Environment

This time it's Robert Redford caught in a few "do as I say, not as I do" moments. He opposes environmentally-friendly development near a vineyard he owns, as reported in the New York Times: "Robert Redford, the actor and environmental superhero, is a vocal supporter of renewable power and sustainable growth -- but it seems that doesn’t include a proposal for an ecofriendly housing development in his corner of the Napa Valley." But if you have $1,975,000 he'll sell you a lot for a luxury vacation home. He campaigns against the use of oil -- while at the same time…

Last year's disclosure of email correspondence between climate scientists was a wake-up call to the world. The emails showed leading climate scientists exhibiting "professional misconduct, data manipulation and jiggering of both the scientific literature and climatic data." Since then, there have been several reviews of this episode, each finding there was no untoward behavior by the scientists. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Patrick J. Michaels takes a look at these reviews and finds that their purported independence is not as advertised. The Climategate Whitewash Continues Global warming alarmists claim vindication after last year's data manipulation scandal. Don't believe the…

Last week's report on Koch Industries by Greenpeace has sparked a bit of critical discussion beyond the usual news coverage. At Reason.com, the underwhelming nature of the report's revelations is noted: "The Greenpeace noise machine managed to persuade the Guardian to publish a 'shocking' article detailing the amazing fact that donors tend to support groups that advocate points of view with which they generally agree." The article also notes the tremendous amount of money given to causes purported to support environmental issues: "In 1999, individuals, companies and foundations gave an average of $9.6 million a day to environmental groups." To…

This week's release of a report by the extremist environmental group Greenpeace on Wichita-based Koch Industries contains claims that exaggerate the nature of the information contained in the report. These over-hyped "findings" are used to advance Greenpeace's global warming alarmist agenda, but should give us cause to examine Greenpeace and its agenda. The title of the report -- "Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine" is the first exhibit. The peculiar use of the term "climate denial" -- used in the report's title and repeated many times in the report -- makes it look as though the organizations named in the…

Wichita's Koch Industries has come under attack from an environmental extremist organization for its support of open debate and dialog about the science of climate change. A report issued by Greenpeace uses inflammatory language and a one-sided view of the facts surrounding climate change in order to attack those it disagrees with. This comes at a time when scientists and the public are becoming increasingly skeptical of the claims of extremist organizations like Greenpeace -- and with good reason, too. Revelations such as the emails from the East Anglia Climate Research Unit, for example, have peeled back the veneer and…