Tag archive for ‘global warming’
Posted by The Foundry on June 13th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as epa, global warming
The Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a rule at the end of May that mandates the amount of energy microwaves can use on standby mode starting in 2016. The DOE tries to legitimize the rule by saying that the alleged social cost of carbon (SCC) is more than it was … More
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Posted by The Foundry on May 14th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as civil war, climate change, constitution, declaration of independence, egypt, federal reserve, george washington, global warming, medicare, rand paul, republic, revolution, social security, supreme court, tea party, tenth amendment
Any conservative who takes his bearings from America’s founding principles can’t help but miss the candor with which the early Progressives dismissed our founding documents as antiquated relics of a bygone era. Unlike liberal politicians from FDR onward who couch their statist agenda in the rhetoric of the Founding, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Croly, and their…
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Posted by The Foundry on April 18th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as Barbara Boxer, climate change, epa, global warming, taxes
Reuters’s environment correspondent Alister Doyle provides even more fodder for why a carbon (energy) tax or the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gas emissions is economically and environmentally foolish. Doyle writes: Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in…
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Posted by The Foundry on April 11th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as climate change, epa, global warming
Today the Senate held a confirmation hearing for Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Heritage has provided its own questions for nominee McCarthy. If confirmed, and if her past statements are indicative of future actions, McCarthy’s tenure at the EPA will continue to lead our nation down a path…
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Posted by The Foundry on April 2nd, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as cuba, egypt, global warming, James Inhofe, Max Baucus, pakistan
This morning, by a vote of 154 nations in favor (including the United States), 23 abstentions, and three against (Syria, North Korea, and Iran), the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The treaty will be open for national signature on June 3, 2013, and will enter into force for its signatories when…
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Posted by The Foundry on March 4th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as california, cap and trade, global warming
The average price of a new car in 2012 was $30,500. Wondering why? One contributing factor is the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. All models from a single manufacturer must reach an average of 35.3 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2016 and 54.5 mpg by 2025. The current … More
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Posted by The Foundry on February 20th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts, Video | Tagged as climate change, global warming, state of the union
Supporters of President Obama’s continued obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline and more government controls to prevent climate change attended a “Forward on Climate” rally on February 17 in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Sierra Club and other environmentalist groups. The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to the gulf … More
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Posted by The Foundry on February 13th, 2013 | Categorized as Economy, Network Posts | Tagged as afghanistan, al qaeda, climate change, constitution, deficit, epa, federal spending, firearms, foreign policy, global warming, google, guns, Jeff Sessions, pakistan, politics, president obama, republic, revolution, second amendment, sotu, state of the union, stimulus, taxes, terrorism, turkey
President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious agenda last night. Here are some highlights of our experts’ analysis of his claims, his plans, and his promises. Responding to Newtown All Americans, no matter what our backgrounds or political perspectives, abhor the death of innocent human beings. We were shocked by … More
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Posted by The Foundry on February 12th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as afghanistan, climate change, colorado, constitution, cuba, declaration of independence, deficit, epa, executive order, federal reserve, federal spending, firearms, georgia, global warming, google, inflation, internet, iraq, joint chiefs of staff, medicare, mexico, nais, national security, pakistan, politics, president obama, republic, revolution, second amendment, social security, sovereignty, state of the union, taxes, turkey
New Capabilities for the Military? During his speech tonight, President Obama, in a brief passage, pledged to provide the military with new capabilities. This pledge was brief because it included no specifics about the kinds of new capabilities he has in mind. This is not surprising for two reasons. The … More
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Posted by The Foundry on January 25th, 2013 | Categorized as Network Posts | Tagged as climate change, global warming, revolution, united nations
“The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death.” That was Paul Ehrlich’s prediction in 1968. He was wrong then, and he’s still wrong now, as he touts his new paper warning that a cocktail of population growth, … More
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