Author Archives: matt ohern

Turn Pollution into Power

Posted on August 23, 2017 by matt ohern

While activists and politicians, and even world governments, debate over how to stop global warming and defeat climate change, the solutions to reducing humankind’s impact already exist in the private sector. Technologies now exist, or are on the cusp of … Continue reading →

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High Tech Jobs Remain in Great Demand

Posted on August 23, 2017 by matt ohern

With students packing up to go back to college this month with declared or undeclared majors, it’s a good time to consider the fields that graduating students are going into and whether they match up with the skills businesses need. … Continue reading →

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Autonomy and Accountability in Higher Education – Part 4

Posted on August 23, 2017 by matt ohern

How do Virginia’s public higher-ed institutions rate on the goals established in the 2005 Restructuring Act and embedded in state code? The data is incomplete. This is the fourth of four articles exploring higher-education accountability in Virginia since enactment of … Continue reading →

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Court gives farmers big ethanol win

Posted on August 23, 2017 by matt ohern

Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an opinion regarding biofuels. Jim Lane of Biofuels Digest claimed “…it [court decision] was the biggest victory in the courts for biofuels, ever.” The decision is 85 pages. The dispute … Continue reading →

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Indiana Sets the Pace on Toll-Financed Interstate Reconstruction

Posted on August 23, 2017 by matt ohern

Back in May, Pat Jones, CEO of the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association issued the following statement: “Giving states flexibility to toll their Interstates for the purpose of reconstruction is consistent with two principles outlined in Transportation Secretary Elaine … Continue reading →

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