“WHAT REALLY MATTERS” IN SAFEGUARDING THE EARTH by Tom Harris, ©2019 (Apr. 26, 2019) — Despite the anger of activists about President Donald Trump’s official Earth Day statement, he was right to highlight the important role economic prosperity and a strong market economy play in protecting the environment. After all, without prosperity, we cannot afford […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Jul. 30, 2017) — A while back we attended an evening meeting of over 30 rural landowners, in which a couple of auditors of a land use department were there to collect stories of government abuse, for the purposes of an audit. They got an […]
“WHAT IS THE REAL AGENDA?” by Viv Forbes, ©2017, carbon-sense.com (Mar. 1, 2017) — There was a time when true environmentalists strove to protect wild things. Now the green shirts have become enemies of the environment by pushing green energy and demonising the building blocks of life – carbon and carbon dioxide. Wind turbines and […]
HAVING ACHIEVED MAJOR GOALS, US SHOULD REFOCUS EPA AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES by Paul Driessen, ©2016 (Dec. 3, 2016) — Donald Trump plans to “roll back progress” on climate change, energy and the environment, activists, regulators and their media allies assert. The claim depends on one’s definition of “progress.” These interest groups define “progress” as […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Oct. 30, 2016) — There are millions of Americans who still believe in the land of the free and home of the brave. They still believe in their minds that they are free, a freedom that had to be written in blood in […]
REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES REJECTED IN FAVOR OF “POLITICAL AGENDA” by Tom DeWeese, The DeWeese Report, ©2016 (Oct. 12, 2016) — This article was first published in The DeWeese Report in January of 2013. Nothing has changed since then except taxes are higher, government is more powerful and there are more poor in the […]
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS DELAY LIFE-SAVING ROAD PROJECTS, BUT LET WIND TURBINES BUTCHER BATS by Paul Driessen and James H. Rust (Apr. 7, 2013) — Georgia residents recently learned that a rare bat has stalled state highway improvements. The May 2012 sighting of an endangered Indiana brown bat in a northern Georgia tree has triggered federal regulations requiring […]
AN IMPORTANT CENTURIES-OLD INDUSTRY IS AGAIN FORCED TO PLAY THE WAITING GAME by John Droz, ©2012 (Aug. 17, 2012) — The following article was inspired by a recent magazine story about the difficulties faced by the wind turbine industry, as it deals with further delays in gaining yet another extension of the 20-year-old Production Tax Credit […]
AND AN “AGENDA 21” PROPONENT? by Kristy Lonestar (Sep. 27, 2011) — The following email was received from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) regarding my concerns about the United Nations: From: “senator@feinstein.senate.gov” <senator@feinstein..senate.gov> To: Kristy Lonestar Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:43 AM Subject: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein responding to your message Dear Ms. Lonestar: Thank […]