Environmental Issues

BOOK REVIEW: FED UP!

BOOK REVIEW: Overtaxed and overregulated By John R. Coyne Jr.   The Washington Times January 3, 2011 FED UP! OUR FIGHT TO SAVE AMERICA FROM WASHINGTON By Rick Perry Little, Brown and Company, $21.99, 220 pages Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor in state history, is a constitutional scholar, a defender of free enterprise, a […]

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TWO CALIFORNIAS

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com By Victor Davis Hanson December 15, 2010 12:00 P.M. Abandoned farms, Third World living conditions, pervasive public assistance — welcome to the once-thriving Central Valley. The last three weeks I have traveled about, taking the pulse of the more forgotten areas of central California. I wanted to witness, even if superficially,

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RICK PERRY – ANOTHER TEXAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com By Robert Bryce January 17, 2011 Rick Perry as a GOP dark horse Texas governor Rick Perry’s high-profile battle with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) couldn’t have come at a better time. The fight may not be over in time for the 2012 presidential elections, and he very well may lose, but

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THE CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

JANUARY 14, 2011 A proposal to ban regulation without representation. One of the most important political stories of 2011 will be regulation, as the backwash of the outgoing Congress hits the federal agencies and the White House drives its agenda via rule-making rather than democratic consent. Republicans are vowing to thwart these maneuvers, but the

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ETHANOL – THE CORN CONSPIRACY

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Corn Conspiracy Ethanol is forever. Geoffrey Norman December 27, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 15 The machine was virtually new. I’d run a mere two tanks of gas through it and now the wretched thing wouldn’t start. I’d pulled the starter cord 30 times, or more, and the best

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THE ORIGIN OF CASH FOR CLUNKERS

JANUARY 7, 2011 Ou Est Le ‘Cash for Clunkers’? Not surprisingly, the idea of subsidizing new cars came from France. By VICTOR DIAL Many countries in Europe are reporting improved auto sales in December, thanks to a last-minute rush by consumers to take advantage of yet another “Cash for Clunkers” program. So look for poor

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MICROBES REMOVED METHANE FROM GULF OIL SPILL

JANUARY 7, 2011 Microbes Mopped Up After Spill Bacteria Swiftly Devoured Methane Unleashed Into the Gulf of Mexico, Study Says By ROBERT LEE HOTZ Bacteria made quick work of the tons of methane that billowed into the Gulf of Mexico along with oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout, clearing the natural gas from the waterway

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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE – DAVE BARRY’S 2010 YEAR IN REVIEW

Posted on Sat, Jan. 01, 2011 Dave Barry’s 2010 Year in Review By Dave Barry Jack Ohman / MCT Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped

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BOOK REVIEW – WHEN OIL PEAKED

BOOK REVIEW: By John R. Coyne Jr. The Washington Times December 10, 2010 WHEN OIL PEAKED By Kenneth S. Deffeyes Hill and Wang, $24, 143 pages In 2001, building on the geologist M. King Hubbert’s prediction that U.S. oil production would peak between 1965 and 1970, Kenneth S. Deffeyes, emeritus professor of geology at Princeton

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GULF OIL SPILL HYSTERIA

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Gulf of Mexico suffered remarkably little damage. Why were so many so willing to believe otherwise? Robert H. Nelson December 20, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 14 The day after the midterm elections in November, panelists at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy discussed the various factors

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