Opinion
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California State Schools Chief Proposes Parent Empowerment ‘Clean Up’
Opinion -California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and his staff say the state’s groundbreaking parent empowerment law may be too vague for the state department of education to write clear regulations. -
DOLINAR: Obamacare Yields Fewer Choices
Opinion -One thing many patients may not know is that their doctor may not prescribe the treatment he thinks most effective - because he's penalized for doing so. -
ought to appoint Public Service Commission members who care about keeping consumers’ costs down, creating jobs
Opinion -Gov. Rick Scott has pledged to cut state taxes while simultaneously reducing the budget deficit. This is a tall order, but opportunities exist. Florida energy policy offers a perfect example.According to the U.S. -
Education Problems Reside at ‘Core’
Opinion -President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address illustrated just how much political duplicity has entered the debate about national education standards. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #10-3
Opinion -A Maryland attorney is becoming known as the “bedbug barrister” after filing eight lawsuits for bedbug bite victims in Maryland, seeking a total of $7 million in damages. -
Outgoing New York Governor Fires Final Shot on Fracking
Opinion -Shortly before departing the Governor’s Mansion for good, outgoing New York Governor David Paterson (D) vetoed a legislative moratorium on natural gas drilling permits utilizing hydraulic fracturing techniques—but then issued an alternate moratorium of -
Study: No Increase in Northwest Australian Tropical Cyclones
Opinion -A recently published study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Climate shows tropical cyclone activity is not increasing in the southeast Indian Ocean basin. -
#258: Thoughts on Ronald Reagan’s Legacy
Opinion -The anniversary of the birthday of Ronald Reagan led to a glut of “what would Reagan think” columns concerning all sorts of topic areas. -
Organic Myths Debunked in Entertaining Style
Opinion -Review of Is It Organic? -
Marin County Votes to Ban Smart Meters
Opinion -Marin County, California has voted to ban the installation of “smart” electricity meters, claiming the devices pose electromagnetic health risks that create a public nuisance. -
Schools Teaching Tree-Hugging 101
Opinion -One of the hottest K-12 public school educational trends today is operating environmental academies within school districts. -
Minneapolis Zoo Teaches Activism, Disruption
Opinion -The School of Environmental Studies (SES) at the Minneapolis Zoo is the environmental academy for juniors and seniors within the public school district serving the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area. -
EPA, Oklahoma Clash Over Regional Haze Plan
Opinion -Oklahoma environmental officials, consumer advocates, and environmental groups are clashing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over regional haze standards that could cause electricity prices to rise by more than 15 percent in the state. -
Conservation Group, Native Americans Challenge Solar Power Project
Opinion -A nonprofit conservation group and a Native American cultural group have sued the federal government, claiming officials illegally rushed approval of a major solar power project in California’s Mojave Desert. -
Florida County Sues EPA Over Nutrient Restrictions
Opinion -Pinellas County, Florida has decided to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over recently announced water nutrient restrictions. The decision is noteworthy because Pinellas County has a long record of aggressively protecting its water quality. -
Obama Administration Continues to Block Offshore Energy Production
Opinion -More than three months after the Obama administration announced an end to its moratorium on deepwater oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, the administration has nevertheless yet to approve a single new drilling project. -
Study: Montana’s Renewable Power Mandate Is Costly, Ineffective
Opinion -As the Montana legislature considers repealing the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), a new study by the American Tradition Institute and the Montana Policy Institute concludes the state's alternative energy mandates will be costly to citizens. -
EPA, Alabama Reach Stormwater Agreement
Opinion -After months of wrangling between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, EPA has approved ADEM’s proposed rules for managing stormwater. -
Green Lake School Teaches Only One Side of Issue
Opinion -The Green Lake Global & Environmental Academy (GLGEA) is the environmental charter school for seventh and eighth graders within the Green Lake Public School District in Green Lake, Wisconsin. -
House Lawmakers Oppose Premature Fracking Rules
Opinion -Fearing the Obama administration is planning to restrict natural gas production through hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, a bipartisan group of 32 House lawmakers from natural-gas-producing states is calling on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to -
Minnesota Senate Votes to Repeal Nuclear Power Moratorium
Opinion -The Minnesota Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to end a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants. The bill passed on February 2 in bipartisan fashion by a vote of 50-14. -
Study: Renewable Electricity Mandates Raise Prices, Kill Jobs
Opinion -Renewable electricity mandates are causing electricity prices to increase and killing jobs in the states that have enacted them, reports a new study from the Institute for Energy Research. -
Should Government Help More Go to College?
Opinion -President Obama in the State of the Union restated his long-held position that the federal government should do more to provide a college education to more Americans. "This is our generation's 'Sputnik Moment,'" Obama said. -
Tests Evaluate How Teachers Make a Difference
Opinion -No doubt, as 46-year teaching veteran Al Leister argued in his opinion piece, there are unmotivated students who practically defy teachers to teach them anything of substance ("Don't evaluate teachers using students' test scores," Jan. 31).
