The IPCC report AR5 and it's report on extreme weather says there is little evidence that extreme weather events can be attributed to human-caused emissions. Weather extremes in the U.S. were worse in the 1930's and 1950's than in recent decades. So why is the Prairie...
Third Reich Forest Minister Hermann Goering was an avid hiker and ecologist who once sent a man to a concentration camp for cutting up a frog for fish bait. In 1933 he and other Nazi Party leaders enacted anti-vivisection laws to stop what he called “unbearable...
Part 14 of John Robson's documentary comparing climate change alarmism with widely accepted facts about the past state and present condition of the Earth
Anyone who thought “manmade climate cataclysm” rhetoric couldn’t possibly exceed Obama era levels should read the complaint filed in the “public nuisance” lawsuit that’s being argued before Federal District Court Judge William Alsup in a California courtroom: Oakland...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy!
The war against the invisible enemy of COVID-19 has unfortunately made normal rights and freedoms invisible as well. Another example manifested on September 13 when Saskatchewan’s premier renewed emergency orders for his province. The list of powers he claimed were so...
Frontier’s Eric Merkley argues that increased biofuel production can have negative consequences for the environment, including harm to water quality.
April’s Reader’s Digest carries an article based on excerpts from my book and an interview with me: “The world has never been a better place to live in,” says science writer Matt Ridley, “and it will keep on getting better.”
David Schindler is a widely-recognized biologist at the University of Alberta. His opinions should not be dismissed. However, when it comes to the debate on human-caused climate change the good doctor departs too closely into the realm of activism, as opposed to...
Harry Siemens reports on manure management research in Manitoba. “I would say the biggest thing is the phosphorus removal,” says Grieger. “We’ve seen removal rates up to 50 to 60 percent phosphorus with different technologies under different conditions and even higher...
Ben Eisen and Kenneth Green show that high levels of resource consumption in North America enables economic production and wealth creation that brings benefits to people all over the world.
This looks like a good ruling for landowner rights in the USA. The EPA has had its draconian powers limited. Up here in Canada, we need to get behind efforts to scale back excessive DFO actions to protect "fish habitat" were no fish live. Municipalities across...
...and not a human in sight. Maybe this effort to reestablish buffalo makes sense, but I really question the prairie dog effort. Down here on my farm, I really look forward to fixing all the fences that were torn down by migrating moose last year. Next fall, I think...
Eric Merkley, Ben Eisen and Kenneth Green examine the consequences of carbon taxes and cap-and-trade policies.
Environment Canada is mistaken to think that “Canadians will directly benefit from cleaner air in their communities” due to the proposed greenhouse regulations for coalfired electricity generation stations.