Nothing prevents state legislature from asserting its constitutional “legislative power” January 9, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – Last week, WILL attorneys CJ Szafir and Libby Sobic released a memo explaining how new federal law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), impacts K-12 education in Wisconsin. The memo mentions how Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers is…
Gary Wickert
Wisconsin’s Race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Who is currently the Superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and why is that position important for Wisconsin taxpayers? They would make good trivia questions at a party because almost nobody knows the answers. The Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction is an elected position in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). The…
Paul Driessen
Reality-based climate forecasting
Continuing to focus on carbon dioxide as the driving force will just bring more bogus predictionsThese days, even shipwreck museums showcase evidence of climate change. After diving recently among Key West’s fabled ship-destroying barrier reefs, I immersed myself in exhibits from theNuestra Senora de Atocha, the fabled Spanish galleon that foundered during a ferocious hurricane…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
The Week That Was January 7th, 2017
What Happens Now? Roy Spencer reported that the early calculations for atmospheric global temperature report from the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) show that 2016 was slightly warmer than the prior hot year of 1998 by a statically insignificant 0.02ºC. The earlier part of the year was warmer,…
Paul Driessen
Environmentalist insurance policies
Intellectual ammo for holiday party responses to claims that you need meteorite insurance Many liberals went into denial, outrage and riot mode after November 8. Now they’re having meltdown over President-Elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees with climate and environmental responsibilities: Former Texas Governor Rick Perry at Energy, Oklahoma AG Scott Pruitt for EPA, Alabama Senator…
Viv Forbes
The Social “Cost” of Carbon is Positive
A Letter to the Editor- Viv Forbes Dear Editor, Nothing better illustrates the stupidity and evil intent of Green philosophy than their promotion of a mythical guestimate called the “social cost of carbon” (SCC). They use this bureaucratic weapon to demonise the fabulous fossil fuels that deliver food, heat, light and power to the…