James Inhofe: Genius or Master Tactician?

“…my point is, God’s still up there. The arrogance of peopleto think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in theclimate is to me outrageous”,  states Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), the new chairmen of the Environment and Public Works Committee. I kid you not, that is exactly what he said in a Senate meeting in February. Guess what else he did? He brought a snowball, yes a snowball, with him to the meeting. “…do...

Check No on Mandatory Voting

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Governor Wolf's Budget Would Decrease Economic Growth and Hurt the Future of Pennsylvania

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Hidden Under the Radar: Food Waste

According to the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations, wasted food from the world’s most developed countries would be MORE than enough to feed the 870 million starving people around the world. In the U.S. alone $162 billion worth of food is dumped into landfills where it decomposes into methane, a greenhouse gas. Food waste alone contributes about 7% to the total greenhouse gas emissions. According to NatGeo, “… a lot of food rots in fields,...

Responding to ISIS

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In the past several years, ISIS has grown to be a formidable foe to the Middle East and the West. The terror organization completely disregards international law and human life as seen through its vicious conquest of large swaths of Iraq and...

Reforming Public Pensions

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Empty Parking Lots and Solar Panels

FedEx Field, Washington D.C. Rutgers University 28 Acres “America is a nation of pavement”, says Chris Mooney writingfor the Washington Post. 35-50% of American cities surfaces are pavement. 40% of that is parking lot. There is actually a way to use these parking lots to generate energy. It’s called solar carports and it’s literally just installing solar panels as shades so cars park beneath a barrier of solar panels. At Rutgers University,...