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Chesapeake Bay Ruling is a Loser for All of Us

Earlier in July, U.S. Court of Appeals wrote that water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay is a complex issue in a major case affecting all agriculture. It says “…the winners...

Mike Thompson
August 5, 2015

Inside EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Ruling – Part 4

The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States. Pollutants can come from direct discharges or from dredging and filling material being dumped into...

Gary Baise
July 22, 2015

New Green Policies and the People Growing Apart

From the outset, President Obama directed his powerful government agencies and congressional allies to help him “fundamentally transform” the United States. It was thought that the people would go along...

Jefferson Forum
July 22, 2015

Inside EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Ruling – Part 3

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...

Gary Baise
July 9, 2015

More Gas in Dominion’s Electric Power Future

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...

Jefferson Forum
July 9, 2015

How Not to Save the Planet

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...

Jefferson Forum
June 24, 2015

Inside EPA’s Waters of the US Ruling: Part II

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,...

Gary Baise
June 24, 2015

Twin Peaks – Twin Lies

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...

Jefferson Forum
June 24, 2015

Virginia Could Capture International Nuclear Power Market

A new study by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy shows that Virginia is in a position to capture a substantial share of the international nuclear power market. We...

Mike Thompson
June 10, 2015

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