The Supreme Court decided Obamacare is here to stay. It has given its “constitutional seal of approval” twice in two years to this massive new federal entitlement program and that means any changes will have to be accomplished legislatively and not through the courts. Obamacare may be altered, reformed, and...
After six years of an essentially zero percent federal funds rate target, it looks like rates will begin increasing soon. The timing of that rate increase is based on the current and future strength of the economy. However, we get clues about when the rate increase will occur from speeches...
A review of EPA’s “Significant Nexus” conclusions demonstrates that the final Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule disproves EPA’s assertion that “…WOTUS doesn’t touch land use or private property rights.” A review of “significant nexus” conclusions demonstrates how far EPA is attempting to extend its jurisdiction. EPA claims the Corps of...
The Federal Highway Administration’s latest monthly report on vehicle miles of travel (VMT) found that in first-quarter 2015, Americans drove 720.1 billion VMT, up 3.9% over first-quarter 2014 and the highest level reached in any year’s first quarter (2006’s record high was 705.7 billion VMT). The increase was even greater...
Dominion Virginia Power asked the State Corporate Commission on July 1, for regulatory approval to build a $1.3 billion natural gas-fired power station in Greensville County. The station will generate about 1,600 megawatts, a substantial addition to the power company’s existing 17,600 megawatt fleet. Combined-cycle technology represents an advance over...
The Supreme Court will decide within the week whether Obamacare continues as is, or will this huge federally funded entitlement program be dramatically wounded with its ability to pay for this massive program severely crippled. This debate over Obamacare will not end with this decision. The national debate will continue...
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who want to make the world a better place by contributing their own time, energy and money to worthy causes and those who want to make the world a better place by using other peoples’ money — usually through the...
There is a growing interest in tolling as part of the solution to under-investment in America’s highway system. But getting to “yes” on using this powerful financing tool will depend on a far more carefully drafted policy than most advocates are now talking about. Brookings Institution analysts Joseph Kane, Patrick...
The attacks keep coming. The Iowa Farm Bureau, in its press release on EPA’s new WOTUS rule, says, “This rule and the definitions laid out in this rule suggest expansion, not contraction or clarity.” The Illinois Farm Bureau president claims EPA’s new Clean Water Act Rule “…will create a flood of unnecessary...
By Paul Driessen and Tom TamarkinA recent NOAA article is just what Doctor Doom ordered. It claims the 18-year “hiatus” in rising planetary temperatures isn’t really happening. (The “pause” followed a 20-year modest temperature increase, which followed a prolonged cooling period.) The article states: “Here we present an updated global...
