By Blake Hurst This guest post is by Blake Hurst, a farmer in northwest Missouri, growing greenhouse flowers, corn, and soybeans. He is also president of the Missouri Farm Bureau. Farmers and what critics call “industrial agriculture“ are under public pressure—over genetically modified seeds, long-standing fear of chemicals, and concerns about animal welfare. Farmers’ methods of…
Category: The Environmental Blog
Thursday’s Links
The resilience of pandas. Subsidizing renewables: A world-class scam? Fact-checking the New York Times on climate change.
Wednesday’s Links
How to clean up polluted sites: Get the government out of the way. A ban on disposal of wind turbine blades? Survey: ‘One in five U.K. children report nightmares about climate change.’
Tuesday’s Links
Democrats’ proposed ban on fracking would hurt a lot of people, says American Petroleum Institute. . Matt Ridley discusses the environmental provenance of the coronavirus. Stanford law students say they won’t work for law firm that represented ExxonMobil.
Monday’s Links
Carbon emissions have fallen in the United States over the past two years. Should Trump get any credit? Report: Green New Deal would cost $70,000 per household. JP Morgan to phase out investments in Arctic drilling and coal mining (but not oil companies generally).
Friday’s Links
From the Global Warming Policy Forum: No new runway at Heathrow due to Paris Climate Agreement. But China will build 216 new airports by 2035. Stephen Moore: ‘The price of natural gas has fallen to its lowest February level in 20 years.’ Lithium batteries (as in cellphones and laptops) are causing fires in recycling plants.