Opinion
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Environmentalists Are Using Bees for a Steroid-Infused Land Grab
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the U.S. Department of the Interior for declining to designate “critical habitat” for the rusty patched bumblebee, which the Obama administration designated as endangered just before leaving office. -
Sidelined Because She Rejects Radical Green Agendas?
Opinion -Editorial -Fish & Wildlife Service director nominee joins hundreds of others in confirmation limbo. -
The Very Rich Are Different
Opinion -Editorial -Wealthy parents buying admission for their children to elite universities. -
Free Market Liberalism Is Needed More Than Ever
Opinion -Editorial -The famous New York Yankees baseball player and manager Yogi Berra is credited with the saying “It's déjà vu all over again.” -
Washington Legislature Considers Governor’s Capital Gains Tax Proposal
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The state constitution bans income taxes, so the governor calls it an excise tax -
United States Will Soon Pass Saudi Arabia in Fossil Fuel Exports
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The United States will be exporting more oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and gasoline than Saudi Arabia by the end of 2019, which has not occurred since Saudi Arabia began exporting oil in the 1950s. -
The Extreme Politicization of the News Media May Have Started on Climate, but Is Now Spreading to Larger Political Subjects in the US
Opinion -Editorial -In recent decades it has become increasingly evident that the mainstream/liberal press has become more and more sympathetic towards the so-called “consensus” viewpoint on climate change. -
What Authors Should Know About Copyright
Opinion -Editorial -That copyright today favors publishers and not authors is not inconsistent with its long history. -
Venezuela Should Shock and Teach this Generation
Opinion -Editorial -It’s just the beginning of the disaster. -
Northam’s RGGI Move Would Add Injury to His Insult of Minorities
Opinion -Editorial -Northam is threatening to veto legislation recently passed by the General Assembly that would require a two-thirds’ majority vote from the Assembly and Senate to allow the Commonwealth to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). -
Russia Is Polluting Energy and Climate Politics in Western Democracies
Opinion -Editorial -Russia is once again actively trying to influence the policies of foreign governments, though this time, the target is Europe, not the United States. -
Rent Control Won’t Solve Oregon’s Housing Crisis
Opinion -Editorial -Oregon, taking a bold page out of the progressive playbook, recently became the first state to enact mandatory rent control. Unfortunately, the measure does nothing to address the underlying cause of the state’s housing crisis. -
How Vape Shops Make the World a Better Place
Opinion -Editorial -On March 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement the vaping community long assumed to be true: mom-and-pop vape shops are not the major culprits selling kids nicotine and tobacco products. -
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Heartland Weekly: Pre-Emptive War Will Solve Climate Change
Opinion -heartland-weekly, Editorial -Week of April 8, 2019 -
Air Emissions, Toxic Releases Reduced, EPA Reports
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released reports showing air pollution and the amount of toxins released into the environment continue to decline nationwide. -
Utilities Promise Future Savings While Pushing Rate Hikes Today
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #320 -
Who Profits From Drug Price Decreases?
Opinion -Editorial -According to a new analysis released last month, Americans spent $3.65 trillion dollars on health care in 2018 – more than the entire gross domestic product of Canada. -
Many Teachers Love the Choice That Union Leaders Loathe
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Teachers send their children to private schools at twice the rate of parents generally -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Confirmation of David Bernhardt as U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Opinion -Press Release -The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed David Bernhardt as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior by a vote of 56-41. All Republicans voted for Bernhardt, as did three Democrats and one independent. -
Offshore Exploration Promises Jobs, Affordable Energy
Opinion -Editorial -Strong U.S. natural gas and oil production is revitalizing communities in state after state. -
U.S. Senate Public Lands Bill Would Declare 1.3 Million Acres As Wilderness
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S passed sweeping public lands conservation bill that would lock up more than one million acres in California, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah as wilderness and impose additional permanent protections on federal lands in Montana and Washington. -
Trump’s Tweets Highlight Climate Contradictions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -As a polar vortex held much of the nation in its icy grip, with record-low temperatures recorded in many locations, President Donald Trump ridiculed global warming alarmism, highlighting contradictory climate claims. -
How Government E-Cigarette Restrictions Are Increasing Youth Tobacco Use
Opinion -Editorial -Across the nation, lawmakers seem stuck in a tragic game of whack-a-mole. The more they try to reduce youth vaping, the more they increase youth combustible cigarette smoking. -
Oregon Teens’ State Climate Lawsuit Dismissed
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A three-judge panel of the Oregon state Court of Appeals dismissed a climate change lawsuit asserting climate change was harming the state’s natural resources and the state government had an obligation to protect them as part of a public trust.
