Category Archives: Environment

Science Policy Needs a “Team B” – Part II

In Part I of this commentary, we explained that the key to honest science is independent replication of the analysis and evaluation of important assumptions. Continue reading

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Global Warming: The Truth is Out There

Agriculture has a lot at stake in the climate change or global warming debate. Troubling questions have been raised recently over the science supporting global warming. Continue reading

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Science Policy Needs a “Team B” – Part I

The wonderful “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money” statement attributed to Senator Everett Dirksen may be apocryphal, but it remains a prescient warning to our nation’s leaders. Continue reading

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A Tea Party Environmental Platform

Middle America seems to have awakened with the Tea Party. So, what is the Tea Party about and what does that really mean with regard to environmentalism? Continue reading

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Where Will the Ethanol Come From?

EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) will require 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel for our cars and trucks by 2022. Where is it going to come from? Continue reading

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