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Energy Facts and Figures for Dummies, Part VIII
(This is part VIII of this series on energy. We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor to tackle the problem of providing our citizens and our businesses with … Continue reading
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New EPA Regulations Harm Economic Growth
As Virginia struggles to figure out how to build a more robust economic future, employ more of our citizens in better paying jobs, and encourage those who have left the workforce to come back into it, the federal government’s regulatory … Continue reading
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What’s the Hold-up on the Surry-Skiffes Permit?
In the late summer of 2015, Dominion Virginia Power issued grave warnings that residents and businesses of the Williamsburg-Newport News area could face electricity blackouts if the power company didn’t quickly receive permits to build the proposed 500 kV Surry-Skiffes … Continue reading
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Economic Impact: Signs in the economy show presidential race is too close to call
( Editor’s note: This year’s election is certainly one that we won’t soon forget, even if we want to! This column was written two weeks ago.) With the election less than a month away, pundits are providing a variety of … Continue reading
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Another ammonia case dismissed, but the environmentalists will keep fighting
On Dec. 7, 2015, I wrote that ammonia regulation of large animal operations would be delayed again. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and Clean Wisconsin were told by a U.S. District Court … Continue reading
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