Opinion
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State-Based Environmental Programs: A Better Way Than EPA
Opinion -Federal and state legislators have recently been focusing on eliminating duplication of government programs that could be combined or eliminated to save billions of taxpayer dollars. -
UK Study: Renewable Fuels Kill Jobs
Opinion -The United Kingdom’s government-mandated use of more renewable energy has destroyed 3.7 jobs for every single job created, new research shows.Fewer Jobs, Higher CostsIn “Worth the Candle? -
Rising Food Prices Spark Renewed Criticism of Ethanol Mandates
Opinion -Whether shopping at big-box stores in the United States or haggling with vendors at marketplaces in rural Africa, consumers around the world are confronting noticeably higher prices for the food they need. -
States Continue 911 Fund Raids
Opinion -States seeking to cover budget shortfalls are increasingly raiding funds raised from fees paid by cell phone customers for maintenance of and enhancements to state 911 services. -
Wisconsin May Mandate Larger Setbacks for Wind Turbines
Opinion -A Wisconsin state legislative committee has cleared the way for tighter restrictions on wind turbine placement by voting to suspend proposed rules that allowed placement near property lines. -
Connecticut Considers Wind Power Moratorium
Opinion -Connecticut legislators, responding to citizen concerns about environmental impacts, are considering legislation to place a moratorium on all commercial wind development until specific regulations are adopted. -
New Hampshire House Votes to Repeal Cap-and-Trade
Opinion -The New Hampshire House has voted by an overwhelming margin to end the state’s cap-and-trade program. The 246-104 vote approved a halt to the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). -
State Regulators Clear Fracking in Water Pollution Claims
Opinion -After conducting a comprehensive study of claims of natural gas production polluting a ranch owner’s aquifer and drinking water, Colorado state regulators concluded the operations undertaken by Pioneer Natural Resources in Las Animas County, -
Parents Deserve Real Choices
Opinion -Voucher school accountability, as the Editorial Board defines it, would result from these private schools being compelled to administer the same standardized tests that the government requires of its schools ("Fix the flaw first," March 8). -
Chesapeake Bay Oysters Making a Comeback
Opinion -The Chesapeake Bay oyster population is making a comeback. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) announced the number of native baby oysters in Chesapeake Bay is at its highest level since 1997. -
House Prepares to Fight EPA Overreach
Opinion -As Congress and the White House lock horns over budget deficits and bureaucratic overreach, the House of Representatives is serving notice it will fight to keep the U.S. economy free of EPA-mandated carbon dioxide restrictions. -
Reforming Auto Insurance
Opinion -Even if they enjoy the seemingly endless variety of cutesy television commercials advertising it, few Floridians really like paying the quarterly auto insurance bills that will soon show up in their mailboxes. -
Maine Governor LePage Pursues Environmental Reform
Opinion -Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is overhauling state environmental rules and procedures that are excessively costly or unnecessarily stifle economic activity. -
These Parents Are Involved, but They’re Getting Nowhere
Opinion -Nobody expected California's education establishment to roll over and play dead in the face of one of the most significant reforms to come along in decades. -
Judge Allows Suit Challenging EPA’s Mountaintop Mining Guidance
Opinion -A lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charging EPA unlawfully changed its permitting process for mountaintop-removal coal mining can go forward, a federal judge ruled. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to New ‘Amazon Tax’ in Illinois
Opinion -Heartland Institute Experts Reactto New ‘Amazon Tax’ in Illinois Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday evening signed a bill requiring Internet retailers like Amazon.com and Overstock.com to collect Illinois’ 6. -
U.S Corporate Tax Rate Now Highest In Industrialized World
Opinion -The U.S. corporate tax rate has become the highest in the industrialized world, and it is already in its 20th year of being above the average for similar economies, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation. -
San Francisco Failing in Search for Affordable Renewable Power
Opinion -The city of San Francisco has failed for the second time in one year to find an alternative energy competitor to PG&E’s electricity mix. -
Bedbug Invasions on the Rise in New York City Schools
Opinion -Bedbug invasions are on the rise in New York City public schools, with 1,700 confirmed cases during the past year, according to the latest reports from the New York City Department of Education (DOE). -
Kentucky Senate Approves Building of Nuclear Power Plants
Opinion -The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill to end a moratorium on nuclear power plants being built in the state. The bill, sponsored by Bob Leeper (I-Paducah), passed the Senate on February 8 by a 31-5 vote. -
STANEK: Two Years of Epic Stimulus Failures
Opinion -We’ve just passed the second anniversary of “economic stimulus” under President Obama. Aside from spending on the stimulus itself - the actual price tag soon climbed from $787 billion to $821 billion - not much else has been stimulated. -
Canada Allows Metered Broadband Plans—For Now
Opinion -The network neutrality battles raging in the United States are also in contention north of the border in Canada. -
Heartland Institute Announces Agenda for Reforming TWIA
Opinion -AUSTIN, TX — A new report from The Heartland Institute, a national think tank with offices in Austin, Chicago, Washington, DC, and Tallahassee, Florida, offers an outline for confronting the major problems facing the Texas Windstorm Insurance -
N. Carolina Governor’s Budget Would Renew Sales Tax Hike, Cut Corporate Tax
Opinion -Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue is butting heads with Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly over her proposal to renew a “temporary” 1-cent sales tax hike enacted by lawmakers two years ago.
