Category Archives: Environment

What are perennial, intermittent and ephemeral streams?

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Gary Baise

In an earlier blog, I discussed what is “not” a water of the United States. The issue is trickier when a new definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) is examined for perennial, intermittent, or ephemeral streams. A perennial stream … Continue reading →

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Destroying the environment to save it

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Paul Driessen

“We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” The infamous Vietnam era quotation may or may not have been uttered by an anonymous US Army major. It may have been misquoted, revised, apocryphal or invented. But it … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Zealots Ignore Subsidence in Hampton Roads

Posted on May 27, 2020 by John M. Palatiello

My friend, former Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen recently posted on Facebook, “While this research will annoy some dogmatic folks, it is Interesting to consider subsidence in the Hampton Roads region surrounding the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay” and … Continue reading →

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This is the Green New Deal Economy. Enjoy

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Stephen D. Haner

If all else fails in achieving your green energy dreams, you can always hope for a depression. In Italy, the COVID-19 depression has already dropped electricity demand by about 18-21%, as reported recently by Utility Dive. The regional transmission organizations … Continue reading →

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Will General Assembly Decide on Carbon Car Tax?

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Stephen D. Haner

Thanks to the persistence of Delegate Charles Poindexter, two members of Governor Ralph Northam’s cabinet are now on record stating the General Assembly will decide whether Virginia joins the carbon tax regime called the Transportation and Climate Initiative.  In 2018 both … Continue reading →

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