Category Archives: Environment

New EPA Regulations Will Harm Virginia

Posted on April 1, 2015 by matt ohern

New EPA regulations expected to be made final this summer will result in higher electric bills and a loss of 38,000 jobs here in Virginia. That’s the conclusion of a new study released by the Thomas Jefferson Institute and researched … Continue reading →

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Climate Crisis Extremists Attack Opposing Experts

Posted on March 4, 2015 by matt ohern

After years of claiming the science is settled and unprecedented manmade catastrophes are occurring right now, Climate Crisis, Inc. is increasingly desperate. Polls put climate change at the bottom of every list of public concerns. China and India refuse to … Continue reading →

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Free-Market Approach To Protecting Our Water Supplies

Posted on January 21, 2015 by matt ohern

Writing in the Times-Dispatch today, my friend Noah Sachs highlights a systemic risk in our society: the threat of chemical leaks and spills to our water supply. Last year the release of toxic chemicals into the Elk River disrupted the … Continue reading →

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Solutions to Climate Change are Not in Regulation

Posted on December 18, 2014 by matt ohern

Earlier this month my paper on “New Technologies for Coping with Climate Change in Virginia” was published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy (read here). After re-reading the paper, receiving many favorable comments, and presenting it in public … Continue reading →

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SBA To EPA: Ditch the Waters of the U.S. Proposal

Posted on December 18, 2014 by matt ohern

The Small Business Administration tells EPA to ditch its Waters of the United States proposed rule. The SBA has an Office of Advocacy and that office advises EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw its proposed WOTUS … Continue reading →

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