The Equator Principles and Sustainable Poverty

By Tom DeWeese

 

“Planet Earth.” Credit: Wikimedia

“The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another United States. We can’t let other countries have the same number of cars, the amount of industrialization we have in the US. We have to stop these Third World countries right where they are.” Michael Oppenheimer (Environmental Defense Fund)

The reminders are put in front of us every day. Poverty in the world. How horrible. Starving children. Unimaginable hardships. Hopelessness. “SOMEONE MUST DO SOMETHING!”

Of course, the answer for the world leadership is to throw money at the problem, either

VA AG Cuccinelli Scores Legal Victory Against EPA Attempt to Regulate Water as a Pollutant

VA A.G. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II

RICHMOND, VA - Late Thursday afternoon, a federal judge accepted arguments made by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has exceeded its authority by attempting to regulate water itself as a pollutant by imposing restrictions on the flow of stormwater into Fairfax County’s Accotink Creek.  The effect of this ruling could save Virginia taxpayers more than $300 million in unnecessary costs.

Lies and Doublespeak of American Planning Association And How to Fight Back

By Tom DeWeese

I don’t know about you, but when I take on a cause or a project I’m proud of what I do. I support it against all detractors and nay-sayers because I believe in it. So, when proponents of a cause suddenly start to hide what they are doing, or deny they are even doing it – that should set off alarm bells and raise questions about the honesty and legitimacy of that cause.

Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Landowners’ Rights

A Big Win for Small Business

Washington, D.C. – Karen Harned, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Legal Center, today lauded the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Sackett v. EPA, to uphold landowner rights.

“Property rights are of enormous import to the

Warnings From History

By Alan Sexton

Compelled by current events, I present for your objective consideration the following. Make of these observations and warnings from history whatever you will, folks:

Senator Rand Paul Steps Up to Protect Property Owners from Outlaw Federal Agencies

By Tom DeWeese, President, American Policy Center

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Sen. Rand Paul

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has just introduced legislation designed to reign in out-of- control federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers. The bill, if enacted, will be a vital blow to the enforcement of radical environmental/Agenda 21- inspired

NEI Files Lawsuit to Reverse Interior’s Withdrawal of Land From Uranium Mining

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Nuclear Energy Institute, together with the National Mining Association (NMA), has filed a lawsuit in U.S. Federal District Court in Arizona seeking to reverse the Obama administration’s withdrawal of approximately 1 million acres of federal land in the Arizona Strip for uranium mining for 20 years.

Occupy Occupy D.C. Calls for Cease Fire in Obama’s War on Nature

Interior Department Puts Hit Out on Barred Owls, Proving Folly of Endangered Species Regulations

Washington, D.C. – Members of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s “Occupy Occupy D.C.” street team will rally against the Obama Administration’s new policy to kill the Barred Owl in deference to the Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest on Thursday at noon in Washington D.C.’s Freedom Plaza (13th and