Warming: Famine or Feast?
Mass famine and starvation due to a collapse of agricultural production ranks high among myriad catastrophes environmentalists claim human-induced global warming will cause. Fortunately, this is one global warming bogeyman that’s easy to slay.
Posted: 05/25/2005 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
Eco-Innovators
Nuclear power has not been dormant since the accident at Three Mile Island 26 years ago. In fact, the 103 operating reactors in the US generate approximately 20 percent of the nation’s electricity. A number of factors imply that nuclear power’s share of the nation’s energy mix will grow.
Posted: 05/16/2005 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
Nuclear Power Making Worldwide Comeback
On March 23, officials from 74 countries meeting in Paris at the behest of the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a declaration that nuclear power could “make a major contribution to meeting energy needs and sustaining the world’s development,” according to the Financial Times.
Posted: 05/01/2005 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
Kyoto Cutbacks in Energy Use Would Devastate America's Economy
WASHINGTON — The Kyoto Protocol for the control of greenhouse gases arrived stillborn in mid-February, and the event was a cause for celebration for anyone who cares about America’s economy and its workers.
Posted: 05/01/2005 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming