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Climate Change: Predicted Sizzle, Got Fizzle

Originally published December 22, 2011, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Climate Change: Predicted Sizzle, Got Fizzle

Climate alarmists can’t catch a break these days, it seems.  First, about 5,000 more of those pirated emails that launched what’s commonly referred to as “Climategate” were released just before the United Nations convened its most recent climate conference in Durban, South Africa.  In the Hollywood spirit, publication of this most recent spate of damning […]

Filed Under: Agenda 21, Climate Change, Featured, Federal, Sustainable Development, United Nations Tagged With: 1910 emission standards, agenda 21, bad moon rising, canada, cap and tax, cap and trade, carbon footprint, carbon taxes, cars, climate alarmists, climategat ii, climategate, durban, durban south africa, e.p.a., economic collapse, economic downturn, economic instability, economic meltdown, electricity, environmental extremists, environmentalism, epa, global climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, greenies, indoor plumbing, innovation, john fogarty, kyoto accords, lisa jackson, modern conveniences, retrograde policies, standard of living, Sustainable Development, u.s. environmental protection agency, un, unep, united nations

Increasing Executive Power: Progressively Making Congress Irrelevant

Originally published August 4, 2011, By Linda. Updated May 4, 2018. Leave a Comment

Increasing Executive Power: Progressively Making Congress Irrelevant

Author’s Note: This article was originally drafted in mid-June, before the debt ceiling debacle even began to unfold.  I have revised parts of the article to reflect events which have occurred in the interim, but I want to point out that the deal Congress just passed with respect to the debt ceiling is yet another […]

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Mayor Beutler: Crafty Politician, Walter Mitty, or Just Going Rogue?

Originally published November 12, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated November 12, 2010. 2 Comments

Mayor Beutler: Crafty Politician, Walter Mitty, or Just Going Rogue?

By Shelli Dawdy As I noted yesterday, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler held a press conference earlier this week wherein he announced a methane gas drilling project that was just beginning at the Bluffs Road facility. The City’s Public Works department had commenced drilling 60+ wells and installing a piping system to capture methane gas from […]

Filed Under: City of Lincoln, Featured, Local Tagged With: bluffs road lanfill, cap & tax, cap & trade, cap and tax, cap and trade, carbon caps, carbon credit exchange, carbon credits, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, chicago climate exchange, chris beutler, city council, city council meeting, city forestor, City of Lincoln, city regulations, co2 emissions, co2 pollutant, collapse carbon credit exchange, electricity, environmental protection agency, epa, epa declaration carbon, going rogue, lincoln nebraska, lincoln public works director, mayor chris beutler, mayor's office, methane gas capture, politicians, public works, secret life of walter mitty, stimulus funds, Sustainable Development

Heating and Air Conditional? LES May Decide For You

Originally published November 4, 2010, By Linda. Updated September 28, 2011. Leave a Comment

Heating and Air Conditional?  LES May Decide For You

UPDATED Sept. 27, 2011 – Editor’s Note: Please see the bottom of this article for an important link. I was minding my own business at home the other night following an afternoon and early evening spent outside doing some chores and enjoying the brisk fall weather. It’s that time of year when Lincoln residents begin […]

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Federal Funding Tap Dance: Are States Puppets Or Partners?

Originally published August 24, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated August 24, 2010. Leave a Comment

Federal Funding Tap Dance: Are States Puppets Or Partners?

This article is part of a continuing series. If you’d like to read any of the others, just click on one of the titles below: Don’t Count On A Republican Congress To Save The Day GOP Congress Will Not Save Us – Time To Choose OURSELVES Federal Red Ink Tsunami: The Life Boats Are Within […]

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In the News: November 5-11, 2009

Originally published November 12, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 24, 2011. Leave a Comment

In the News: November 5-11, 2009

CAP AND TRADE: Boxer’s Procedural Gambit Pushed Out of Committee By Dan Holler, Heritage Foundation; November 5, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES: Can the Tenth Amendment Save Us? By Cal Thomas, The State; November 5, 2009 Supreme Court Query Puts Janet Napolitano on the Spot By Josh Gerstein, Politico; November 6, 2009 FOREIGN AFFAIRS: British PM […]

Filed Under: Federal Legislation, Foreign Policy, Health Care, In the News Tagged With: 2009, 2010 census, afghani government, afghanistan, barbara boxer, british prime minister, cap & tax, cap & trade, cap and tax, cap and trade, citzenship question on census, department of homeland security, dhs, epw committee, health care law, health care reform, israel, janet napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, napolitano, obamacare, senator boxer, soldiers, supreme court, troops, un, united nations, us census, us citzenship

In the News: October 29-November 4, 2009

Originally published November 5, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 28, 2011. Leave a Comment

UPDATED September 27, 2011: Note that some sites remove or move items after some time has lapsed. Where possible, we have linked to the article originally cited, if it exists elsewhere online. CAP AND TRADE: Senate Panel Approves Democratic Climate Bill By Richard Cowan, Reuters; November 5, 2009

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In the News: October 22-28, 2009

Originally published November 5, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 28, 2011. Leave a Comment

CAP AND TRADE: Carbon Advantage of Biofuels May Be Overstated By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post; October 23, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES: Senate Judiciary Chairman Unable to Say Where Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans to Buy Insurance By Matt Cover, CNS News; October 22, 2009 Hoyer Says Constitution’s “General Welfare” Clause Empowers Congress to […]

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In the News: October 15-21, 2009

Originally published October 18, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 28, 2011. Leave a Comment

Across the Country CAP AND TRADE: Obama Poised to Cede U.S. Sovereignty By Lord Christopher Monckton; October 14, 2009 A Baker’s Dozen of Reasons to Oppose Cap-and-Trade By Nick Loris, The Heritage Foundation; July 21, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES: Obama Poised to Cede U.S. Sovereignty By Lord Christopher Monckton; October 14, 2009 Hoyer Says Constitution’s […]

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In the News: October 8-14, 2009

Originally published October 18, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated September 7, 2014. Leave a Comment

Across the Country CAP AND TRADE: What Happened to Global Warming? By Paul Hudson, BBC News; October 9, 2009 Peugeot Draws Inspiration from the 1940s for Its Latest Quirky Electric Car Design By Philip Case, The Daily Mail, October 12, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES: Obama Poised to Cede U.S. Sovereignty By Lord Christopher Monckton; October […]

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