Opinion
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Heartland Weekly: AOC Continues to Prove Herself Clueless
Opinion -Week of September 23, 2019 -
On Greta Thunberg and Youth Climate Activism
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #337 -
Coloradans Will Vote on National Popular Vote Law in 2020
Opinion -The law places Colorado in a compact of states that pledge to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate receives a majority of the NPV. -
HUD Proposes Rule Defining Housing Discrimination Proof
Opinion -The new rule would shift the burden of proof back to the plaintiff. -
Federal Judge Tosses ‘Right to Wilderness’ Lawsuit
Opinion -A U.S. District Court rejected a lawsuit filed by environmental groups against the federal government claiming its policies allowing fossil fuel development and use violate the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights to wilderness unaffected by human activity. -
D.C. Circuit Court Upholds EPA Ozone Standards
Opinion -The District of Columbia Court of Appeals unanimously rejected challenges filed by industry, some states, and environmental groups to Environmental Protection Agency regulations issued in 2015 tightening the nationwide ozone standard. -
El Paso Shooter’s Extreme Environmentalism Deserves Condemnation
Opinion -The manifesto the El Paso shooter (who will remain nameless here) posted before his deadly rampage reveals that, along with hatred toward immigrants, he held a radicalized view of humankind’s relationship to nature. -
Maybe It’s Good that Politics Has Become Ridiculous
Opinion -There is not a living soul who is proud of what national politics has become. -
Reconsidering the Virtues of Recycling
Opinion -Proposed: Most people are inherently good and want to do good things. That, I sincerely believe, is as true of the vast majority of my fellow citizens who both agree or disagree with some or all of my views. -
Washington Governor Inslee Ends Climate-Based Presidential Campaign
Opinion -Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington has dropped out of the Democrat presidential primary race after making climate change the central issue of his campaign. -
Here’s What Other Universities Can Learn from Purdue’s Tuition Freeze
Opinion -Purdue University, a public institution in Indiana, started the tuition-freeze trend in 2013. -
U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Montana ‘Blaine Amendment’ Case
Opinion -Montana is one of 37 states that has a “Blaine Amendment” barring “direct or indirect” state aid to religious schools. -
5G Wireless Makes Government Broadband Even Dumber And More Dishonest Policy
Opinion -One of the very MANY problems with government regulating the private sector – is it immediately halts or severely retards private sector progress. -
Ohio Bans ‘Rights of Ecosystems’ Lawsuits
Opinion -A provision of Ohio’s recently enacted biennial budget bill bars lawsuits filed on behalf of the purported interests or rights of nature. -
Environmental Protection Agency Denies California’s Labelling Requirements for Popular Weed Killer
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it longer approves warning labels on products containing glyphosate—the main active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup—linking the chemical to cancer. -
Electricity in the Realm of the Lion King
Opinion -Small Modular Reactors, especially Pebble Bed Modular Reactors, are Africa’s best future. -
Heartland Weekly: Watch Heartland’s Climate Debate in NYC on Monday Night
Opinion -Week of September 16, 2019 -
California Legislature Advances Bills to Limit Charter Schools
Opinion -More than 10 percent of all California K-12 students are enrolled in charter schools. -
University of Alaska Considers Consolidation After Budget Cuts
Opinion -The state’s university system has “extensive duplicative programs,” including two engineering schools and two business schools. -
Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Farmers’ Expanded Participation on Clean Water Commission
Opinion -The Missouri Supreme Court refused to overturn a law allowing the replacement of representatives from environmental groups on the Missouri Clean Water Commission with representatives from the farming and mining communities. -
Survey Shows Participants Want Climate Action, So Long As It’s Cheap!
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #336 -
Red-Light Cameras Undermine the Rule of Law
Opinion -Among the constitutional issues raised by the use of these cameras is the potential violation of the Sixth Amendment. -
State, Federal Lawmakers Propose Child Safety Accounts
Opinion -To address the widespread problem of sexual misconduct, as well as bullying and violence in public schools. -
What Was #Greta Thunberg Taught, and Who Taught Her About It?
Opinion -Thunberg is hailed for her efforts while not meeting the mandatory minimum requirement for climate science speakers to be currently published in science journals, which activists regularly aim at those possessing PhD-level climate science knowledge.
