By Alyssa Carducci New York Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens is spreading the word that natural gas production through hydraulic fracturing techniques can be environmentally responsible. In an interview with ProPublica, Martens said he is comfortable proposed New York regulations will allow natural gas production in an environmentally responsible manner. No Chemical Migration…
Monthly Archives: November 2011
General
UW-Green Bay Violated State Law in Re-Hiring of Double Dipping Administrator
State Representative Steve Nass (RWhitewater), Chairman of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, announced his call for the firing of UWGreen Bay Chancellor Tom Harden and Special Assistant Dan Spielmann. The Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) has determined that the re-hiring of Vice Chancellor Tom Maki did in fact violate Wisconsin Statute 40.015 and…
John B. Taylor
Federal government is ignoring the things that worked in recession recoveries before
By John B. Taylor This month marks the two-year anniversary of the official start of the recovery from the 2007-09 recession. But it’s a recovery in name only: Real gross domestic product growth has averaged only 2.8% per year compared with 7.1% after the most recent deep recession in 1981-82. The growth slowdown this year-to…
Robert Rector
The “poor” have a lot of amenities in America.
By Robert Rector The Heritage Foundation For two decades, the Census Bureau has reported almost yearly that more than 35 million Americans live in “poverty.” Last fall, census officials grabbed headlines by saying 43.5 million persons were poor. That’s one in seven Americans. But what does it mean to be “poor” in America? What is…
General
Disclosure Obtained by ATI Environmental Law Center
Shows the Wealth Keeps Flowing for Dr. James Hansen As it waits for the resolution of its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit ( http://bit.ly/nnKpxS ) against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which seeks the outside employment permission records of global warming activist Dr. James Hansen, American Tradition Institute’s Environmental Law Center has received…
Efrain Piñeda, Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
Real monsters didn’t disappear after Halloween
Energy-depriving, job-killing, income-squeezing regulations have a frightening impact By Harry R. Jackson, Jr. and Efrain Piñeda Halloween is over. The “scary” costumes are packed away. The monster/slasher movie extravaganza has concluded. All that remains are several weeks of sugar highs. But as winter sets in, America faces real monsters: government regulations that stifle energy production,…