The Issues

Energy Freedom

EPA Assault on States' Sovereignty–and You!

The EPA since 2009 has adopted a confrontational relationship with the states. This power grab does not impact just the states, but you and your pocketbook. In fact, an Illinois...

Gary Baise
August 21, 2013

EPA Offers Strict Criminal Liability for Farmers

(This article first ran in Farm Futures.) Twenty years ago, a dangerous legal decision was issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in U.S. v. Weitzenhoff...

Gary Baise
August 8, 2013

Fracking Brings Employment and Economic Revival

Signs of pride and prosperity were evident all over Williamsport and the gorgeous northern Pennsylvania countryside around it. Friendly, happy people greeted us. New cars, trucks, hotels and restaurants sparkled...

Jefferson Forum
August 8, 2013

A River Runs Through It: How Local Virginia Officials Wrested the Potomac from the Clutches of Maryland By

The upcoming term of the United Stated Supreme Court will mark the tenth anniversary of the decision that ended the hundreds-of-years-long war between Virginia and Maryland over Virginia’s rights to...

Jefferson Forum
July 24, 2013

A Nasty Organic Hepatitis Outbreak

A recent hepatitis outbreak in USDA “certified-organic” frozen berry mix has people worrying and wondering what steps are being taken to ensure that organic food is safe. Unfortunately, not many....

Jefferson Forum
July 24, 2013

Unnoticed Private Property Victory

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2013, said “Extortionate demands for property in the land use permitting context run afoul of the (Constitution’s) Takings Clause not because they take...

Gary Baise
July 10, 2013

EPA's Greenhouse Gas Power Grab Will Damage Economy

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon have the chance to improve opportunities for Americans and protect our representative democracy when it decides a case involving the gargantuan power grab by...

Jefferson Forum
June 27, 2013

Energy Truth, Honesty and Justice

Don’t Google “Energy Justice” and think you will find any there. Forget “Energy Ethics” and leave “Energy Truth” alone. In a normal world these shorthand terms should take you to...

David Schnare
May 15, 2013

Changed Thinking on Climate Change

(This article first appeared in the April issue of Surface Transportation Innovation.) This is not an environment newsletter, but since a growing amount of transportation policy stems from concern over...

Bob Poole
May 2, 2013

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More choices for Virginia families

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Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

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