Opinion
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EPA Allows Environmental Review of Alaska Pebble Mine
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rescinded its Obama-era 2014 decision preventing consideration of the Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay, Alaska, allowing the environmental review process to begin. -
United Nations Misleads About Food Production and Climate Change
Opinion -Editorial -Enacting policies that restrict the use of abundant energy supplies will rob people of choice and harm the economy. This won’t hurt the global elite, but it will result in everyone else living poorer, more precarious lives. -
For Bernie, Climate Change is Just a Ruse to Grow Government
Opinion -Editorial -In 2008, Rahm Emanuel, then-president-elect Barack Obama's newly named chief of staff, uttered the infamous phrase: "You never let a serious crisis go to waste." -
Shady Companies and Black Market Substances, Not JUUL, Are Causing Hospitalizations
Opinion -Editorial -Unless you live under a rock, odds are you’ve seen countless, glaring headlines of American youth being hospitalized “due to vaping.” -
The 2020 California Tax Grab
Opinion -Editorial -Still a year away, Golden Staters brace for a shoot-out with the tax bandits. -
Trump Administration Promotes Species Conservation with New Rules
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service released final regulations aimed at improving implementation of the 1973 Endangered Species Act to protect threatened and endangered species while strengthening pr -
EPA to Rescind East Texas Air-Quality Nonattainment Designation
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposes to reverse the agency’s 2016 designation of parts of five east Texas counties near a large coal-fueled power plant as being in nonattainment for sulfur dioxide levels under the 1970 Clean Air Act. -
Wealth Tames ‘Extreme’ Weather
Opinion -Editorial -Hard data, collected over decades, show no increase in the frequency or severity of hurricanes over the past century. -
Is Greenland for Sale?
Opinion -Editorial -Regardless of whether buying Greenland offers value, Mr. Trump’s proposal represents progress in international relations and raises interesting questions regarding property and markets. -
Progressivism Is An Imposter
Opinion -Editorial -“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” -
School Choice Can Bust Government’s Education Monopoly
Opinion -Editorial -For the past year, South Carolina lawmakers have focused on a major education reform plan. Unfortunately, their plan will likely not include the most significant education reform possible: school choice. -
Climate Catastrophe Theory Is ‘Hoax,’ Award-Winning Scientist Says
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Beginning in 1980, with the very poorly thought-out Comprehensive Environmental Regulation and Compensation Act legislation, better known as Superfund, environmental zealots took over EPA, and not another useful piece of legislation has passed since. -
Study: Medicare For All Would Require Huge Tax Hikes On The Middle Class
Opinion -Editorial -Several studies estimate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ recently released Medicare for All (M4A) plan would cost approximately $30–$40 trillion over the next decade. -
Beneficial Choice Entails More Than ‘Mental Health Days’
Opinion -Editorial -Instead of mental health days, Oregon should try mental health school transfers. -
Nevada Transit Authority’s Ridesharing Service Rolls Up Huge Losses
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission’s (RTC) rideshare service, “Trip to Strip,” was launched in May. -
Is Alabama a Poor State?
Opinion -Editorial -By most measures of income, yes, but income does not account for the cost of living. -
Legislative Pulse: Colorado Legislature Overrides Voters’ Oil and Gas Decision
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New restrictions on oil and gas development in Colorado is a mockery of local control, and will devastate the industry. -
Twenty-Two States, Seven Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Power Plant Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A coalition of 22 states and seven cities has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Trump administration violated the 1970 Clean Air Act when it replaced Obama-era coal-fueled power plant rules with new regulations to curb carbon-dioxide emissions. -
The Responsibility of Business
Opinion -Editorial -The Business Roundtable (BR), a group of chief executive officers (CEOs) of some of America’s largest corporations, recently released a statement claiming that businesses have a broader purpose than simply making profit. -
FCC Chair Supports T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Justice Department and attorneys general of five states approved the acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile for $26.5 billon. -
North Carolina Extends Sales Taxes to More Digital Products, Services
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Broadens the scope of the sales tax on digital property. -
Labor Department Broadens Options for Small Businesses’ Retirement Plans
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The new regulation allows many more employers to join Association Retirement Plans (ARPs) in order to offer 401(k)-type savings plans to their employees. -
EPA Exceeds President’s Goals for Reducing Regulations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -An internal watchdog report shows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has exceeded the president’s regulatory reduction goals, removing more regulations per regulation issued in fiscal year 2017 than any other federal agency. -
Federal Court Trump Administration Ax Obama Era WOTUS Rule
Opinion -environment-climate-news -One of the most far-reaching regulatory initiatives ever undertaken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been struck down by a federal court in Georgia and then withdrawn by the Trump administration.
