In the APHA Seminar #4: “Climate Change in Public Health”, real solutions were proposed by a panel of five environmental change experts for the impact of the changing environment. Jonathon Patz, director of the School of Public Health at University of Wisconsin-Madison, started the discussion, dictating the known issues of climate changes. His outline consisted … Continue reading
Yesterday morning at the Senate Budget Committee hearing, we saw yet again the same old run-around arguments that seem to be the only support behind the stimulus bill. Research presented by two of the three witnesses, Dr. Alan Blinder and Dr. Joel Prakken, attempted to model what would have happened if the government had not … Continue reading
Last Wednesday, President Obama announced that he had rejected TransCanada Corp.’s request for a permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada was prepared to fund the highly publicized project that would consist of a crude oil pipeline extending from an oil supply hub, at the tar sands oil fields of Alberta, Canada, all the … Continue reading
Many in The Republican Party are looking for the “Conservative Alternative to Moderate Mitt Romney,” as one Gingrich advertisement put it. Who is the more Conservative; that is, free markets, free people, and limited Republican government. A quick overview of their economic/fiscal policies may help answer that question. However, what about in other policy realms? … Continue reading
Candidates who want to attract the young vote, primarily 18-24 year-olds, have the difficult task of making politics exciting and interesting. There are many reasons for overwhelmingly poor voting turnout from this age range, but it is mostly because very few candidates attempt to reach these voters and are largely out of touch with this … Continue reading
Today the US Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a revolutionary new program allowing public access to water discharge information. I can say, without a doubt, that this program is everything the EPA’s Green House Gas ministering system should have been. This program allows the user to view point source discharges from both large commercial or small … Continue reading
On Wednesday, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (specifically the Brazil Institute) sponsored a summit on “Sustainable Solutions for the Planet’s Energy Challenge.” In this seminar, Mr. Greg Kats (the other speaker was absent) suggested measures in order to mitigate movement toward zero net energy via carbon buildings and cities. Many interesting measures … Continue reading
Some political consultants have posited that a drawn out GOP primary that has already seen eighteen debates, including another this week in Jacksonville, Florida may be playing to the advantage of incumbent President Barack Obama. Politicians and analysts alike have expressed their displeasure with the numerous negative ads that these candidates are using to discredit … Continue reading
In December of 2011, Susan Dudley, the Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center proposed something radical in her presentation: “EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Rule Will Not Improve Public Health.” The radical aspect of this presentation seems self-evident. She begins: “The estimated $90 billion per year and 11,000 premature deaths avoided are … Continue reading
Natural Gas has dominated energy conversation this week. The EIA Energy Outlook, an annual report summarizing the United States energy consumption level via estimated Greenhouse Gas emissions, secular trends in energy consumption, and various other reservoirs of data, suggested notable trends in terms of forecast of 2012 production, emission, and shifts in energy data for … Continue reading
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