The Birds, the Bees, and Bill Maher

Posted by Richard Bennett

According to Arianna’s boy Bill Maher, we’re killing the bees. He’s not sure how, exactly, but he’s sure that we humans are responsible. The fact behind Maher’s latest tantrum is this: there’s an epidemic of something called Colony Collapse Disorder that’s causing bee colonies to die off in 24 states across the continental United States [...]

Why the Kyoto Protocol won’t work

Posted by Richard Bennett

China and India are exempt from the international agreement to limit greenhouse gases. With China set to pass U.S. as world’s top generator of greenhouse gases that’s pretty much a joke: Far more than previously acknowledged, the battle against global warming will be won or lost in China, even more so than in the West, [...]