by Jane Richey | Jul 24, 2013 | Agenda 21
A new method for producing electricity from waste carbon dioxide emitted by power stations could be so efficient that it has the potential to create 400 times the amount of power that the Hoover Dam generates in a year, Dutch scientists have claimed. Researchers from...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Agenda 21
Two state agencies are warning proposed legislation would strip their authority to determine which species are labeled endangered in Pennsylvania. The measure would require the Fish and Boat Commission and the Game Commission, now independent agencies, to instead run...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Agenda 21
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska consists of 19 million acres — including a 1.5 million acre coastal plain seen as the potential source of at least 7.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil. But in addition to reservoirs of untapped...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Health Care
A quarter of small-business owners plan to cut hiring to stay under 50 employees so they can avoid one of Obama-Care’s many onerous mandates. In other words, small businesses will be staying small. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which routinely appraises the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The number of people in Pennsylvania getting monthly disability benefits through Social Security is growing at an alarming rate. Social Security Administration data show more than 390,000 Pennsylvanians qualified for disability payments in 2011, the most recent year...
