Category Archives: Environment

Climate Alarmism: Our Sanity and Wallets Need a Break

Posted on October 19, 2012 by matt ohern

Pick up any 40-year-old science textbook – on chemistry, biology, geology, physics, astronomy or medicine – and you’ll find a slew of “facts” and theories that have been proven wrong or are no longer the “consensus” view. Climatology is no … Continue reading →

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Another Attack on Large Livestock Farms

Posted on October 4, 2012 by matt ohern

(Publisher’s note:  Gary Baise is nationally respected environmental attorney who lives here in Virginia.  His article here deals with a case in Iowabut its implications will significantly impact on Virginia’s farmers. That is why it is printed in the Jefferson … Continue reading →

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Right to farm under assault in Virginia

Posted on August 23, 2012 by matt ohern

(Originally published on CFACT.org. A new small business near Virginia’s picturesque Shenandoah Valley is threatened with extinction at the hands of county officials who are determined to twist the law in order to snuff out a local agricultural enterprise. Located … Continue reading →

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Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Leadership

Posted on July 26, 2012 by matt ohern

Governor Bob McDonnell recently announced significant progress in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.  We applaud his leadership and that of his appointees managing this effort. Among Virginia’s accomplishments is a massive reduction of nutrients going into the Bay from farms … Continue reading →

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Ventilation Fans: Sources of Water Pollution?

Posted on July 26, 2012 by matt ohern

(Gary Basie lives in Fairfax and is a nationally recognized environmental attorney.  His articles show the impact of government regulation on our important agricultural community.  What he writes about impacts our farmer here in Virginia.) On November 14, 2011, EPA … Continue reading →

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