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EPA asked to investigate scientific misconduct (May 23) | EPA Inspector General Asked to Investigate Illegal Human Experimentation (May 14) | Journal editor rejects Milloy request to retract false case report of EPA human experiment (May 8) | EPA denies Milloy charge of conducting unethical human experiments; Facts show otherwise (May 2) Continue reading

EPA asked to investigate scientific misconduct

Can EPA researchers omit mention of negative/contradictory results from the write-up of their study? We’ve asked the EPA’s Science Advisor to investigate. Continue reading

Don’t blame us, it’s WordPress – again

Yes, we’ve heard the grumblings of those who can not scroll past the first 14 fresh items. This is apparently an issue depending on browsers – doesn’t afflict my Safari but is apparently causing issues in Firefox and Chrome (don’t know about MSIE, haven’t used it in years).

This is not something we did but our WordPress host has made yet more unannounced and unwanted changes.

Only known workaround for those afflicted is to open the last item you can reach and choose the previous item to scroll through new material.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Bishop Hill: Myles Allen on Climategate

Paul Matthews points us to this video of Myles Allen speaking at the Communicate 2011 conference in Bristol last year. Continue reading

Germany Stalled on the Expressway to a Green Future

Germany’s energy revolution has hardly begun, but it’s already running out of steam. There is a lack of political decisiveness and companies are complaining of a dearth of incentives to invest billions in necessary infrastructure. Progress or no progress, taxpayers continue footing the bill. Continue reading

People will starve to death because of anti-GM zealotry

The father of the Green Revolution would have supported the GM wheat scientists at Rothamsted, argues Prof Malcolm Elliot. Continue reading

Overseas investors join in criticism of UK energy bill

Germany’s E.On and Norway’s Statkraft say policies create uncertainty and undermine EU emissions trading system” It has some good points then Continue reading

Calcium supplements ‘double risk of heart attack’, study finds

Doctors dispute results but advise people not to take supplements unless required for medical condition Continue reading

Soured Hopes for Sweet Crop

The Wall Street Journal reports: California Berry Growers Say Pesticide Ban Threatens a Growing Source of Income

Note how the professor of environmental studies, whose income comes from the state, isn’t too worried: Continue reading