The Secret History of the EPA
"Feynman’s warning against faith in the phony trappings of “cargo cult science” fell on deaf ears. Policies affecting every aspect of our lives are now based on dangerous forms of ignorance."
Democracy in Reverse | Non-Profit Disaster Capitalism on the Gulf Coast
"Yes, the nonprofits are being encouraged to file claims for losses related to the BP oil disaster in workshops held by the Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation. (24) I attended one of their workshops on June 10 in New Orleans, and actually heard Amy Smallwood, CEO of Louisiana Cultural Economy, say that is doesn't matter if your losses during those eight months after the beginning of the BP oil disaster on April 21, 2010, are directly connected to the disaster or not."
Designer Protests and Vanity Arrests in DC
"Between 2007 and 2010, Chesapeake Energy secretly funneled nearly $30 million to the Sierra Club to advocate the virtues of natural gas as a so-called “bridge” fuel. Bridge to where is yet to be determined. By the time this subornment was disclosed, the funders of the environmental movement had turned decisively against fracking for gas and the even more malicious methods used to extract shale oil."
The British Bee Keepers Association Defense of the Pesticide Industry
"Given the report’s conclusions that economics are not a basis keeping neonics, what is it about ‘lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures’ that the BBKA does not understand? The BBKA’s strap line of ‘supporting bees and beekeepers’ is shown for exactly what it is; a slogan dreamt up by a publicist with little basis in reality."
NRDC Conflicts of Interest
A Cursory Analysis to Prompt Further Examination by An Inquiring Press Corp....
NRDC’s Greatest (Environmental) Hits
From the Mobilization for Climate Justice Organization NRDC – Undermining sound environmental...