Jack Dini

Questioning Medical Research Funding

Spectacular failures to replicate key scientific findings have been documented of late, particularly in biology, psychology, and medicine. A report on this, published in Nature in May, found that about 90% of some 1,576 researchers surveyed now believe there is a reproducibility crisis in science. (1)

John Kerry on Air Conditioners and ISIS

Secretary of State John Kerry recently said that air conditioners and refrigerators are as big a threat to life as the threat of terrorism posed by groups like the Islamic State. (1)

Blank Sun—Mini Ice Age?

Since the 1970s scientists have been telling us that based on Earth's natural glacial cycles we've been due—even overdue—for another prolonged period of global cooling. Visible evidence from the sun provides a more immediate warning. Sunspots have all but disappeared. (1)

Greenpeace-- Upsetting Folks Worldwide

Greenpeace continues to make headlines—many of them quite detrimental to the organization. They've just been blasted in a singed letter by 107 Nobel laureates for opposing the deployment of a GMO rice which would help fix a dreaded condition, vitamin A deficiency (VAD). (1)

Denmark's Costly Energy Plan Roadblocks

The Danish government has announced a new proposal to resolve the problem of renewable energy tax (PSO) which the EU believes to be illegal and which has become markedly more expensive for businesses and citizens than planned. Climate and Energy Minister Lars Christian Lillehot will cancel all coastal wind turbines which were agreed to be built in 2012 and promises to replace them with a new off-shore wind farm in 2025.

Killers of MRSA

Antibiotic resistance is a scourge on the world that can be fatal. Two million Americans become infected with some drug-resistant bacteria annually in the United States and at least 23,000 deaths are attributable to drug resistant antibiotics. (1)

Regulation Overload

One of the more disturbing trends in government expansion over the last 30 years has been the collection of laws, regulations and binding court decisions that make up the 'nanny state.' These laws and regulations represent government at its most arrogant.

Lithium- An Essential Nutrient For Humans

At present lithium is most popular for its use in rechargeable batteries. But for decades lithium has also been used to treat various psychological diseases such as depressions, manias and bipolar disorders. It is well known that lithium lightens moods and reduces aggression potential. (1)

Europe's Attempts to Reduce CO2 Emissions Shouldn't Be Copied

The European Union (EU) spent an estimated $1.2 trillion financially supporting wind, solar and bio-energy and an incalculable amount on a cap and trade scheme to specifically lower CO2 emissions. (1) Yet, the EU's 2015 CO2 emissions increased by 0.7 percent relative to 2014, while US emissions fell to its lowest level since 1994. On an emissions rate basis, 2015 was the cleanest year in the US in over 60 years for which historical data exist. (2)

Oops-There Are Benefits From Climate Change

“Our climate conversation is lopsided. There is ample room to suggest that climate change has caused this problem or that negative outcome, but any mention of positives is frowned upon,” say Bjorn Lomborg. (1) He adds, “A climate economics approach finds that today—contrary to the alarmists' massive insistence on negative stories only, global warming causes about as much damage as benefits.” (2)

Issues With Clinical Trials: Some Not Reported- Others Not Reproducible

Most clinical trials conducted by researchers at US academic medical centers did not get reported or published results within two years of completion.

Coal Renaissance Everywhere But In The United States

When President Obama announced that he intends to ensure that the US will slash its greenhouse gas emissions 26% below 2005 emissions levels by 2025 he showed once more his zeal to shut down every coal fired plant in the US. (1)

Energy Polices Gone Awry

Europe is a green energy basket case with surging prices, fleeing industry, falling economic and population growth, growing dependence on Russian energy, and rising fuel poverty, where even the middle class often can't afford the most basic energy services. Soaring energy costs make Europeans poor reports Jude Clemente. (1)

Germany's Renewable Energy Woes

Germany has invested tens of billions of euros in its bid to switch to CO2-free energy sources. Angela Merkel's top aide Peter Altmaier warned that the Energiewende would cost 1 trillion dollars. (1)

More Climate Change Stories

In January 2016 we published an article on hidden climate change stories covering topics including climate models, polar bears, ocean acidification, and the Arctic and Antarctic. All were significant stories, but instead of doing its due journalistic diligence, the press had chosen for all intents and purposes to ignore them. (1)

Celebrities' Carbon Emissions

A number of celebrities don't 'walk the walk' when it comes to climate change—they just 'talk the talk'.

Memo to Global Warming Expeditions: Stay Away From Antarctica

It should be clear to global warming polar researchers that sea ice at the South Pole is not melting, but in fact has been growing for 37 years, reports Pierre Gosselin.

Body Mass Index Poor Metric For Measuring Health

Way back in 1998 I became overweight in just one day. It wasn't because I had gone on a binge of eating and drinking. Rather it was because a committee convened by the National Heart Institute redefined overweight to be a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more for both men and women. Body mass index is calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the square of the person's height in meters. If you prefer to use English units, its your weight in pounds divided by the square of your height in inches, then multiplied by 703.

Environmental Groups Collect Vast Amounts of Money

If you wonder why you have been hearing and reading endless doomsday scenarios about the warming of the Earth, the rise of the seas, and the disappearance of species and forests for decades, the reason is that a huge propaganda machine is financed at levels that are mind boggling.

Over-Zealous Reporting Ruins Story Lines

An article says 800 million children a year die from indoor smoke, but here's the catch- there are only 56 million deaths annually worldwide. An estimated billion people still live without electricity while three billion use animal waste, wood, charcoal or even coal to cook food, risking toxic fumes and lung disease. However, every man, woman and child on the planet could finally have access to regular and sustainable energy within a decade, according to a top UN officials, reports Ed King. (1)