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Energy Freedom

Latest Study: New EPA Regulations Raise Prices, Reduce Jobs

The Environmental Protection Agency is mandating Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) on Virginia. As a consequence, according to a new study, consumer electricity prices will rise ten percent and Virginia job...

Jefferson Forum
October 25, 2016

Latest Study: EPA Regulations Raise Prices, Reduce Jobs

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) for Virginia. According to a new study, the cost to Virginians will be a ten percent increase in consumer...

Jefferson Forum
October 25, 2016

Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies Part VI

(This is part VI of a series on energy.  We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor to tackle...

Jefferson Forum
October 13, 2016

Deeper analysis on potential Pacific trade pact: Chile

(Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on the Trans Pacific Partnership.) Labor Day has passed, and it is time to continue deciphering the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)....

Gary Baise
September 28, 2016

Energy Facts and Figures For Dummies Part V

EDITOR’S NOTE: (This is part V of a series on energy. We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor...

Jefferson Forum
September 28, 2016

Confusion, Muddle, Obfuscation and More

Winston Churchill called Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. We could say Obama’s energy and climate policy is confusion wrapped in muddled thinking inside obfuscation –...

Jefferson Forum
September 13, 2016

TPP Annex 2-D Tariff Commitments – Canada

As I wrote time, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) includes 30 chapters. Within Chapter 2 there is Annex 2-D which lists each country’s general notes relating to tariff schedules and...

Jefferson Forum
September 13, 2016

Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies Part IV

(This is the fourth part in a series that brings to the reader some basic facts about energy so that he/she can better understand the raging debate over energy supplies...

Jefferson Forum
September 12, 2016

Why Are Honeybees Dying?

As stubborn facts ruin their narrative that neonicotinoid pesticides are causing a honeybee-pocalypse, environmental pressure groups are shifting to new scares to justify their demands for “neonic” bans. Honeybee populations...

Jefferson Forum
August 31, 2016

Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia

Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

Energy Freedom

Reliable, affordable energy

Worker Freedom

Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.