Media Find 7 Billion Reasons to Panic This Halloween

Halloween is traditionally a night of witches, ghosts, and monsters. But for environmentalists and their media allies, an even bigger scare is coming this Halloween: the birth of Earth's 7 billionth resident. On Oct. 31, 2011, world population will reach 7 billion, according to the United Nations. For many people, this milestone is a cause for celebration and a human triumph. But for…

Longtime Enviro Activist: Carbon Trading, Wind Farms 'Verging on a Gig

James Lovelock (picture is from his web site) has been the topic of at least three previous NewsBusters posts:In September 2006, Dan Gainor marveled at how the Washington Post could devote 2,400 words to Lovelock and his "Gaia Theory" -- the idea that the earth acts like a living organism. In October 2007, Gainor noted Lovelock's appearance in that esteemed scientific publication Rolling Stone,…

Eco-Alarmist: Paris a Desert, China 'Uninhabitable' in 32 Years

Rolling Stone: ‘Human Race Is Doomed