Monthly Archives: April 2011

EPA Ignoring Evidence on Risk of Mercury Emissions from Power Plants

Despite a lack of evidence to support their assertions, EPA continues to insist that mercury emissions from US power plants pose a significant risk. This line of thinking poses great harm to the affordability of electricity. Continue reading

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EPA Faces Hostile Ag Congressmen

“The EPA used heavy-handed tactics with states, flawed models and showed a disregard for costs in developing a new Bay cleanup plan, members of Congress and the agricultural community charged at a recent hearing,” claims the Chesapeake Bay Journal in the April, 2011, edition. Continue reading

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The Florida Lesson

Is Florida an educational wasteland? Continue reading

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Are We Still in a Recession?

Officially, and according to the statistics, no. Anecdotal evidence, however, indicates something else entirely – so which is it? Continue reading

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Interstate Tolling – Key to the Future

The discussion over possible tolling of the Interstates has everyone singing the same song: “New capacity yes — existing capacity no.” But that position ignores by far the most important role that tolling could play in America’s highway infrastructure: reconstructing worn-out Interstates. Continue reading

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