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Hard Questions for T. Boone Pickens

By Mary Hutzler -- January 5, 2009

T. Boone Pickens is holding a town hall meeting on the Pickens Plan tomorrow at Rice University. His presentation, hosted by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, deserves some hard questions and frank answers. Here are some suggested questions. …

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John Holdren and Anti-Growth Malthusianism (Part IV in a series on Obama’s new science advisor)

By Robert Bradley Jr. --

If there is one quotation by Obama’s new science advisor that every American should hear, it is this:

“A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States. . . . Resources and energy must be diverted from frivolous and wasteful uses in overdeveloped countries to filling the genuine needs of underdeveloped countries. This effort must be largely political” (italics added).

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James Hansen, Climate Scientist and Leading Alarmist, Tells Obama His Version of the Truth

By Robert Murphy -- January 4, 2009

NASA scientist and leading global warming alarmist James Hansen has written an open letter to President-Elect Obama, in which he wants to tell the truth on these important matters. There are some refreshingly candid quotes, but in the end it seems Dr. Hansen has fatally undercut his own position. …

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John Holdren on Mineral/Energy Depletion (Part III in a series on Obama’s new science advisor)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 2, 2009
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A Post-Oil Utopia?

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The Return of Peak Oil?

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John Holdren on Global Warming (Part II in a series on Obama’s new science advisor)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 31, 2008
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John Holdren on Global Cooling (Part I in a Series on Obama’s new science advisor, ‘Dr. Doom’)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 30, 2008
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Screwing Up the Auto Industry

By -- December 29, 2008
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Obama Experiences a Blackout

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 28, 2008
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