Liberty
Noon Today at JLF: The Balanced Truths about CO2, H2O, and Climate Change
Next Monday, July 16th at noon – join us for a presentation by Bill Lynch on CO2, H2O, and climate change. CO2, O2, H2O, and N2 all serve crucial functions.…
Water
chemical compound whose molecules are formed by two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
Energy
Targeting Obama’s ‘Waters of the U.S.’ rule
John Siciliano of the Washington Examiner reports on the campaign to kill the Obama administration’s controversial “Waters of the United States” rule. The rule expanded the EPA’s jurisdiction over waterways…
Regulation
Red tape’s price tag
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a new report detailing the costs associated with selected Obama administration regulations. Regulations issued under the Obama administration could cost taxpayers roughly…
Liberty
Speaking of Roy Cooper …
Why isn’t North Carolina on the list of states challenging the EPA’s Waters of the United States rule? The Hill reports that, while the EPA will respect a District Court injunction…
Regulation
Scientific ignorance loves regulation
Here’s a human tendency it’s important to be mindful of when news media trumpet that some large supermajority of people polled want a restrictive safety regulation. (It’s also important to…
Energy
Fracking fluid consists almost entirely of water, sand
One of the concerns that has cropped up about the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, process is the chemical composition of fluid used in fracking. Jon Sanders addresses that issue in…
Liberty
Fill in the blank, you know what I mean?
Here’s a headline in Politico. Guess the missing word(s): Experts: White House ______ evidence murky Lots to choose from here. Which is it? Syria economic recovery minimum wage Affordable Care…
Liberty
Hoarding to Raise Taxes
The City of Asheville is considering restructuring its financial policy to require enterprise funds to maintain their own fund balance. It is not uncommon to hear fiscal conservatives elected to…
Liberty
And speaking of Water, the New Oil
Resource alarmists are always far better (read: more extreme) at predicting unrestrained exploitation of consumers if natural resources like water are permitted to be privately owned?and doled out via market…
Liberty
Cary’s own Water-Gate erupts over leaks
Further investigation by the Cary Watchmen into the just-approved $17m AMR water meter project yielded a big surprise this week: our Town has been paying upwards of $200,000 annually to…
Liberty
It’s easy to trick people into agreeing to ban a Scary Sounding Chemical
Penn and Teller pull a fast one here. Funny but instructive (PG-13 language): Longtime CJ readers may remember that in 1998, a campus poll conducted by students for N.C. State’s…