Environmentalists make life difficult for people with respiratory disease - Megan McArdle

It would be one thing if this was necessary to save the ozone. But it's just mindless bureaucratic indifference. The amount of CFCs used for all pulmonary uses peaked at 1% of total peak industrial output in 1999. They were not the culprit behind the hole in the ozone layer. And testing these things on only mild-to-moderate asthmatics for short periods of time, which is all the FDA did before phasing them out, seems borderline criminal.

Marx in a Pony Tail - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

This piece by Fox News addresses a small number of the things that make a video aimed at terrorizing children an outrage. It skips over thrashing the Marx and Malthus, though they allowed me to note it (and on the tube, here). The gentleman on the show with me admitted the scare tactics — indicating this is a little more attention than filmmakers expected and, more importantly, than they'd hoped for — and that they're scrubbing out, say, the skulls and crossbones. Now, how about taking out the things that are untrue?

Lisa Jackson, Head Of The EPA, Talks Climate Change And Small Business On The "Daily Show" (VIDEO)

Jon then questioned whether or not global warming was a bad thing, citing New Hampshire in winter. Ms. Jackson laughed but held to her strong message of fossil fuel reduction and a commitment to economically efficient green initiatives.

Interestingly, even Jon Stewart sounds a little skeptical about the idea of government climate control.