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environmental policy

  1. The Great Zaganza

    Should sectors of the economy with a large environmental footprint be nationalized?

    I know this isn't strictly new: in many countries, the energy sector and other industries with a heavy impact on the environment are nationalized. There are, in my opinion, a couple of very good reasons for this: it obviates the need for regulation: the state can simply run the company in an...
  2. Travis

    I heard that Obama's car is the new gripe

    That's right I heard today some people saying that Obama can't talk about climate control again because the Presidential Limo is a gas hog. What do you all think?
    • Travis
    • Thread
    • barack obama environmental policy hypocrisy charges
    • Replies: 124
    • Forum: USA Politics
  3. F

    Obama admin defends *another* Bush admin change: guns in nat'l parks

    Justice Dept. Defends Bush Rule on Guns This is a stunning development. The part I don't get is the environmental review part. How can you conduct a study of the environmental effect of something that has no effect on the environment? Allowing concealed carry in the parks has as much effect...
    • FlamingMoe
    • Thread
    • environmental policy gun control issues obama administration
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: USA Politics
  4. B

    Obama Administration Cancels Oil-Drilling Leases

    Looks like our energy problems must at long last be over. Link Notice the leases were on land near these "pristine areas," not actually on them. "Pristine area" = any place the government lets vultures and snakes live, but not people.
    • BPSCG
    • Thread
    • barack obama environmental policy ken salazar oil leases
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: USA Politics
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