December 8, 2011
Recently Alex Epstein, founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, delivered a one hour lecture on the subject of Green Energy Myths at the University of Connecticut. Epstein highlighted the high costs of solar, hydro, and wind energy and compared those high costs with the low costs of natural gas, coal, and nuclear. “We learned [...]
December 8, 2011
CFACT California State University, San Marcos passed out 200 U.S. pocket Constitutions on Tuesday November 8th. The group spent about three hours passing the document out to passers by. Many students were happy to receive the document. Several students who stopped by considered themselves constitutionalists and were very happy to see the effort on campus. [...]
December 2, 2011
Recently, CFACT University of Syracuse hosted a lecture by Alex Epstein, the founder of the Center for Industrial Progress on the subject of fracking, a method by which to extract large amounts of natural gas or coal by fracturing existing rock with pressurized liquid. “The event was extremely informative, everyone was really impressed!” stated CFACT Syracuse [...]
November 17, 2011
On Friday, Nov. 11th CFACT – UMN Chapter ended its successful week long, Conservative Awareness Week, by helping organize a “right to bear arms” trip to a local gun range. The CFACT chapter teamed up with MN-GOCRA firearms instructors who observed and instructed some students who had never been on a gun range before. Students [...]
November 14, 2011
Last week, the CFACT – UMN chapter successfully held its 5th annual “Conservative Awareness Week”. During the week, CFACT hosted multiple events including a bbq and conservation river clean-up, capitalism poker tournament, and a civic minded presidential debate watching party. Each event CFACT joined with other groups on campus to bring conservatives and other right-minded [...]
November 7, 2011
At the CFACT University of Minnesota chapter, today is the kick-off to their 5th annual “Conservative Awareness Week”. The week signifies a public declaration that contrary to conventional wisdom, conservatism is alive and well on college campuses. They have collaborated with other right of center groups on campus and have a slate of [...]
November 3, 2011
Paulie the Polar Bear recently visited CFACT Union College. Paulie handed out over 200 Global Warming Fact Sheets to students as well as flyers encouraging students to visit MethaneMadness.com! CFACT hopes to drive students the Methane Madness website so they can play the hot new CFACT online video game . The goal of the game [...]
November 2, 2011
Alex Epstein at CFACT Texas A&M Recently, energy expert and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress Alex Epstein spoke before a crowd at Texas A&M about the myths perpetuated by the greens about so-called “green jobs.” Alex explained the “green jobs” are actually a drain on the economy. They interfere with energy production, job [...]
November 1, 2011
On Sunday October 30th, the CFACT chapter at the University of Minnesota kicked off its first event of the “Lakes Program”. This year the chapter at the U of MN has adopted three lakes to monitor pollution levels, organize lake shore cleanups and actively encourage other students to utilize the lakes for recreation, sport, and [...]
October 24, 2011
CFACT Georgia Tech recently committed to do their part to help educate their campus community about America’s founding ideals and principles. Students passed out 200 pocket constitutions to their classmates and kept one for each of them selves. “The event was fulfilling,” stated Georgia Tech CFACT member Samantha Wilson. A lot of students were very [...]