by Jane Richey | Aug 14, 2012 | Agenda 21
What’s believed to be the state’s largest solar farm is slated to open as early as October in Lancaster County. The Community Solar Energy project in East Drumore Township covers about 30 acres and is expected to transmit about six megawatts of power,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Agenda 21, Politics
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, operates 9,516 vehicles even though it only has 11,605 employees. That works out to one vehicle for every 1.2 employees. The service promotes itself, in part, as a component of...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
President Obama is not a fan of America’s suburbs. Indeed, he intends to abolish them. With suburban voters set to be the swing constituency of the 2012 election, the administration’s plans for this segment of the electorate deserve scrutiny. Obama is a longtime...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Agenda 21
The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to adopt a $17.16 million open space capital budget, money applied to the next five years, during its regular business meeting Thursday morning. While $11 million will come straight from county funding,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 6, 2012 | Agenda 21
Extreme summer heat waves and droughts in recent years are the result of climate change, a top federal scientist concludes in a new peer-reviewed study. The study by James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, could provide new political...
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Gov. John Kitzhaber (D.-Ore.) has authority under Oregon’s constitution to pardon or commute the jail term and remit the fine of a man sentenced for collecting rainwater and snow runoff in reservoirs on his own property. But the governor is ducking for cover....
