The Issues

Energy Freedom

Another Attack on Large Livestock Farms

(Publisher’s note: Gary Baise is nationally respected environmental attorney who lives here in Virginia. His article here deals with a case in Iowabut its implications will significantly impact on Virginia’s...

Gary Baise
October 4, 2012

The Jefferson Journal: Virginians Believe Energy Regulators Have Run Amok!

Virginia’s business and political leaders should work together to educate Washington bureaucrats with the goal of easing or eliminating unnecessary regulations on petroleum industry refiners as well as the 25...

Mike Thompson
September 13, 2012

Virginians Believe Energy Regulators Have Run Amok

(This column first ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on August 15, 2012).  As Virginia’s policy makers debate how our Commonwealth can play a larger role in energy exploration and...

Jefferson Forum
September 6, 2012
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Wind or Coal: Can Virginia learn from Germany?

It is amazing how biased the international media is when it comes to reporting on energy generation, specifically electricity. In mid-August, Germany opened a new 2200MW coal-fired power station near...

Jefferson Forum
September 6, 2012

Right to farm under assault in Virginia

(Originally published on CFACT.org.) A new small business near Virginia’s picturesque Shenandoah Valley is threatened with extinction at the hands of county officials who are determined to twist the law...

Jefferson Forum
August 23, 2012

Military Biofuels Program – Another Green Failure?

Recently, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’s “Great Green Fleet” of ships and fighter jets performed well during military exercises off Hawaii, burning blends of 50% biofuels and 50% conventional fuels. But...

Jefferson Forum
August 9, 2012

Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Leadership

Governor Bob McDonnell recently announced significant progress in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. We applaud his leadership and that of his appointees managing this effort. Among Virginia’s accomplishments is a...

David Schnare
July 26, 2012

Ventilation Fans: Sources of Water Pollution?

(Gary Basie lives in Fairfax and is a nationally recognized environmental attorney. His articles show the impact of government regulation on our important agricultural community. What he writes about impacts...

Jefferson Forum
July 26, 2012

Will Global Warming Flood Coastal United States?

Two new studies are predicting accelerated sea-level rises on the East and West coasts of the United States, primarily due to global warming. Major media outlets—and in some ways the...

Jefferson Forum
July 26, 2012

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.