Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Jared Polis defends decision to reopen Colorado despite Denver refusal
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis defended Sunday his decision to begin gradually reopening the state beginning Monday, even as some of the largest localities opted to extend their novel coronavirus restrictions. Published April 26, 2020
Michael Moore turns on climate left with film skewering green energy
Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore is under attack from his putative climate allies with a newly released documentary taking on one of the sacred cows of the environmental movement: green energy. Published April 24, 2020
Vernon Jones, pro-Trump Georgia Democrat, reverses decision to resign after ‘overwhelming support’
Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones has changed his mind about resigning from the state legislature, announcing Thursday that he would "remain on the battlefield" despite the Democratic outcry over his endorsement of President Trump. Published April 23, 2020
EPA urges Facebook, eBay to remove sellers of phony coronavirus disinfectants
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday urged eight tech companies, including Facebook and eBay, to stop unscrupulous retailers from selling fake coronavirus disinfectants on their platforms. Published April 23, 2020
Houston police balk at enforcing county’s ‘idiotic’ mask order with $1,000 fines
Houston police are balking at enforcing a Harris County official's order requiring everyone over age 10 to wear face masks in public, calling the measure "idiotic." Published April 23, 2020
Earth Day climate activists: Treat climate like coronavirus crisis
Climate activists point to the reorder of society and the economy to resolve the coronavirus crisis and say the same thing can be done to fight global warming. Published April 22, 2020
Greta Thunberg compares coronavirus to global warming: ‘We need to tackle two crises at once’
Battling the novel coronavirus has become the world's top priority, but teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday compared the pandemic to the "climate crisis" and insisted that "we need to be able to tackle two crises at once." Published April 22, 2020
Harvard refuses to divest from fossil fuels, seeks to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
Harvard University has agreed to go carbon-neutral while refusing to budge from its longstanding opposition to divesting from fossil fuels, despite years of pressure from students, faculty and climate activists. Published April 22, 2020
NIH: Don’t use hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin to treat coronavirus
The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday recommended against using hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, a drug combination touted by President Trump, together to treat the novel coronavirus, citing the "potential for toxicities." Published April 21, 2020
Fall of oil prices threatens green energy gains
Climate warriors led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chuckling over the collapse of oil prices are receiving a crash course in economics from analysts who point out that cheap gas is actually the enemy of green energy. Published April 21, 2020
Coronavirus antibody study shows COVID-19 ‘far more widespread,’ death rate ‘much lower’
An antibody study released Monday found that the novel coronavirus infection rate in Los Angeles County "far exceeds" the number of confirmed cases, meaning that the fatality rate is also "much lower" than previously thought. Published April 20, 2020
Tara Reade’s Joe Biden accusation dings Me Too movement, not campaign
Tara Reade's unproven sexual-assault allegation against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden may do nothing to dent his 2020 presidential run, but the damage to the #MeToo movement has already been done. Published April 20, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio urges New Yorkers to rat out neighbors who break social-distance rules
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents Saturday to turn in neighbors who fail to follow social-distancing rules, encouraging them to text photos of violators and report their location to a government hotline. Published April 18, 2020
Coronavirus ‘much more widespread’ than previously thought, Stanford antibody study finds
A groundbreaking study by Stanford researchers indicates that far more Americans than previously indicated may have been infected with the novel coronavirus -- and now carry the protective antibodies, a sign of possible immunity. Published April 17, 2020
EPA overhauls Obama-era mercury emissions cost-benefit analysis
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday overhauled the Obama administration's "dishonest" method of determining the costs and benefits of its regulations on mercury emissions from power plants, saying it wildly exaggerated the health benefits. Published April 16, 2020
Green New Deal would fuel ‘massive increase’ in mining for batteries, turbines, solar panels: Report
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal has been decried as an economy killer, but a study released Thursday found that the sweeping climate change resolution would come as an enormous boon to the mining industry. Published April 16, 2020
Ted Agres, Washington Times editor, dies at 70
Ted Agres, a veteran journalist and prolific writer who brought his manifold reporting and managerial strengths to the founding of The Washington Times, died Tuesday in Baltimore. He was 70. Published April 15, 2020
Idaho sued over first-in-nation law banning transgender participation in girls’ sports
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Idaho's first-in-the-nation law banning biological males who identify as female from competing against girls and women in school sports. Published April 15, 2020
‘Mrs. America,’ Phyllis Schlafly miniseries, a feminist hit job, daughter Anne Schlafly Cori says
Anne Schlafly Cori adored her parents, Fred and Phyllis Schlafly, which is why she is appalled by "Mrs. America." Published April 14, 2020
NASA fights free-market group’s campaign to remove 97% climate change claim as consensus challenged
Published April 14, 2020
