th, 2009

EXTREME ACTIVISTS TAKE THE REINS AT EPA, BY: ALEX A. AVERY AND DENNIS T. AVERY

The Environmental Protection Agency, in a George Orwellian move, has just announced that it has suddenly decided to put the herbicide atrazine through yet another regulatory wringer, despite having just completed a comprehensive, multi-year regulatory review of the safety of atrazine begun in 1994. Only three months ago the EPA announced that after reviewing hundreds [...]

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By cgfi on October 13th, 2009

A TALE OF TWO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—I was still mourning the loss of my friend, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, at age 95, and reminiscing on his magnificent life when the news flashed across the wires that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. What a startling contrast!
 
Dr. Borlaug literally saved a billion people from [...]

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By cgfi on June 22nd, 2009

OVERHEATED WHITE HOUSE CAMPAIGNS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

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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By cgfi on June 08th, 2009

OBAMA HAS LAUNCHED THE GREEN TRADE WAR, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

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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By cgfi on April 02nd, 2009

WILL OBAMA LEAVE OUR CHILDREN POWERLESS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY AND ALEX A. AVERY

President Obama just killed the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility—and with it any realistic chance of actually slashing U.S. carbon emissions without massive consumer costs. Instead of more nuclear energy, he’s putting our energy future in the shaky basket with wind, solar, and biofuels. It’s a recipe for disappointment and disaster.
 
Despite more than $13 [...]

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By cgfi on December 01st, 2008

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. Cattle today are fed lots of grain, and growing it requires nitrogen fertilizer (made with natural [...]

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By cgfi on November 11th, 2008

THE “NEAR-VIRTUAL REALITY OF MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA— “As Barack Obama shifts from a waking dream to the real world, he faces the near-virtual reality of climate change. He has to move decisively.” (Ian McEwan, “A New Dawn,” Wall Street Journal, Nov8/9.)
What is near-virtual reality? I’m fascinated that McEwan starts his sermon upholding his belief in man-made global warming by quoting [...]

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By cgfi on September 17th, 2008

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DIFFER SHARPLY ON ETHANOL, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

Barack Obama and John McCain have sharply different visions of ethanol in the nation’s future. Obama wants more ethanol, while McCain thinks we should probably have less. Both say man-made global warming is a serious threat, and both say they want the best for the nation’s farmers.
 
At the gas pump, Consumer Reports in 2006 [...]

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