August 31, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
Geographic proximity is just about all that the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have in common.In recent years the Port of Long Beach has taken strides to reverse environmental harms in the region, while the Port of Los...
August 24, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
Instituting a cap-and-trade program would require Congress to appropriate billions of dollars for the expansion of federal agencies such as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in order to handle their expanded responsibilities, according...
August 20, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will need four years to recover from the decrease in imports caused by the economic downturn. Despite struggling with anemic freight volumes, officials at the Port...
August 17, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
Thomas Crocker, a founding father of the cap-and-trade system, recently told The Wall Street Journal that he's skeptical that a cap-and-trade approach is the best way to regulate carbon emissions.Crocker, who first envisioned cap-and-trade as a University of Wisconsin graduate...
August 14, 2009
Written by: Brad Stotler
John Irving's op-ed, "Don't Employers Deserve Free Speech?" in the Aug. 7, 2009, Wall Street Journal highlights the damaging provisions that remain in the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), despite reports that indicate proponents of the legislation are willing to...
August 13, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
Congress is ignoring the obvious solution to the funding woes surrounding the nearly insolvent Highway Trust Fund (HTF). On July 29 the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $7 billion infusion into the HTF. The same day, a bill was...
August 7, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
In an interview for the August edition of DC Velocity, Jim Burnley, Transportation Secretary under President Ronald Reagan from 1987 to 1989, explained that cap and trade amounts to little more than a command-and-control exercise that will wreak havoc on...
