Opinion
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Texas Clean-Up Plan Could Cause Environmental Disaster, State, Army Corps Say
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The State of Texas and local business and city leaders are fighting a clean-up plan of a toxic waste site proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
The Paris Climate Agreement, Not “Climate Change,” Is the Threat; Trump’s Pull-out Is Good for the Poor and for Our Health
Opinion -Editorial -A consortium of medical societies is echoing former President Obama’s dire warning that climate change is the biggest threat facing the world and public health. -
Anti-Trumpism in the classroom at Butler
Opinion -Editorial -“Donald J. Trump won the U.S Presidency despite perpetuating sexism, white supremacy, xenophobia, nationalism, nativism, and imperialism.” -
Will Public Schools Survive if Blaine Amendments Don’t?
Opinion -Editorial -Blaine amendments, borne out of 19th-century anti-Catholic bigotry, have been the constant bane of the modern education-choice movement. -
Pittsburgh, Paris and the Possible
Opinion -Editorial -Pittsburgh’s Democratic Mayor Bill Peduto recently claimed that despite Trump leaving Paris, the city is still committed to renewable energy. -
Heartland Weekly: Heartland Institute Experts in Rose Garden as Trump Announces Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -heartland-weekly, News -resident Donald Trump invited three members of The Heartland Institute’s team – Joseph Bast, Fred Palmer, and Aaron Stover – to the White House to witness a historic moment on Thursday. -
Trump Challenges Monument Designations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump issued two executive orders that could reverse or significantly revise the size and management of national monuments declared by presidents since January 1, 1996. -
Health Departments Lobbying Against E-Cigs Are Robbing Taxpayers, Harming Public Health
Opinion -Editorial -As if the Food and Drug Administration’s deeming regulations weren’t enough to stall the future of the vaping industry, numerous county health departments have decided to lodge themselves in the war against electronic cigarettes. -
Freelance-Physician Market Growth Accelerates with ‘Nomad Health’
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Some are calling it the Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb of health care. -
Arkansas Seeks Feds’ Approval to Roll Back Medicaid Expansion, Adopt Work Requirements
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Approval could result in the first major rollback of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. -
West Virginia Reduces Reach of Certificate-of-Need Law
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The law exempts purchasers of financially distressed hospitals from onerous regulations. -
Houston Dental Support Organization Provides Free Service for Low-Income Women
Opinion -health-care-news, News -DSOs perform nonclinical tasks to help dental practices run more efficiently. -
Will Special Counsel Mueller Become a Thorn in the Side for Trump?
Opinion -Editorial -Democrats have implied and worked hard to prove their supposition of Russian influence in our election. -
Trump Advances the U.S. Economy by Canceling Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -The result of President Trump's actions is to lead our country to great economic wealth instead of economic stagnation. -
Alphabet-Google Big Takeaways from Trump Antitrust Chief’s Senate Answers
Opinion -Editorial -Reportedly the EU will rule Google has abused its search dominance this summer, putting the growth and profitability of the ~30% European part of Alphabet-Google’s revenue base at risk. -
Government Cronyism – Looking To Stop The Power Of Technology And The Free Market
Opinion -Editorial -The big government cronyism racket – is absurd. It is a disjointed, discombobulated mess of ridiculous ideas and assertions – put forward in steadfast defiance of the fundamentals of the free market and human nature. -
Trump Bids Paris Adieu!
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #251 -
Trump Keeps Promise, Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Calling the Paris climate accord a bad deal for the American people, President Donald Trump announced the United States is withdrawing from the agreement 195 countries negotiated in December 2015. -
Oregon House Passes Statewide Fracking Moratorium
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill to place a 10-year ban on fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, throughout the state. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Trump Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -Press Release -"It’s been a long time since we had a president who cared as much about real science, energy policy, and the importance of economic growth" - Joseph Bast -
Paris Climate Agreement and the ‘America First’ Energy Plan
Opinion -Editorial -During the Obama administration, the federal government put into place a series of regulations designed to reduce and ultimately eliminate fossil fuels, and the Paris agreement was meant to continue Obama’s anti-fossil-fuel legacy in the future. -
Free Market Energy Vs The Big Government Cronyism And Subsidies Merry-Go-Round
Opinion -Editorial -How we power our nation should be, like everything else, as free market as possible. May the most effective, cheapest energy sources win -
Michigan Voters to Consider Banning Oil Shipments in Mackinac Pipeline
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Activists are proposing Michigan voters break an agreement that allows a company to ship crude oil through a pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac at the north end of the state. -
Cell Phone Ban Would Diminish Parents’ Rights, Hurt Businesses
Opinion -Editorial -Colorado is known for its unique and obscure political initiatives. However, it has also seen its fair share of outlandish proposals, the newest being one group’s effort to ban cell phone use for children.