Carbon taxes will do nothing for revenues or climate, but will hurt job and economic growth By Paul Driessen Average planetary temperatures haven’t budged in 16 years. Hurricanes and strong tornadoes are at or near their lowest ebb in decades. Global sea ice is back to normal, Arctic ice is nearly normal, and the Antarctic…
Willie Soon
Sea-Level rise data based on shoddy science
Stemming the tide of political fear-mongering By Willie Soon and Nils-Axel Morner There is much concern over rising sea levels and disappearing coastline. Yet how are such changes really measured? Satellites can measure tiny changes in sea levels referenced to a known baseline, but those measurements have only been available since 1993. Two other methods…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was March 9, 2013 Quote of the Week “…scientists are neither saints nor devils but human beings sharing the common weaknesses of our species.” Freeman Dyson The Scientist as Rebel, p. 15] [H/t Donna Laframboise] ******************************* Number of the Week $40 Billion US ******************************* This Week By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President…
Don Pridemore, Free Articles
It’s time to start looking at what our kids are being taught in some of our public schools
By Don Pridemore For those of us who may have shipped our kids off to our local public school without asking too many questions, relied on them to educate our kids to the same basic curriculum that was taught to us some 20 years or so ago, it’s time to revisit that decision. If we…
John Nikolai
School leaders must explain overpayments
By John Nikolai After review of recent public statements from the administration of our school district and the president of our school board, I am happy to report that my concerns of administrative incompetence are completely unfounded. The administration has proven that it has a solid handle on how to correctly add, subtract, multiply and…
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Public School Funding
Dear Senators, I am very disappointed with your proposal to increase education funding beyond the amount requested by Gov. Walker. Throwing more money at an educational establishment that has a decades long record of failure is the definition of insanity. Where is the evidence that more and more money equals better education? History shows the…