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Rambo Takes on American Agriculture

“The ecological and economic importance of the Chesapeake Bay is well documented….And yet, nutrient pollution and sedimentation remain a critical concern.” So says Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, U.S. District Court...

Jefferson Forum
October 30, 2013

Increasing Problems for Climate Alarmists

What a few weeks it’s been. Rejecting claims of looming cataclysm, the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) issued Climate Change Reconsidered-II on September 17. This report by 50...

Jefferson Forum
October 30, 2013

Virginia’s Environment: Celebrating Our Success

In the 20‐year history of the Department of Environmental Quality, Virginians have seen a series of environmental successes that cover a wide range of natural resource protection efforts in the...

Jefferson Forum
October 16, 2013

Are You Killing the Gulf of Mexico?

(Editor’s note: This is an important article because much of what is being said herein can likely become part of the charges that can be brought against Virginia farmers for...

Gary Baise
October 16, 2013

A Key Moment for Future Investment in the United States

Washington isn’t known for getting things done quickly, but the wrangling over the Keystone XL pipeline is taking this reputation to an extreme. Now in its fifth year, the approval...

Jefferson Forum
October 2, 2013

How Activists Pick Your Pocket

According to the Capital Research Center, an education and research organization in Washington, D.C., activists are now using a process known as “sue-and-settle” to obtain policies favorable to their missions....

Gary Baise
October 2, 2013

Virginia’s Energy Future

(This is the text of a speech delivered to the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy on July 18, 2013 at its “Virginia’s Energy Future” Leadership Round Table Discussion in...

Jefferson Forum
September 5, 2013

Global Warming Hysteria not Support by the Facts

Environmental alarmists are demanding that we embrace “revenue-neutral” carbon taxes and carbon dioxide regulations, before it’s “too late” to prevent “catastrophic” global warming, “monster” storms and rising seas that will...

Jefferson Forum
September 5, 2013

Why Restrict Energy Development in George Washington National Forest?

Oil Sheikhs finance Hollywood movies against it. HBO “documentaries” are made about it. TV “news” complains about it.  Opposing it is the latest cause celeb in environmental politics. What can...

Mike Thompson
August 21, 2013

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Economic Freedom

Lower taxes and fewer regulations

Education Freedom

More choices for Virginia families

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Reliable, affordable energy

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Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

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