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HERITAGE FOUNDATION STUDY – SMART GROWTH/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/AGENDA 21

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Here’s the Abstract: Agenda 21, a voluntary plan adopted at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, unabashedly calls on governments to intervene and regulate nearly every potential impact that human activity could have on the environment. However, Agenda 21 is non-binding; it depends on governments for implementation. If opponents focus excessively on […]

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THE BARNEY FRANK ERA

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011 The Congressman from Fannie Mae retires. It is a newspaper truism that what is good for journalism is bad for the country, and vice versa. Let’s just say that regarding the pending retirement of Congressman Barney Frank, we’re delighted to make the professional sacrifice. Few House Members have made a bigger legislative

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GILLIBRAND BILL ENCOURAGES LGBT ADOPTION

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Calls on agencies not to discriminate By Cheryl Wetzstein – The Washington Times Monday, October 31, 2011 Increasing LGBT marriages mean “we have a great opportunity to place children without a family into happy homes,” Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand says. (Associated Press) For the first time in Senate history, a bill has been introduced to

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THE UNITED STATES OF EPA

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011 Ms. Jackson’s agency takes over automobile design. Here’s one good way to consider the vote in 2012: It’s about whether to re-elect President Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, which these days runs most the U.S. economy. The EPA heaved its weight against another industry this month, issuing a

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MICHELLE OBAMA’S WARNING TO GUN OWNERS

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By Chris Cox 9:41 AM 10/11/2011 Nearly three years into President Obama’s first term in office, Michelle Obama finally said something with which I can agree. At a recent fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign in Providence, Rhode Island, the first lady told her audience: “We stand at a fundamental crossroads for our country. You’re

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THE NON-GREEN JOBS BOOM IN OIL AND GAS

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011 The Non-Green Jobs Boom Forget ‘clean energy.’ Oil and gas are boosting U.S. employment. So President Obama was right all along. Domestic energy production really is a path to prosperity and new job creation. His mistake was predicting that those new jobs would be “green,” when the real employment boom is taking

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WHY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND UNIONS ARE TARGETING GIBSON GUITARS

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011 Stringing Up Gibson Guitar Environmentalists and trade protectionists set a trap for American businesses. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL On a sweltering day in August, federal agents raided the Tennessee factories of the storied Gibson Guitar Corp. The suggestion was that Gibson had violated the Lacey Act—a federal law designed to protect wildlife—by

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THE EURO ZONE, IS THIS REALLY THE END?

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THE ECONOMIST Unless Germany and the ECB move quickly, the single currency’s collapse is looming Nov 26th 2011 | EVEN as the euro zone hurtles towards a crash, most people are assuming that, in the end, European leaders will do whatever it takes to save the single currency. That is because the consequences of the

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