As CFACT has written about and documented on many occasions, the EPA’s bureaucratic system has a way of limiting and altogether stopping job growth in many sectors of the private economy. Mr. Scipioni knows first hand exactly what that means when it comes to the natural resource and mining sector. His visit to our CFACT [...]
Out of the frying pan and into the fryer. ICLEI, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. Imagine a large international organization that influences and implements environmental policies locally in over 1,200 cities worldwide. Well, say hello to ICLEI. Today, I took a flight from Rio to the city of Belo Horizonte to attend the [...]
Two words: Civil Society. One meaning: Socialism. Day three was a day that will be now known in my political world as the day that will live in infamy. Throughout the day, we went to six events held by groups known as the Civil Society. All you need to know is that the vast majority [...]
Day 2 – Welcome to the Rio+20 pre-convention, convention. That statement could probably sum up the day but I will give you a complete picture. After a long (almost 2 hour shuttle ride complete with leftist college grad who I stumped and awed in a debate about capitalism and free markets) we finally arrived and [...]
Recently, CFACT SUNY Syracuse set out to discover what New Yorkers think of first when they hear the word “green.” CFACT questioned 100 participants about the word “green.” The students found that 4 percent thought of drugs first, 9 percent thought of the color, 11 percent thought of totally random things like Kermit the [...]
