“Community Rights Counsel has spent much of the last decade researching and documenting undue, anti-environmental corporate influence on the federal judiciary, exposing the proliferation of privately-funded junkets billed as ‘judicial education seminars.’ Through reports such as 2004’s Tainted Justice, we’ve highlighted the agenda of particular hosting groups, one steeped in libertarian economics and a regulatory […]
“Turkey Creek, Mississippi lies at the very crossroads of America’s most noble and ignoble traditions. Established by emancipated slaves, the settlement began in 1866 as a long awaited promised land for a people denied all manner of dignity, even names, for fourteen generations. Their descendants have lived here, navigating American life and culture as free […]
“As I arose this morning to go work out, the temp was again -14. That’s inside a major city, and it was much colder out in the boonies. I’ve seen worse and survived, but I really could get along quite nicely with less frigid temps. So, certainly, could my 18-year-old car. Where in hell is […]
“Common sense should tell us that good policies produce more in benefits than they cost us. Unfortunately, common sense has left the building when it comes to climate policy. Asserting (somewhat absurdly) that America’s economic and geopolitical competitors, such as China and India, are just waiting for ‘U.S. moral leadership,’ several voices are renewing their […]
“Britain reversed previous estimates to say its emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases fell in 2006, showing on Thursday that it was already nearing a self-imposed goal for 2025. … U.K. greenhouse gas emissions were more than 16 percent below 1990 levels in 2006, or 21 per cent below when calculated net of carbon trading whereby […]
“A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina, saying that the agency failed to protect the city but that his hands were tied by the law. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the Corps should be held immune over […]
“Two astronauts pulled off a riskier and trickier-than-usual spacewalk Wednesday, replacing a failed electric motor and giving the international space station a much-needed power boost. The station’s power system still has problems; a joint for rotating one set of solar wings is mysteriously clogged with metal shavings and can’t be fixed until later this year.” […]
“Daredevil Exeter scientist Chris Fogwill hopes his trek through one of the most remote locations on Earth will help him to find out how long it can survive the threat from climate change and other environmental catastrophes. Dr Fogwill is spending six weeks living in tents in the Shackleton Mountain Range to assess the future […]
“The solar system’s smallest planet created a huge buzz today as NASA unveiled preliminary photos and findings from the first Mercury flyby in 30 years. The photos reveal widespread volcanic activity, asteroid assaults, and a spider-shaped formation the likes of which have never before been seen in the solar system.” (01/30/08)
“The motto of the International Natural Hygiene Society is ‘Pursuing a scientific approach to health based on the natural laws of life.’ Famed natural hygiene proponent Herbert M. Shelton noted that: [Natural] Hygiene represents a return to that pristine mode of living that emerged with man when he first appeared on the earth; it is […]
