Cancer Risk From Fracking Chemicals Needs Some Perspective

by jlongo | 11:34 am, June 25, 2012

By Donovan Schafer
The Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH) at the University of 
Colorado recently published an article in Science of the Total 
Environment presenting results from a study on air pollution due to 
oil and gas development (including hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”) 
in Garfield County.
Benzene and other 
”potentially toxic” chemicals were found at concentrations [...]

EPA Eco-Challenge Winners

by Jon Caldara | 3:33 pm, November 1, 2011

Because I know all my readers were anxiously awaiting the winners, here are the results from the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Apps for the Environment Challenge.”
Runner-up: Hoot-root. An app that allows you to get from point A to point B in the most environmentally friendly way! HOORAY!
and….. drum roll please…..
First prize: A “light bulb finder.” Yes, [...]

Al Gore Celebrates ‘Earth Hour’…With Floodlit Trees

by T.L. James | 10:13 pm, March 29, 2009

You can’t make this stuff up: As most of you know, just over two years ago, my organization, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, found that the knuckleheaded leader of the global warming alarmism movement, Al Gore, consumes 20 times more electricity in his home than the average American household. Since Earth Hour was recognized [...]

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