Science

By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 7th, 2014Fossilfuel-based power generated without Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)technology must be “phased out almost entirely by 2100” if human beingsare to avoid a dangerous…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 29th, 2014The huge amounts of wastewater pumped into the ground by Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industries probably have triggered a sudden increase in earthquakes…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 22nd, 2014Although climate change has become a significant influence on the creation of national disasters, “the federal government is not well positioned to address the…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 13th, 2014House Republicans have the worst voting record on environmental matters in over 40 years, according to a group which tracks such legislative activity.The League…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 14th, 2014It’s getting harder to find clean water in America. “State officials…reported that pollutants had been reduced in many waters, but few impaired water bodies…

By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 7th, 2013In 2012, the concentration of gases placed in the atmosphere which scientists identify as the chief cause forglobal warming rose to an all-time recorded…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 23, 2013The Congressional Research Service recently released a very informative, short study on such unconventional gas and oil production methods as hydraulic fracturing and directional…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 10th, 2013Global warming has created a series of conditions in the Arctic which could make the area a national securityconcern, quietly acknowledges a recent congressional…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 13th, 2013Is the U.S. suffering from a shortage of ‘home-grown’ scientists and engineers? That was the focus of a federalstudy released last week.It’s a very…

By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 31st, 2011The proof is in: Global warming is all too real and we human beings are to blame, revealed a study released lastmonth by the…

By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 21st, 2011America’s spy network needs a group that can investigate the full impacts of global warming in a straightforward and public manner, stated a recent…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 13th, 2011 Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are once again in Washington, DC.Are they demanding another bailout from their paid errand boys, our Washington politicians?…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 15th, 2011″Observers are now raising questions about the Fourth Amendment consistency of using [DNA] databases fornon-forensic purposes and for familial searching—that is, using the…databases to…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 12th, 2011By 2050, renewable fuels such as solar or wind power will become significantly cheaper thanks to expectedtechnological advances, a draft United Nations study recently…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 6th, 2011On Wednesday, the newly-minted GOP-run U.S. House of Representatives passed a rules package intended to establish how the legislature will operate this year.But perhaps…

By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 29th, 2010Ever wonder why business people and their conservative cronies continually deny the obvious realities of global warming and attendant climate change? Perhaps their wishful…

By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 1st, 2010Concentrated amounts of the major greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere now are at their highest level inindustrial times, the United Nations’ weather agency declared…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 5th, 2010For over 20 years, technology companies have fought every attempt to create a stronger democratic oversightof digital health record systems. And the Obama Administration…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 23rd, 2010The apparent spike in cancer and infant mortality rates for Fallujah, Iraq since 2005 should make everyonereconsider the use of Depleted Uranium (DU) in…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 22nd, 2010The federal agency charged with investigating possible community exposures to toxic chemicals is failing at its job, according to a congressional testimony released on…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 20th, 2010A Congressional Research Service study released in November 2009 reveals that the U.S. insurance industryis directly responsible for much of the explosion in America’s…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 4th, 2010The federal agency that oversees public health barely monitors its own investigative activities, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 19th, 2010In these days of slowed but continued economic depression, it’s good to discover such little-knowngovernment studies as the one quietly released in December 2009…