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Paul Chesser

Paul Chesser publishes CarolinaPlottHound.com, a news aggregator for North Carolina, and is a contributor of articles, research and investigative reports for both national and state-level free-market think tanks.
by | Mar 30, 2011

Politico reported yesterday that presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is still on the cap-and-trade apology leg of his tour. This is admirable and necessary for “T-Paw” to be a viable candidate in 2012, but not an especially difficult decision considering that…

by | Mar 24, 2011

Living in a home with four kids and two dogs, one child’s “clean” can mean “unacceptable” to an adult — think barely visible shower scum or machine-washed plates without phosphates. And necessary energy levels and types mean different things to…

by | Mar 22, 2011

Over at the National Legal & Policy Center blog today I explain how a front group called Climate Counts is acting on behalf of organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farm, which grades other corporations on how well they toe the global…

by | Mar 18, 2011

Michael Mann made the news last week. It’s amazing how the Climategate hockey-stick chart-maker continues to do so for “work” he did a long time ago. The new-old newsworthy thing he did was forward an email almost three years ago….

by | Mar 17, 2011

Several stories today worth comparing — the first a commentary by Washington Examiner editorial page editor Mark Tapscott, in which he sets the record straight on the availability of federal lands for oil and gas exploration: Based on government data…Ninety four…

by | Mar 16, 2011

Yesterday my American Tradition Institute colleague Chris Horner pointed your attention to the news that Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers has backed a $10 million loan for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, in addition to taking on the…

by | Mar 16, 2011

Johnston County, in the greater Raleigh area, is collecting hazardous wastes at a special location in a couple of weeks as a convenience for citizens who need to get rid of “potentially dangerous chemicals” around the house: Items that will…

by | Mar 15, 2011

And on February 21st many other Wisconsin State Capitol visitors made their feelings known in the Guest Book. Hat tip: Vicki McKenna via Facebook.

by | Mar 11, 2011

There are two dangers posed by the idea of anthropogenic global warming: Government regulation of greenhouse gases, with the greatest current threat posed by EPA’s plans to use the Clean Air Act to limit carbon dioxide emissions Environoiac pressure groups…

by | Mar 8, 2011

Is there a business (and the jobs it “creates”) in the so-called “Green” sector that does not depend on massive government subsidies, tax breaks, or foundation generosity for its survival? So far it has evaded my discovery. On the other…

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