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Analysis and Commentary

The Global Poor Will Suffer the Worst Ethanol Hangover

by Henry I. Millervia World Politics Review
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The headlong rush in many parts of the world to replace oil with biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) illustrates how the best of intentions can run afoul of the law of unintended consequences...

Analysis and Commentary

Pols Drunk On Corn-Based Ethanol Have Left Millions With Hangover

by Henry I. Millervia Investor's Business Daily
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

"There is a right way and a wrong way to produce (ethanol)," the New York Times editorialized on Feb. 24...

In the News

Cancer Cure Coalition Proposes Major Changes at the FDA

with Henry I. Millervia PR Newswire
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Flawed policies and bad decisions at the FDA have contributed to an escalation of the cost of clinical trials which now take an average of one billion dollars and require 10 years for approval...

In the News

Quest for knowledge

with William J. Perryvia Boston Globe
Monday, February 18, 2008

Science dazzles us, science bewilders us, science touches everything and everyone — from life-saving medicines to technologies so blended into day-to-day existence that they seem nearly as natural as drawing breath...

In the News

The Surrogate Science Debate

with William J. Perryvia MSNBC
Monday, February 18, 2008

For weeks, science-minded activists have been urging the presidential campaigns to stage a debate focusing on science and technology issues - and they finally got their wish over the weekend...

In the News

Frankenfood Redux

with Henry I. Millervia Harvard Political Review
Monday, February 18, 2008

A new specter is haunting Europe: genetically modified foods...

In the News

Are chemicals altering the planet?

with Henry I. Millervia ABC 7 News (CA)
Monday, February 18, 2008

Chemicals surround us; from the food we eat, to the electronic devices we use, to the clothes we wear...

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US scientists pinpoint 14 top technological challenges

with William J. Perryvia Agence France-Presse
Saturday, February 16, 2008

The US National Academy of Engineering has announced the grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century that, if met, would improve people's lives...

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How The U.N.'s Anti-Biotech Policies Worsen Global Warming

with Henry I. Millervia National Center for Policy Analysis
Friday, February 15, 2008

Numerous United Nations policies and programs inhibit the development and use of important tools that could help both to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to conserve water, especially in poorer regions of the world, says Henry I. Miller, a fellow with the Hoover Institution...

In the News

Will Global Warming Save Lives?

with Thomas Gale Moorevia National Center for Policy Analysis
Friday, February 15, 2008

A report commissioned by Britain's Health Department says that one blistering hot summer between now and 2017 could kill more than 6,000 Britons...

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