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David Suzuki insults, but won’t debate
By David R. Legates
Dr. Soon’s brilliant research into the sun’s role in climate change has helped make millions aware that carbon dioxide’s influence is far less than Suzuki wants them to think. In a recent column that was picked up by the Huffington Post and other media outlets, Suzuki attacked Dr. Soon, mostly with a recycled Greenpeace “investigation” that is itself nothing more than a rehash of tiresome (and libelous) misstatements, red herrings and outright lies. It’s time to set the record straight.
Dog lovers and baby killers
By Cyril Boynes, Jr.Last year, almost one hundred thousand Ugandan children and adults were killed by malaria. And yet, nobody seemed to care – certainly not enough to write a story about it, or get outraged that callous anti-pesticide activists lie about DDT risks and prevent the use of DDT and other insecticides that could prevent malaria, yellow fever and other diseases that cause so much suffering, poverty and death on our continent.
Not exactly Mother Teresa
Worldwide, 1.5 billion people still don’t have electricity for lights, refrigerators, stoves, schools, shops, hospitals and factories that would bring health, opportunity and prosperity. Yet Greenpeace continues to battle hydrocarbon, hydroelectric and nuclear power, telling people they should be content with solar panels or wind turbines that provide intermittent, insufficient energy – and guarantee sustained poverty.
CFACT unfurls banners on Greenpeace ships
“Greenpeace’s callous disregard for the truth and people’s well-being has become intolerable,” said Craig Rucker, executive director of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), a public policy group that emphasizes environmental stewardship and the enhancement of health and living standards for people everywhere. “So we decided to take action.”
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