Right Side NewsAmericans have nine months left in which they can purchase 100-watt incandescent light bulbs. As of the first of 2011, no new 100-watt incandescent light bulbs (except for those left in the store’s inventory) can be sold to the American consumer. The last factory manufacturing the 100-watt incandescent light bulb was has been closed and […]
“Smart Growth” is an urban planning movement that encourages high-density development in urban areas near transportation hubs in the hopes that suburban sprawl will be discouraged and folks will use their cars less. The terms “sustainable development,” “new urbanism,” and “transit village” are also used to describe this process that hopes to achieve continuing growth […]
The D.C. Independent Examiner California is the unfortunate testbed for almost every new lunatic idea promulgated by the radical left—which is to say, every idea they offer—the complete explanation for why the state is such a train wreck. One of the worst examples is California’s oppressive environmental statutes. In combination with these, Agenda 21 has spread […]
The November elections marked a sea change in the political landscape at every level of government nationwide. Right now, all eyes are focused on the Wisconsin standoff between Governor Scott Walker and the public employee unions. But under the radar, completely overlooked by the mass media, is the unprecedented move recently taken by newly-elected Carroll […]
UN Agenda 21 is the ultimate, fatal level of governmental interference with the Private Sector, which happens to be the sector where money is made. The same collective Marxist lies, pseudo-science, falsified data, and urgent artificial crises are used by both the globalist UN bureaucrats and the Obama Marxist-Democratic Congress. Both seek the destruction of […]
Texas independents keep gestating low permeability oil and gas plays, with superior economics, at an impressive rate. The Eagle Ford and the Granite Wash may no longer be the singular cases that people outside the Texas oil and gas fraternity have maintained, in trying to diminish the strategic importance of such shale, tight gas and […]
China to create largest mega city in the world with 42 million people … China is planning to create the world’s biggest mega city by merging nine cities to create a metropolis twice the size of Wales with a population of 42 million. City planners in south China have laid out an ambitious plan to […]
Will America learn in time from the price being paid by British companies and families? The Obama Administration still hasn’t gotten the message voters sent Washington on November 2. The lame duck session and 111th Congress finally ended, without the White House getting key items on its wish list. So now, the Environmental Protection Agency […]
As Governor McDonnell’s plans for sustainable development, referred to as “sustainable communities”, continues to gain momentum, it is worthwhile to step back and take a long look at the big picture, painted with a broad brush to reveal what Virginia might look like as his vision for the Commonwealth is more fully implemented over the […]
As of July 11, 2010, regardless of whether you prefer to say “spill” or “gusher,” underwater “plume” or underwater “cloud,” these are the numbers to consider: Total Amount of Oil Released to Date: 4,455,000 barrelsAmount of Oil Recovered by BP to Date (via Containment Cap): 771,100 barrelsOily Water Recovered: 694,286 barrels of oily water = […]
INL scientist’s oil-water separator to help clean up Gulf oil spill The enormous cleanup effort under way in the Gulf of Mexico is highlighting a frustrating, somewhat paradoxical truth: while oil and water don’t mix, they can be awfully hard to separate. But cleanup crews could soon start making more progress on the catastrophic BP […]
THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project On Tuesday, IPCC Chairman R.K. Pachauri gave a rather remarkable interview on BBC, claiming that he welcomes a vigorous debate on the science of climate change. (See quote above.) Of course, the skeptics may continue to be a bit skeptical. Pachauri has […]