Opinion
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‘Soft Kyoto’ Strategy Raises Energy Concerns
Opinion -Determined to pass energy legislation before Congress adjourned for its August recess, Senate leaders brokered a deal replacing this year’s Republican-drafted bill (S. 14) with last year’s Democrat-drafted bill (S. 517). -
Ozone Depletion’s Lessons for Global Warming
Opinion -Depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer is slowing, according to a study scheduled for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research. -
Ohio, Pennsylvania Put Pressure on Oil and Gas Supplies
Opinion -Directional drilling for oil and natural gas under Ohio's portion of Lake Erie will be banned until at least 2006 as a result of an executive order signed by Republican Governor Bob Taft. The Ohio ban supplements a federal ban due to expire in 2005. -
Bush Moves to Expedite Energy Production
Opinion -The Bush administration on August 7 announced new policies to streamline the oil and natural gas permitting process on federal lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). -
Blackout Has Washington Considering More Regulation
Opinion -In the wake of the August 14 northeastern blackout, momentum is building for mandatory federal electric reliability standards. -
Abundant Reserves Show Petroleum Age Is Just Beginning
Opinion -It is difficult to imagine how our grandparents and great-grandparents lived at the end of the nineteenth century. The United States was still largely a rural society, and the amenities we take for granted today were unknown then. -
Automakers Drop Challenge to California Zero Emission Rules
Opinion -Recent changes in California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program have induced General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, and other automakers to drop a federal lawsuit challenging the program. The automakers announced their decision on August 12. -
Anheuser-Busch to Receive Keep America Beautiful ‘Vision for America’ Award
Opinion -Keep America Beautiful, Inc. has named Anheuser-Busch the recipient of its 2003 Vision for America Award. The award will be presented to August A. Busch III, chairman of the board of Anheuser-Busch, in Chicago on October 28. -
10/2003 Consumer Choice Matters: At Your Fingertips
Opinion -This month’s column is devoted to an alphabetical list of resources you can access from your desk. Please don’t be shy about notifying me of any corrections or omissions. I know it isn’t perfect and am eager to improve it. -
10/2003 Galen Report
Opinion -California liberals are working feverishly to enact an employer mandate requiring businesses to provide health insurance to workers or pay a big tax to fund a new state-run health coverage program. -
Philadelphia’s Privatization Experiment Produces Gains
Opinion -One year after the nation’s largest school privatization experiment began in Philadelphia, the competition between restructured city schools, privately managed schools, and charter schools has led to significant gains in student achievement for -
NCLB Puts Spotlight on Public School Performance
Opinion -This summer, state departments of education identified which public schools “need improvement” after failing to make “adequate yearly progress” for two years in a row under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. -
10/2003 Friedman Report School Choice Roundup
Opinion -Colorado * District of Columbia * Florida * Illinois Louisiana * Michigan * New Jersey COLORADO New Charter Tries Same-Sex Classes Colorado’s James Irwin Charter Middle School will be trying same-sex classrooms this Fall. -
Commentary: To Improve Electric Reliability, Put Power in Hands of Shippers
Opinion -The afternoon of August 14, 2003, the North American continent experienced the largest blackout of electricity ever, and almost immediately, people demanded to know why and how to prevent it from happening again. -
Solutia Settles Alabama PCB Case
Opinion -Solutia, Inc. and its parent/predecessor Monsanto have reached a $700 million settlement with citizens of Anniston, Alabama who claimed PCB releases caused an assortment of health problems. -
Justice Department Obtains Industry Settlements
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Justice has announced it will recover nearly $65 million in August settlements of four environmental suits. -
Who’s Offering What
Opinion -A summary of the health care reform measures offered by the principal candidates known to be running for the Democratic Party’s 2004 Presidential nomination. -
Where Rail Transit Works, and Why
Opinion -From Seattle to Atlanta to Sioux City, federal largesse has generated an intense debate about whether urban rail “works.” For those who believe the standard should be traffic reduction, the answer is a clear “no. -
McCain-Lieberman Will Be Costly, Energy Department Warns
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released an analysis of the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003, sponsored by Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut). -
Energy Realism Overtaking Energy Alarmism
Opinion -In the 1970s and 1980s, energy policy debates in the U.S. were mostly over the regulation of oil and natural gas prices and allocation. -
Illinois Lawmakers Debate Universal Health Plan
Opinion -A push is underway in the Illinois General Assembly to move the state toward the establishment of a universal health care system. -
Feel Better, Live Longer
Opinion -The Modern Nutritional Diseases:Heart Disease, Stroke, Type-2 Diabetes, Obesity, and Cancer by Alice Ottoboni, Ph.D. and Fred Ottoboni, M.P.H., Ph.D. Vincente Books, Inc. -
When Schools Compete, Good Things Happen
Opinion -Numerous studies in recent years have shown student achievement and parental satisfaction improve when families use vouchers to choose private schooling. -
Congress Returns to Tackle DC Vouchers, Other Thorny Votes
Opinion -As August recess dwindled away and Capitol Hill repopulated, Members and staff were abruptly reminded they had left town with many of the year’s thorniest education votes still before them.
