Our youth are unexpectedly showing a 75% unemployment rate. Only 24% of teens, one in four, have jobs, compared to 42% as recently as the summer of 2001. The nearby chart chronicles the teen employment percentage over time, including the notable plunge in the last decade. So instead of learning valuable job skills –…
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THE YEAR IS 1911
The year is 1911 – 100 years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1911: ************ The average life expectancy for men was 47 years. Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only. Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of…
Paul Driessen
The US should follow Europe’s lead
Look at what Europe doing now, to address its energy, economic and employment woes Paul Driessen President Obama and environmentalists often say America should follow Europe’s lead on energy, climate and economic matters. Recent events suggest that we should listen more attentively to the Europeans. Two brutal winters have awakened Europe to the fact that…
Paul Driessen
Clearing the Air
Trying to correct all the disinformation about “mercury and air toxics” is a full-time job By Paul Driessen Ever since public, congressional and union anger and anxiety persuaded the Environmental Protection Agency to delay action on its economy-strangling carbon dioxide rules, EPA has been on a take-noprisoners crusade to impose other job-killing rules for electricity…
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Shale oil discovery to change balance of power?
I have discussed Israel’s newly discovered massive oil shale deposits several times, most recently here. Will the oil shale change the balance of power in our region? I suspect that this article overstates the case, but it’s a nice thought. It will take years – probably decades – for Israel to reach maximum production from…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
Science & Environmental Policy Project
Quote of the Week “Urgent and unprecedented environmental and social changes challenge scientists to define a new social contract … a commitment on the part of all scientists to devote their energies and talents to the most pressing problems of the day, in proportion to their importance, in exchange for public funding.” – Jane Lubchenco,…