By Kathleen Peine
There’s something buried in a new Pennsylvania law and it’s every bit as toxic as the chemicals used to unearth natural gas through that process called fracking. Lurking in that law is a form of enforced ignorance.
And as Will Ro…
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Pennsylvania Doctors on Fracking: Our Lips Are Sealed
Tribal Leaders Challenge Forest Service to Protect Native Women’s Rights
By Dan Bacher
Members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe from northern California on Monday challenged Randy Moore, U.S. Forest Service Regional Forester, at his Vallejo office to protect indigenous women from racial slurs and physical harm during coming of …
Fracking Impact On Water Worries Californians
By Ngoc NguyenNew America Media
Earlier this year, the oil company Plains Exploration and Production (PXP) blasted water and chemicals more than one and half miles into the earth to force oil embedded in a sandstone formation to gush to the surf…
‘Regulatory Streamlining’ Bill (SB 455) Would Lead to More Clearcutting of California Forests
By Paul HughesForests Forever
“Tries to do too much!”
Anyone who voted in California in 1990 might remember that cynical tag line, which its industry opponents hung on Prop. 128. The ballot measure, a.k.a. Big Green, a.k.a. The Environmental Super-…
In Kansas, planning will be captured by special interests
The government planning process started in south-central Kansas will likely be captured by special interest groups that see ways to benefit from the plan. The public choice school of economics and political science has taught us how special interest groups seek favors from government at enormous costs to society, and we will see this at play again over the next few years.
Wind tax credits are government spending in disguise
Wind power tax credits are government spending in disguise, despite the mistaken beliefs of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas regarding the economic effect of tax credits that benefit the wind power industry.
Wind tax credits are government spending in disguise
Wind power tax credits are government spending in disguise, despite the mistaken beliefs of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas regarding the economic effect of tax credits that benefit the wind power industry.
