Paul Driessen

Following Europe’s lead on climate change

Which lead should we follow? Even if it takes us off an economic cliff? To what end?

Killing Malarial Mosquitoes Now!

Not long ago, most Americans thought malaria had disappeared from Planet Earth. Few remembered that it had killed thousands every year in the United States, into the 1940s – or that it was once prevalent in New Jersey, Ohio, California and the South, as well as in Europe and even Siberia.

Green-collar jobs – or con jobs?

Environmental-union-politico alliances use their clout to promote new energy, economic vision. Will it create jobs, without impacting existing jobs, living standards and economic opportunities?

The social responsibility of coal

They get little credit for their efforts, but most resource extraction, manufacturing and power generation companies strive to be “socially responsible” – by emphasizing energy efficiency, resource conservation, pollution control and worker safety in producing the raw materials, consumer products and electricity that improve, safeguard and enrich our lives.

Blowing hot air up our shorts

T. Boone Pickens is being lionized for his efforts to legislate a transformation to “eco-friendly” wind energy.

Drill here. Drill now. Drill ANWR

“We can’t drill our way out of our energy problem.” This daily mantra underscores an abysmal grasp of economics by the politicians, activists, bureaucrats and judges who are dictating US policies. If only their hot air could be converted into usable energy.

America’s native criminal class

There is no distinctly native American criminal class, Mark Twain observed – except Congress.

Global warming tax hikes heading your way

America is in the throes of a major housing and financial downturn, soaring food and energy costs, rising unemployment and near recession. But legislators, bureaucrats and presidential candidates are falling all over themselves to restrict fossil fuel use, advance climate change legislation – and thereby increase energy prices, oil imports, and costs for families and businesses.

Norman Borlaug just turned 94 – and is still going strong

During the “Eat This” segment of their docu-comedy series BS, Penn Jillette beat Teller in a round of their “Greatest Person in History” card game. Penn needed just one card: Norman Borlaug.

Playing games with language, justice and people’s lives

“Environmental justice” is often used to benchmark corporate social responsibility.

Season’s Greetings to a Romanian mining town from Ebenezer Soros and Friends

Tucked away in the mountains of western Romania, Rosia Montana has been a mining town for 2000 years. From Roman times, extracting gold and other metals from these rocks has been a dirty, dangerous business, and life there has never been easy. Safety, health and environmental considerations were rarely priorities, and decades of operations under Communist regimes left mountains of rubble that still leach toxic chemicals into streams.

Confronting the true costs of climate change prevention

The mantra is repeated daily. There is consensus on climate change. Global warming is real. It will be a disaster. Humans are to blame. We have to do something – immediately.

Sick and deadly disease control programs

If an accident kills wildlife or people, punishment is meted out and restitution made. A host of regulators, lawyers, judges, activists, journalists and politicians help bring the wrongdoers to justice.

Environmentalists and foundations that support them have much to atone for

During the Days of Repentance, Jews ponder their sins of the past year. Yom Kippur, is their final opportunity to make amends and alter the judgment that God will enter in his books, as the sun sets.