The press is talking about the Ohio River flooding interesting that misuse of Federal power to squelch those with whom you disagree. ============== March 16, 2015 7:31 p.m. ET The Congressional Democrats trying to smear climate skeptics are betting that the threat of a federal investigation will muzzle academics and companies that question their climate-change agenda. So a round of applause for those... Read more
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Fossil Fuels Will Save the World (Really)
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Global Warming, Politically correct, ScienceI think the right honorable gentleman makes some very keen observations. === By Matt Ridley March 13, 2015 5:33 p.m. ET The environmental movement has advanced three arguments in recent years for giving up fossil fuels: (1) that we will soon run out of them anyway; (2) that alternative sources of energy will price them out of the marketplace; and (3) that we cannot... Read more
The Perilous Thawing Permafrost!
March 13 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EnvironmentCan’t say I agree with the author, 100%, shoot, probably not 70%, but I like the point he makes about Disney. Some organizations don’t really get into “the facts”. ====== From remarks by Robert J. Papp Jr., U.S. special representative for the Arctic and retired Coast Guard admiral, at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., March 12: A very bright young lady... Read more
‘Offensively Unapologetic’ at the EPA
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Party PoliticsWe need more judges like this. ============ March 3, 2015 7:33 p.m. ET 137 COMMENTS Hillary Rodham Clinton isn’t the only one apparently baffled by newfangled technologies such as email (see nearby). In a withering ruling on Monday, a federal judge scored the Environmental Protection Agency for its contempt for its legal obligation to disclose documents and then lying to the courts about its... Read more
The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, US ConstitutionI guess there is more than one opinion about what EPA can legally do. =========== By Laurence H. Tribe Dec. 22, 2014 7:06 p.m. ET 338 COMMENTS As a law professor, I taught the nation’s first environmental law class 45 years ago. As a lawyer, I have supported countless environmental causes. And as a father and grandfather, I want to leave the Earth in better shape... Read more
Watch Out for That Puddle
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Environment, US ConstitutionThis is one example of why the Founders created ‘checks and balances’. ========== Earlier this year the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers proposed a rule redefining the “waters of the United States” that are subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act. The two agencies recently finished collecting public comments on their draft rule and are deciding how to... Read more
