- Bishop Hill blog - Stringer on climate and MMR

Graham Stringer has an interesting article in Manchester Confidential. It looks at parallels between the inquiries into the MMR scare and Climategate.

Let me be clear I am not accusing Professor Phil Jones and his colleagues at the Climatic Research Unit of the UEA of Wakefield-style fraud but I am concerned that the two investigations into the leaked e-mails suffered from the same flaws as the medical and scientific investigations into Wakefield.

Solar Panels are a Ronald Reagan Trifecta - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Remember Reagan’s great quote about the economic-policy habits of Democrats? “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”

Well, this CNBC piece on the fees and regulations heaped onto subsidized solar panels made me think of the Gipper

EPA Tangles With New Critic: Labor - WSJ.com

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration's environmental agenda, long a target of American business, is beginning to take fire from some of the Democratic Party's most reliable supporters: Labor unions.

Several unions with strong influence in key states are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency soften new regulations aimed at pollution associated with coal-fired power plants. Their contention: Roughly half a dozen rules expected to roll out within the next two years could put thousands of jobs in jeopardy and damage the party's 2012 election prospects.