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Nuclear Industry Communications Shops AWOL Even As Industry Faces Greater Crisis Than Three Mile Island

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Most big American businesses have one of two positions on policy issues: "left-wing" or "surrender." Even by that pathetic standard, the communications shops of businesses directly involved in the nuclear power industry, either as plant operators, major equipment suppliers or ...
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Appeal to Drill

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Instead of alleviating prices, Obama and company are battling in court to keep energy costs high.  Prior to the BP oil spill, the Interior Department processed drilling permits in about two weeks.  Since the spill, wait times are four months ...
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Spot the Bias in NY Times Global Warming Hearing Story

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Can you spot the bias? From the New York Times, a March 8 report by John M. Broder, "At House E.P.A. Hearing, Both Sides Claim Science": In an effort to support the E.P.A.'s regulatory power, committee Democrats rounded up five ...
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The Government War on Menthol

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Expect the Food and Drug Administration to soon embark on an effort to ban menthol cigarettes — likely creating upheaval on par with the Prohibition era in the process. After recently criminalizing the tiny trade in flavored cigarettes, the FDA ...
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Conservative Cancer Cups?

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According to The Hill, Democrats think Republicans want members of Congress, their staff, and visitors to  drink from dangerous cups. Really. Nine Democrats, in a letter to Speaker John Boehner, wrote that they are worried about the danger caused by ...
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Project 21’s Massie: Contrast Behavior of Tea Party Activists to Big Labor Radicals

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Noting the tea party movement is accommodating to blacks by its very nature of promoting small government, lower taxes and the rule of law, Project 21 chairman Mychal Massie says that “it is their prerogative” as to whether or not ...
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More Information Needed in Case of Alleged Politics-Motivated Misconduct at Oregon State University

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Like many in the climate skeptic community, I've long been aware and appreciative of the work of Dr. Art Robinson. It was with concern, then, that I read today's WorldNetDaily article by Dr. Robinson alleging that faculty administrators at Oregon ...
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NYC PCB Scare: New York Post Op-ed

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Are New York City schools killing kids?  Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and plaintiffs’ lawyers sure seem to think so.  But they have the science all wrong. As I write in today’s New York Post: They’re using junk-science alarmism to pressure ...
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Wrestling a Cynic

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Since I was young, I have read nearly every column by award-winning sportswriter Rick Reilly.  His February 19th column will be my last. Growing up, I eagerly awaited each new edition of Sports Illustrated.  When it arrived, I was the first ...
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Proven Link Between “Strange and Dangerous Weather” and Carbon Levels?: Let the Debates Begin

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[I]t is imperative that the Committee have an understanding of the science of climate change…The potential implications of these results are illustrated by multiple recent weather disasters. So says Rep. Henry Waxman in urging the House Energy and Commerce Committee ...
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