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- Education
Testimony to Oklahoma Interim Committee on Common Core

Published November 5, 2013

By Joy Pullmann

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Testimony to Oklahoma Interim Committee on Common Core By Joy Pullmann November 5, 2013 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and especially Rep. Gus Blackwell, for the invitation to speak today.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Extreme Weather

Published November 4, 2013

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For more than two decades the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has supported the model-based narrative that carbon dioxide (CO2)-induced global warming will cause (or is already causing) more extreme weather, including
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Extreme Weather

Published November 4, 2013

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For more than two decades the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has supported the model-based narrative that carbon dioxide (CO2)-induced global warming will cause (or is already causing) more extreme weather, including
- Health Care
Research & Commentary: Privacy and Fraud Risks in Obamacare

Published October 30, 2013

By Matthew Glans

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Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, has been far from smooth.
Research & Commentary: Online Gambling Legalization

Published October 30, 2013

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In 2011, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was used to shut down the three biggest poker sites in the United States. In the summer of 2012, however, the U.S.
- Government & Liberty
- Technology
Research & Commentary: Network Neutrality

Published October 30, 2013

By Matthew Glans

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A current court case has reignited the debate over net neutrality. Net neutrality is a set of federal rules requiring Internet service providers to allow equal access to all online content and applications regardless of the source.
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights

Published October 29, 2013

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John R. Lott, Jr. President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights during a hearing on “Stand Your Ground" laws.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: The Cryosphere

Published October 28, 2013

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One of the most common claims made by those who warn of an anthropogenic global warming crisis is that increases in temperature have led to unusual melting in mountain glaciers, Arctic sea ice, and polar icecaps.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: The Hydrosphere and Oceans

Published October 17, 2013

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People concerned that manmade greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), may be causing dangerous climate change worry such a change may disrupt the hydrosphere, which comprises all of the water on Earth and in its atmosphere.
- Environment & Energy
Tip Sheet: Ohio Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard

Published October 16, 2013

By Taylor Smith

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ProblemOhio is ranked 23rd highest in electricity prices.1 Although this is due to many reasons, a big reason is the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS), signed into law in May 2008.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Scientific Critique of IPCC’s 2013 ‘Summary for Policymakers’

Published October 16, 2013

By Craig Idso, Robert M. Carter (1942-2016), S. Fred Singer (1924 – 2020), Willie Soon

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The Summary for Policymakers released in September by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filled with concessions that its past predictions were too extreme and misleading and unscientific language, according to a team of
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Solar Forcing of Climate

Published October 16, 2013

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In its series of assessment reports reviewing the latest climate science, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded solar forcings (the changes in the average amount of solar energy absorbed per square meter of
- Environment & Energy
Tip Sheet: Ohio Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard

Published October 16, 2013

By Taylor Smith

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ProblemOhio is ranked 23rd highest in electricity prices.1 Although this is due to many reasons, a big reason is the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS), signed into law in May 2008.
- FIRE
- Economy
Research & Commentary: State-Owned Banks

Published October 14, 2013

By Matthew Glans

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According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, since 2010, 22 states have introduced bills to create a state-owned bank or investment trust or study the possibility of doing so. Twelve such bills were introduced in 2013 alone.
- FIRE
- Economy
Research & Commentary: Gold and Silver Currency

Published October 14, 2013

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In the nineteenth century the U.S. economy was based on currency backed by gold and silver. Any individual could deposit precious metals in private banks, which would then distribute paper bank notes denominated in ounces of gold or silver.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Temperature Observations

Published October 14, 2013

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One of the central premises behind the concern that manmade greenhouse gas emissions may be causing dangerous global warming is that global temperatures have increased over the last century in concert with human carbon-dioxide production.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Forcings and Feedbacks

Published October 10, 2013

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Many scientists, policymakers, and engaged citizens have become concerned over the possibility that manmade greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), may be causing dangerous climate change.
Research & Commentary: Pennsylvania Plastic Bag Tax

Published October 9, 2013

By Matthew Glans

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Under a proposal by state Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Wayne), Pennsylvania would become the first state to impose a statewide tax on the use of plastic bags.
Research & Commentary: Wyoming Beer Taxes

Published October 9, 2013

By Matthew Glans

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At 2 cents per gallon, Wyoming’s beer tax is well below both the national average of 28 cents per gallon and considerably less than all its neighboring states’. The policy makes Wyoming’s beer prices very competitive with those of neighboring states.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Global Climate Models and Their Limitations

Published October 9, 2013

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Many scientists, policymakers, and engaged citizens have become concerned over the possibility that manmade greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), may be causing dangerous climate change.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Coal Power

Published October 7, 2013

By Taylor Smith

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Coal, a black or brownish rock made from highly compressed plants that lived and died hundreds of millions of years ago, is the most plentiful fossil fuel in current use.
- Environment & Energy
Dr. Robert J. Michaels Testimony to the House Oversight Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements on the Wind Production Tax Credit

Published October 1, 2013

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Research & Commentary: Age Restrictions for Electronic Cigarettes

Published September 30, 2013

By Matthew Glans

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Thousands of American smokers trying to quit have tried electronic cigarettes, or “e-cigarettes,” sales of which have doubled in recent years.
- FIRE
- Economy
Research & Commentary: Regulating Payday Loans

Published September 30, 2013

By Matthew Glans

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Over the past several years, states have begun considering new laws that would place severe limits (interest rate caps) or even bans on certain types of short-term loans, often called “payday loans.

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