Angela Logomasini of the Competitive Enterprise Institute: As billions of desert locusts swarm through East Africa and into Asia threatening the food supply of millions, environmental activists want to ban and regulate the only effective tools to stop it: pesticides. * * * Activist campaigns to ban pesticides around the world mean the many…
Category: The Environmental Blog
Compostable Cups, E.U. Green Deal, Child Labor…
Starbucks is trying out a fully ‘compostable’ cup. – Ecowatch.com • European trade unions say E.U. Green Deal will cost 11 million jobs. – Euractiv.com • The Empire State building was constructed in 410 days. Why can’t we build that fast now? Guess. – Medium.com •
Meat-eaters, Canada’s Plastics, Climate Change Skeptics…
Meat-eating must decline in U.K. to meet climate change targets. – Independent.co.uk • Canada plans to list plastic as a toxic substance. – TheGlobeandMail.com • Now you can see the list of climate change skeptics removed from Wikipedia. – JoanneNova.com.au •
Migratory Birds, Trump’s Wall, Natural Gas…
The Fish and Wildlife Service will no longer prosecute cases of accidental harm to migratory birds. – Heartland.org • Trump’s wall will damage a “crucial biological corridor,” say Arizona ranchers. – WashingtonPost.com • A climate change battle over natural gas heats up. – Reuters.com •
Deer Hunting, Climate Change Censoring, Locusts…
Deer hunting on Staten Island? – NyTimes.com • Wikipedia deletes list of scientists who disagree with climate change “consensus.” Censorship? – Electroverse.net • The plague of locusts in Africa: Why? – Heartland.org •
Friday’s Links
What is the real story about the disappearing passenger pigeon? (Podcast.) Arizona bill would ban solar panels and electric-vehicle batteries from landfills. A climate change battle over natural gas heats up.