In addition to his radio duties, Daren Bakst discussed energy and environmental issues in writing this week. His syndicated column (published in the Lincoln Tribune and Beaufort Observer) discussed the benefits of offshore drilling. The Wilmington Star-News also published a letter from Bakst that poked holes in arguments about the need to replace oil with renewable energy sources. In other environment-related news, an opinion article in the Buffalo News quoted John Locke Foundation Research Director and Local Government Analyst Michael Sanera discussing problems associated with environmental alarmism seeping into public school education. (Sanera also appeared this week in the Charlotte Observer. His guest column blasted a Queen City policy designed to shift some police responsibilities to private landlords.)