Opinion
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Texas Charter School Facilities Funding Approved by State Board
Opinion -Texas is one step closer tapping the state’s education trust fund to aid charter schools in securing permanent facilities. -
Important Lessons From The Gulf Oil Spill
Opinion -The worst oil spill in a generation is now largely behind us, finally providing an opportunity to assess the environmental damage, evaluate what went wrong, and formulate better plans to ensure this type of accident never happens again. -
Georgia Officials Reconsider Support for Online Charters
Opinion -Georgia officials are taking a second look at the state’s restrictions on funding of online education after an initial ruling forced two virtual charter schools to postpone their first year. -
Public, Private School Convergence Presents Policy Opportunity
Opinion -The lines separating private and public, nonsectarian and religious K-12 education are blurring, presenting both a challenge and an opportunity for legislators and policymakers. -
Q&A: Community Activist Works to Empower Parents in Los Angeles Suburb
Opinion -California’s new “parent trigger” law is getting its first test from a parent in a Los Angeles suburb. -
NC PTA Rakes in Tax Dollars as Parents Seek Alternatives
Opinion -The North Carolina Parent Teacher Association is becoming less popular among parents but more popular among politicians. North Carolina parents are leaving the PTA by the thousands, opting to form independent parent teacher organizations. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-18
Opinion -An 18-year-old high school student in shop class attached an electrical cord to one of his nipples with an alligator clamp, while a classmate used another alligator clamp to attach the cord to the student’s other nipple. -
Rival Industry Groups Endorse FM Chip Mandate
Opinion -The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Recording Industry of America Association (RIAA) temporarily halted their bitter feud over the Performance Rights Act long enough to jointly endorse a federal mandate for placement of FM radio -
Trapped in the Medicaid Ghetto
Opinion -During the legislative battle over President Barack Obama’s health care law, there were many stories left untold about the true ramifications of the measure. -
Coal Emissions Are Falling Dramatically, EPA Reports
Opinion -Coal-fired power plants are emitting substantially fewer smog-forming particles than was the case just two years ago, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Wind Power Is Driving Up Montana Power Costs
Opinion -Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) has filed a request to increase the price of power the utility charges its customers in Eastern Montana. -
Pebble Bed Reactors Are the Future of Nuclear Power
Opinion -Pebble bed nuclear reactors are still in the development phase and have yet to be placed into operation in any nation, but these reactors promise to eliminate many of the roadblocks that have prevented emissions-free nuclear power from generating a -
Montana Democrats Seek State Control of Wolf Populations
Opinion -Jon Tester and Max Baucus, Democratic Senators representing Montana, are fighting an August 5 federal court decision that restored gray wolves to the U.S. Interior Department’s list of endangered species. -
Environmental Extremism Takes Ugly Turn
Opinion -Environmental extremist took an ugly turn Aug. 1 when activist James Lee, armed with two guns and several bombs stormed the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. -
Media Claims of Falling Rice Production Were False
Opinion -Media stories flooded the airwaves and the Internet in mid-August with claims of global warming threatening the world’s food supply. The media reported a new study showed rice yields have been dropping as temperatures warm. -
Ohio Challenges EPA Ban on Chemical that Kills Bedbugs
Opinion -With bedbug infestations making a comeback in Ohio and across the United States, Ohio Department of Agriculture officials are petitioning the U.S. -
NOAA Eliminates Competitive Fish Harvesting
Opinion -The federal government is eliminating open competition for certain species of West Coast fish and will instead allocate shares individually to fish harvesters, which they can fill at their leisure. -
Michigan Ponders Its Energy Producing Future
Opinion -Michigan, a state whose economy was driven for more than a century by its once-mighty automobile industry, now has chance to reinvent itself and become one of the nation’s leading suppliers of energy. -
A Valuable Source of In-Depth Energy Information
Opinion -Review of Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future, by Robert Bryce (Public Affairs, 2010), 416 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1586487898Few science books are worth reading each and every page. -
California Discovers Fraud in E-Waste Program
Opinion -The State of California is accusing two persons associated with the Tung Tai electronics and metal recycling company of submitting fraudulent reimbursement claims as part of the state’s e-waste recycling program. -
IPCC Coordinating Author Gary Yohe Demonstrates Lack of Objectivity
Opinion -The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced the Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, and Review Editors for its Fifth Assessment Report, scheduled for release in 2013. -
Study Debunks Link Between Global Warming, Blizzards
Opinion -The unusually cold temperatures and string of heavy blizzards along the U.S. -
Idaho Citizens Criticize EPA Superfund Process
Opinion -Residents of Idaho’s picturesque Silver Valley are up in arms over a plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prolong the cleanup of mining waste in the area for another 50 to 100 years and possibly longer. -
California Board Recommends Reducing River Water Diversion
Opinion -The California State Water Resources Control Board is recommending at least 75 percent of the water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta System be allowed to flow freely into the Pacific Ocean, a dramatic increase over current water flow.
