by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
The Keystone XL oil sands pipeline “will not have any impact” on greenhouse gas emissions, a report released by prominent energy industry consulting group IHS CERA said Thursday. The report said that’s because Canada’s oil sands, which are more carbon-rich than...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
A new study makes the case for tracking fish from ocean to plate in order to protect Americans from overspending hundreds of dollars each year on mislabeled fish. Better tracking of fish would decrease the rates of “seafood fraud,” according to a report from the ocean...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2013 | Agenda 21, Fiscal Responsibility
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is giving nearly $78,000 of taxpayer funds to the Trustees of Boston University to study whether “climate change” was a primary cause for the decline of the Mayan civilization in Guatemala between 1000 BC and 900 AD....
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The National Institutes of Health is funding a program to convince female “light-smokers” in Brazil to kick their bad habit, at a cost to American taxpayers of $653,190.“There is a great need for the development of gender-relevant tobacco control efforts,” the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2013 | Health Care
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare) is fully enforced on individuals and families next year, a middle-aged, middle-class couple with three children could be hit with a $9,355 hike in their annual health-insurance premiums if their...