The Dangers of the “One Health Joint Plan of Action”

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a page on its website titled “One Health Basics.” There it defines “One Health” as “a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing”—and here’s the crux—“the interconnection between people, animals, plants, […]

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Recovery of European Species Contradicts Doomsday Narrative

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As a young graduate student, I was thrilled to have my first hands-on experience in conservation on Portugal’s pristine grassland steppe, a paradise for avian life. It was during this visit that I came to understand the critical role of conservationists and the factors most affecting wildlife populations across the globe. A major takeaway for

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Munich Re Cries Foul, Florida Policy Holders Quake

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According to Reuters, Munich Re is complaining bitterly, along with several other pre-imminent international re-insurers about its massive weather-related losses during the calendar years 2021 and 2022.   The role of re-insurers in the insurance market is simply to back up the many standard casualty insurance companies that may wish to deal off part of

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In Pennsylvania, Will Josh Shapiro Unlock Decades of Affordable Energy?

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With Democrat Josh Shapiro as a newly inaugurated governor and a new legislative body, Pennsylvania will either shine as an energy superstar or continue down the dim path of economic decline. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash The commonwealth is a national leader in energy production despite being stifled by onerous regulations, market-distorting subsidies, and an

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‘Greens’ Ignore India’s Lethal Cold Spells

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It is not uncommon to witness freezing temperatures in winter in Europe and North America. However dangerous the cold can be in higher latitudes, such weather is even more so where people and infrastructure are ill-prepared for it. Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash One such place is India, well known for its hot, tropical weather. Every

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The Irony of Blaming Billionaires for CO2 Emissions

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Listen to a version of this article: Did you know that a billionaire is responsible for a million times more carbon dioxide emissions than the average person? That’s the conclusion of a new report from Oxfam, an 80-year-old movement with 21 independent charitable organizations around the world that supposedly focus on alleviating global poverty. But Oxfam’s fixation

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