Opinion
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Court Throws out Global Warming Lawsuit Against California Automakers
Opinion -Regarding "Global Warming, Tailpipes And Where to Tackle Them" (Sept. 18), it is refreshing to see a federal court shut down efforts by environmentally extremist bureaucrats to circumvent the democratic process. -
NASA Data Exaggerated U.S. Warming
Opinion -U.S. temperature data compiled and reported by NASA since 2000 contained errors that caused the organization to falsely claim a number of recent years were the hottest or among the hottest on record, scientists have discovered. -
Bush Threatens Veto of Energy Bill
Opinion -U.S. House and Senate negotiators spent the August recess preparing to hammer out differences in their respective energy bills while President George W. Bush threatened to veto the legislation. -
Alaska Teachers Indoctrinated with Misleading Global Warming Materials
Opinion -Schoolteachers across Alaska are being fed exaggerated and false global warming alarmist materials to distribute to their students, thanks to the taxpayer-funded University of Alaska-Fairbanks. -
The American Lung Association’s Fear Campaign
Opinion -This article is the second in a three-part series by Joel Schwartz addressing the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2007 report. Part I appeared in the July issue of Environment & Climate News. -
Nuclear Power Plant Withstands Major Earthquake
Opinion -In a real-world test of nuclear power plant safety, the world's largest nuclear power plant, at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Japan, took the brunt of a major earthquake on July 16, 2007 and passed the test admirably. Little Damage Suffered Despite a magnitude 6. -
No Reason to Gush Over Japan’s Telecom Model
Opinion -I am old enough to remember the so-called "Japanese miracle" of the 1980s, and the subsequent bust, with a decade of recession and then little or no economic growth. -
Beyond MySpace: Emerging Online Social Network Models
Opinion -Social network sites can take widely differing security approaches. MySpace.com, for example, is an "open field" for social networking. Anyone may go there and quickly run a search among the people who have registered on the site. -
Norquist, Nader Call for State Spending Transparency
Opinion -They say politics creates strange bedfellows. Here is another example. -
Ticket Resale Laws Change Due to Internet
Opinion -Sparked by the growing popularity of Internet auctions as a forum for ticketholders to find eager buyers, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) signed legislation in August relaxing restrictions on the resale of tickets to sporting and entertainment events. -
North Carolina Considers New Law Requiring Age Verification on MySpace
Opinion -North Carolina legislators are weighing the merits of a unique bill aimed at governing non-adult access to Internet social networking sites, including thorny issues on the role of parental approval and whether the measure can actually help curb child -
Report Tempers RFID Fears
Opinion -Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has gained widespread use, and attempts to regulate or ban such devices are premature, says a new report from the Pacific Research Institute. -
Let Parents Regulate Kids’ Video Games
Opinion -In August, a U.S. -
Europe’s Prosecution of Microsoft Ignores a Changing Marketplace
Opinion -Now that the European Union (EU) has ordered Microsoft to provide a special version of Microsoft Vista--one without a browser--nobody wants it, just as they didn't want the browser-free Windows the company was forced to offer before. -
UK Webcast Shows Value of New Approaches to Media
Opinion -A professionally produced, live streaming video program in the United Kingdom may be an indicator of the future of media in the Internet age. -
How Carriers Game the System
Opinion -Here's an explanation of how rural exchange carriers can work the regulated interconnection compensation rates to their advantage. Let's imagine three phone companies--Sam's Telephone Co., Karla's Telephone Co., and James' Telephone Co. -
Chicago Scraps Muni Wireless; Houston’s Plans Also on Hold
Opinion -In late August the City of Chicago pulled the plug on plans to build a citywide municipal wireless system after failing to come to terms with prospective partner EarthLink. -
Cities Rewrite Their Wireless Stories
Opinion -There's a certain amount of rewriting of history going on these days in municipal wireless circles. -
Wisconsin Senate OKs Record $15.2 Billion Tax Increase for Health Mandate
Opinion -A universal health insurance mandate that relies on a $15.2 billion payroll tax for funding has passed the Wisconsin Senate. -
GAO Warning: Huge State, Local Budget Deficits Loom
Opinion -State and local governments will have to raise taxes 17 percent or cut spending 14 percent to keep their operating budgets in balance over the next decade, according to a report issued July 18 by the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO). -
County Commissioner Gives Illinois Lawmakers an Earful over TIF Abuse
Opinion -Rarely does a person get a two-hour, closed-door meeting with Illinois' most powerful lawmakers. -
Study: Spending Reforms Are Key to Property Tax Relief in Conn.
Opinion -Spending reforms are essential to solving Connecticut's property tax crisis, but legislators and Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) will need political courage to adopt them, according to a new study by the Hartford-based Yankee Institute for Public Policy. -
Impact Fees Reduce Housing Affordability, New Study Maintains
Opinion -Impact fees provide one of the most potent weapons for both sides in the battle over sprawl. -
Billions in Tobacco Taxes to Fuel Expansion of Federal Health Program
Opinion -The big question over reauthorization of the federal government's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) appears to be this: $35 billion, $50 billion, or something in between? On August 1, the U.S.
