GEDDES AND BURNETT: Eco at the end of recession?
In October, the unemployment rate in the United States reached 10.2 percent. Most economists consider about 5 percent to be full employment. Not surprisingly, job growth is a hot political issue.
Posted: 12/10/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
H. Sterling Burnett and James Franko: There's time to get climate policy right
Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., have offered a global warming bill that would further the government’s growing stranglehold on the economy by commandeering the energy sector through climate legislation.
Posted: 11/25/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
Time for Inaction on Global Warming
Congress should consider the costs before passing “cap and trade.”
Posted: 10/20/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
Solar Sticker Shock Hits Washington County
Kittitas County, Washington is experiencing sticker shock as the true cost of solar power is coming in at more than three times the promised price.
In less than one month’s time, the cost estimate for a proposed 75 megawatt solar power plant has soared by more than 200 percent.
Posted: 10/15/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
New North Dakota Oil Find Could Be a Gusher
Dozens of very productive new wells near North Dakota’s Bakken oil field have state officials believing another massive new oil find may be at hand.
Posted: 09/08/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy

