The Issues

Energy Freedom

Is Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant?

The EPA says yes, but I don’t think so. And I recently came across a book arguing that increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO2 may actually benefit the earth’s many life...
Jefferson Forum
March 8, 2011

Death By Wind

On February 7th, the federal bureaucracy announced its plans for off-shore wind energy. To mark the occasion, Virginia Governor McDonnell stated that the Commonwealth must use “a diverse portfolio of...

David Schnare
February 22, 2011

Coalition in Opposition to Fairfax County Purchase of Lorton Incinerator Grows

County staff has recommended that the Board of Supervisors vote to move forward with the purchase, but Fairfax County’s citizens and businesses will end up on the losing end if...
Jefferson Forum
February 17, 2011

Death by Wind

Two recent, peer-reviewed and unimpeached studies explain why wind energy, a 17th century technology, has no sensible place in a 21st century civilization. And the research says you can have...
Jefferson Forum
February 17, 2011

How EPA Regulates Farm Spills

EPA equates an agriculturally related spill of pesticides, fertilizers, fuel, coolants and oil-petroleum-based products as a major problem on farms and ranches. Farms and ranches, according to EPA, have substantial...

Jefferson Forum
January 19, 2011

Inside EPA's Pollution Diet

In September, 2009, I wrote that EPA was proposing to clamp down on water runoff from your farm or ranch. It has happened!...
Jefferson Forum
January 5, 2011

Government Policies Increase Housing Prices

How land use regulations make housing more expensive....
Jefferson Forum
November 5, 2010

EPA: Gunning for Agriculture?

Does the EPA understand the demands of modern agriculture?...
Jefferson Forum
November 5, 2010

EPA's Misguided Math

Why the EPA's assessment of Virginia's Total Maximum Daily Load implementation plan doesn't add up....
Jefferson Forum
October 7, 2010

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More choices for Virginia families

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Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition

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