JANUARY 22, 2011 Four of every 10 rows of U.S. corn now go for fuel, not food. The global economy is getting back on its feet, but so too is an old enemy: food inflation. The United Nations benchmark index hit a record high last month, raising fears of shortages and higher prices that will […]
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JANUARY 22, 2011 Renewable energy’s state capitalists. One of the least edifying spectacles in American business is the sight of industry titans begging politicians for alms. We therefore direct your attention to today’s nearby letter from Rhone Resch, the solar industry’s man in Washington, for a classic of the genre. Mr. Resch more or less
JANUARY 18, 2011 A case study in the failure of green energy subsidies. Not long ago, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was calling Evergreen Solar a “symbol” of his state’s economic future. Symbolism would appear to be overrated. Evergreen announced last week that it is shutting its Massachusetts plant and will lay off 800 workers. That’s
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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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WASHINGTON POST By George F. Will Sunday, January 9, 2011; Consensus is scarce but almost everyone agrees with this: The government is dysfunctional and the Internet is splendid. But last month, the Democratic-controlled Federal Communications Commission, on a partisan 3-2 vote, did what a federal court says it has no power to do: It decided
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Published on National Legal and Policy Center (http://www.nlpc.org) Corporations Push President on Global Climate Fund By Paul Chesser Created 12/15/2010 – 11:44 After the failure in Copenhagen last year for countries who hoped for a successor agreement to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming, lower expectations surrounded this year’s version of the UN Framework
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Republicans and their leadership better find a way to kill this bill. Call them and tell them to stop all lame duck legislation! Throwing Us Under the Omnibus By Chris Horner on 12.15.10 @ 10:20AMAC http://spectator.org/blog/2010/12/15/throwing-us-under-the-omnibus From an indefatigable source on the Hill: As many have been alerting you, there are several FUNDAMENTAL problems with
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THE ROCHE RECORD, by Frank Roche, economist November 22, 2010 GORE AGREES, CONSULAR ID’S, FONDLING YOU AND ME, PLUS SOME Gore now agrees about corn ethanol: Giving yet another speech on foreign soil (Athens this time) critical of the US, Al Gore came clean on corn ethanol. I’ll give him credit for admitting it, though to do so
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN Published on DickMorris.com on November 22, 2010 Does President Obama plan to move to the center in response to his overwhelming rejection at the polls on November 2nd? No way! Instead, he is moving to implement, through executive action, two of the most controversial items in his 2010 agenda
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FEULNER: Red tape on the rise Take notice of hidden taxes before they get out of hand By Ed Feulner– President of the Heritage Foundation The Washington Times Tuesday, November 2, 2010 Nobody enjoys paying taxes. Not the ones the government deducts from every paycheck. Not sales taxes. And certainly not the check millions of
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