Anti-Regulation
Northwest Lawmakers Continue Fight Against Indoor Tanning
OLYMPIA, Wash. Research shows if you use a tanning bed before the age of 35, you are more likely to get skin cancer. Thats why legislators in Washington, Oregon and Idaho have been considering proposals to bar teenagers from indoor tanning salons. A bill in the Washington legislature to do this has died for the [...]
Wall Street Deregulation Garners Bipartisan Support Despite Devastating …
Many of the supporters of the latest derivatives bills are longtime anti-regulation Republicans, including Reps. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Scott Garrett (R-NJ). But some Democratic supporters point to constituents off Wall Street when asked about the legislation by HuffPost. A staffer for Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Ill.) said that her bill was designed not to pad [...]
On races and gun rights voices
landscape. *** While the ferocity of the debate over gun control in the country has ebbed and flowed since the tragedy of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, one thing has remained a constant: Gun rights advocates, and to some extent, even average gun owners, are taking a beating in the public perception due to one [...]
KONOLA: Grand Junction, you’re a city now
Ballots will be mailed this coming week to voters in Grand Junction. In addition to electing a new city council, voters will weigh-in on two ballot initiatives: a zoning issue and a TABOR financing issue. As an observer, who does not live within the city limits, I think that Grand Junction is not yet comfortable [...]
Ideas Trump Resources When it Comes to City Growth
The future of plenitude isnt high tech and software-driven, it isnt interactive or knowledge-powered; and it doesnt come from Silicon Valley, San Francisco, or New York City, David Brooksargued in his New York Times column Monday. It comes from old-fashioned, boring extractive industries like mining and oil drilling, and from un-sexy places like the Great [...]
RECYCLING THE BALL? HOW WALES HAVE SURGED AHEAD OF ENGLAND …
The following information was released by Friends of the Earth: As a relatively unpatriotic Englishman living in Cardiff in the 90s I would face an annual assault on my sense of national neutrality. I felt perfectly good being English, but really didnt identify myself as such. It just seemed unnecessary, particularly as a settled visitor [...]
Radioactive scuba diving a potential new Aussie destination sport
Okay, I am exaggerating, but only slightly, but new anti-regulation laws have recently been passed in Australia that could mean uranium will be shipped out directly over this oceanic masterpiece of nature. Ever scuba dived? Or even just put a mask to your face in knee-deep water and looked under the surface at all the [...]
Steve Scauzillo: Air pollution regulations put us light years ahead of China
fuels, gasoline, and other factory emissions like those from South Bay oil refineries – are contributing to the increase of asthma cases in children. They are also adding to more children with allergic reactions and more children coming down with cases of bronchitis and respiratory infections. I shudder to think of our compatriots in China [...]
Ice fishing a messy sport
Ice fishing a messy sport Details Published on Thursday, 07 March 2013 11:06 Written by CAITLIN CLOW Huts and other debris can cause problems for wildlife and summer recreation Ice fishing is a great way to enjoy the outdoors during Albertas harsh winters. But, when the spring thaw comes around, some fishermen are leaving their [...]
Baptists go after payday loans
By Aaron Weaver Abortion, homosexuality and church-state separation are all issues on which Baptists have made their diverse opinions loudly known to the public. But predatory lending is not an issue that many associate with Baptists. Yet, Baptists in several states have been fighting against the wealthy and powerful multi-billion dollar predatory lending industry in [...]