Month: January 2012

Dems propose ‘Reasonable Profits Board’ to confiscate oil company profits

Confiscated profits would be used for tax credits for politically correct cars. Continue reading Dems propose ‘Reasonable Profits Board’ to confiscate oil company profits

EPA overreaches on manure regulations, farm groups say

“The rule is the latest in a series of EPA regulations that have sparked opposition from farm or business groups and promise to give more election-year ammunition to Republican lawmakers who take issue with the agency’s assertive approach.” Continue reading EPA overreaches on manure regulations, farm groups say

O’Keefe: Fear-mongering used against fracking

“No industrial activity is without risk, but the economic benefits to our economy and our workers from the energy produced from fracking far outweigh those risks.” Continue reading O’Keefe: Fear-mongering used against fracking

Let us inject facts into ‘Seismicity’

“What’s unfortunate is that some folks are attempting to use [recent seismic events in Ohio] as a justification for stopping oil and natural gas development in Ohio — kind of like trying to argue that the auto industry should be shut down just because a scrap tire dump caught fire somewhere.” Continue reading Let us inject facts into ‘Seismicity’

Burnett: Plastic Bag Bans Hurt Shoppers, Retailers and Workers

By H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D.
January 19, 2012, Exclusive for JunkScience.com

A small but increasing number of cities are in a frenzy to ban plastic shopping bags. More than two dozen cities nationwide have either banned plastic grocery bags (and in some cases, paper bags) entirely, or have imposed a fee for using them in order to encourage the use of reusable bags. However, such policies have hidden costs few seem to recognize. Continue reading Burnett: Plastic Bag Bans Hurt Shoppers, Retailers and Workers