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Energy Freedom

Supreme Court Groundwater Ruling May Lead to More Litigation

In February 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit held that sewage pollutants at the County of Maui, Hawaii, were traceable to wells which discharge into groundwater. That is...

Gary Baise
April 29, 2020

Why Aren’t Farmers Included in Disaster Loans?

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) has within its Title I Section 1110 entitled “Emergency EIDL grants.” The Small Business Administration (SBA) states on its website, “The...

Gary Baise
April 15, 2020

This is the Green New Deal Economy. Enjoy

If all else fails in achieving your green energy dreams, you can always hope for a depression. In Italy, the COVID-19 depression has already dropped electricity demand by about 18-21%,...

Stephen D. Haner
March 31, 2020

Virginia’s ‘Clean Economy Act’ Will Have Dirty Results

Largely with party-line, urban-vs-rural votes, Virginia’s legislature is poised to enact a Clean Economy Act that would eliminate coal-based electricity generation, prevent construction of new gas-fired power plants – and...

Paul Driessen
March 4, 2020

The Virginia Clean Energy Act: What It Does and What It Will Cost You

Responding to a perceived climate emergency, the new Democratic majority in the Virginia General Assembly is seeking to transform the Commonwealth into a wind and solar energy Wonderland. It is...

Stephen D. Haner
February 19, 2020

Will General Assembly Decide on Carbon Car Tax?

Thanks to the persistence of Delegate Charles Poindexter, two members of Governor Ralph Northam’s cabinet are now on record stating the General Assembly will decide whether Virginia joins the carbon...

Stephen D. Haner
February 5, 2020

Will California Run Your Livestock Production?

On January 10, 2020, California’s Attorney General and several animal rights groups filed to dismiss with prejudice a case brought by National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau...

Gary Baise
January 22, 2020

Agriculture Takes California to Court

The National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation delivered an early Christmas gift for American farmers on Dec. 5, 2019. The gift is in the form of a...

Gary Baise
January 8, 2020

The Transportation and Climate Initiative is All Pain and No Gain!

A new study by 34-year EPA veteran Dr. David Schnare, Director of the Thomas Jefferson Institute’s Center for Environmental Stewardship, demonstrates that the proposed Transportation and Climate Initiative would be...

David Schnare
January 7, 2020

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