Environmentalism
Proposed California Car Ban a Perfect Mix of Hubris and Silliness
Seeks to ban registration of vehicles that aren't zero emissions, in 2040.
High School Students Are Very Worried About Overpopulation. They Shouldn't Be.
New report claims U.S. overpopulation will blight their futures.
Trump Seeks to Open Up Most U.S. Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling
Activists decry plan as a "shameful giveaway" to Big Oil.
Will Opening Up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Spark Another Alaska Oil Boom?
And would that mean driving a stake through its "biological heart"?
Butterflies, Border Walls, and Property Rights
The North American Butterfly Association says Border Patrol agents have harassed employees and damaged property at the National Butterfly Center.
Trump Just Made Two National Monuments Smaller. How Big a Deal Is That?
The feds still own the land.
Merchants of Environmentalist Doubt*
Contrary to activist claims, the popular herbicide glyphosate does not cause cancer in people, says a new study.
The Deceptive Art of Confirmation-Biased 'Science': Condemning Glyphosate
With a little conflict of interest thrown in
Nova Offers an Unusual Environmental Whodunnit Starring Volcanoes
In this documentary murder mystery, the suspects all belch smoke and lava.
Does the Colorado River Have Rights?
The river doesn't need rights if people have strong property rights to its water.
Hurricane Harvey Isn't About Climate Change, It's About Bad Federal Policy (Podcast)
As greens rush to blame Harvey's devastation on global warming, the real culprit - subsidizing coastal development - goes unmentioned.
Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians React to Solar Eclipse
Denial and panic aren't the only responses, folks. (Works for climate change, too.)
Why the Left Can't Solve Global Warming
Greens are more interested on assigning blame than looking for fixes.
Apocalypse Abuse and 'Climate Doomism'
Climate scientists denounce a scaremongering story in New York magazine.
Powering U.S. Using 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is a Total Fantasy
New research debunks a study claiming there's a low-cost way to power America using only wind, solar, and hydropower.
Overpopulation Scaremongering Never Gets Old
Neo-Malthusianism in the Sunday New York Times
'Atomic Humanism' and the Eco-Modernist Campaign to Promote Nuclear Power
"Only nuclear can lift all humans out of poverty while saving the natural environment."
To Reduce Food Waste, Government Must Get Out of the Way
Efforts to combat the problem continue to bump up against idiotic and outrageous laws.
Did Conservatives Replace a 'Red Scare' with a 'Green Scare'?
"I believe that the color of radicalism today is not red, but green."
Trump Exaggerates Price of Paris Climate Accord
Today, as in the past, the opponents of environmental protection vastly exaggerate the expense of reducing pollution.
A Spectacularly Stupid Idea: Governing Land as a Global Commons
Making an environmental resource a commons is tantamount to calling for its destruction.
There Is No Political Tribe That Deserves Your Complete Loyalty
Commit to principles and ideals, not politicians.
Plow Field, Pay Government $35 Million?
It's happening in California, where the case goes to penalty trial in August, if the Trump administration doesn't stop it before then.
The New York Times' Hostility to Industry Gets Worse
The paper of record has it in for Pebble Mine, and for industry in general.
The Left Is Rebranding Environmental Regulations As Environmental Protections
Cloaking government control in the language of benevolence.
Left Rebrands Environmental Regulations As Environmental Protections: New at Reason
And the news media are going along with it.
Earth's Forest Area 9 Percent Greater Than Thought
Satellite survey finds hidden forests all over the world.
EPA Bureaucracy Strikes Back: The Case of the Board of Scientific Counselors
How will the struggle between the permanent bureaucracy and the EPA's new leadership play out?
Climate Change, Scientism, and the Politics of Certitude
New York Times columnist notes the uncertainties in climate science; progressives want him fired.
Scientists' March on Washington
Do researchers risk becoming just another leftwing interest group?
Earth Day Dopes
Alarmists claim they're for "science," but what they're really for is a left-wing religion.
Oil Sands Pipeline from Canada Is in U.S. National Interest
State Department reverses Obama ruling and permits construction of Keystone Pipeline.
Relax: Gutting the EPA Won't Make Your Air Dirtier and Water More Polluted
There have been diminishing returns to federal pollution regulation for a long time
Scott Pruitt Emails Reveal He Consulted with Industry About Regulations
Another tiresome example of selective political outrage ensues.
Protester Trash and Debris Threaten Water Contamination at Dakota Access Pipeline
Clean-up efforts are in a race to beat the coming floods.
Trump, Obama, and the Approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline
A sad example of how arbitrary politically motivated bureaucratic decisions are replacing the rule of law
Rachel Carson: New Documentary on PBS Tonight
We are all still living in the intellectual and public policy world that Rachel Carson constructed.
Desalination Foes Privileging Tiny Critters Over People
California environmental regulations go too far.
EPA's New Fracking Report and Regulatory Science
The new report appears to be a parting gift to anti-fracking activists from the Obama administration.
