Today, when it comes the export of natural gas, U.S. policy is at odds with what’s economically sound for the country, contrary to America’s longstanding free-trade commitments, and runs against its larger strategic interests.  Quite a trifecta—but a losing bet for sure.

The web has become a sewer channeling scare mongering about crop biotechnology. Now we have our own GLP infographic that presents the scientific facts so you can reach your own independent judgment:

The president's plan is about wealth distribution from red to blue states, not about carbon dioxide

Drama is high these days for ethanol makers, whose fate is on the line in Washington - fitting for an industry dependent on government.

It is time to expose the flawed jobs reasoning behind President Obama's new carbon plan. 

Exaggerating the meaning of Independence Day, on July 4th Roseanne Barr formally joined the ranks of anti-biotechnology cranks by tweeting that the deadly virus that almost wiped out the Hawaiian papaya until a genetically modified version was introduced to save the fruit was actually caused by GMOs.

You just can't out-gloom an environmentalist. The Atlantic invited some luminaries to answer the question "How and when will the world end?" Some contributions were funny. Others simply plausible.

In the 1980s, papaya farmers in Hawaii began detecting the first signs that their Rainbow papaya crop was facing mortal danger from ringspot virus. Today, the industry is thriving. Trees are thick with leaves; the export trade to the mainland and parts of Asia is booming; and almost all of the precious fruit has been genetically engineered to resist the deadly virus.

In the minds of those who fear synthetic biology, a marvel can be reframed as a nightmare. Plants engineered to naturally glow-what should be seen as a simple but elegant demonstration of the exciting potential of synthetic biology-has generated an over-heated reaction among the same progressives and liberal politicos who have become the "climate deniers of the left."

President Obama’s recently proposed policies will do little to combat climate change — but they will do much for his political and economic objectives.