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American Forum Op-Ed: Is Coal Ash Waste Poisoning Missouri's Water?
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Is Coal Ash Waste Poisoning Missouri's Water? Posted by American Forum. I was born in 1963 in Labadie, three miles from what is now the nation's. 14th largest coal-fired plant. My family has farmed the land for four. Generations. It was only when Ameren placed a coal ash landfill in the. Floodplain that we became aware of the risks of burning coal and of. Exposure to the waste left behind. River Coal ash contains high concentrat...
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American Forum Op-Ed: Regulations are Essential Protections for Small Businesses
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Regulations are Essential Protections for Small Businesses. Posted by American Forum. A guy walks into a bar and says, “ouch.”. Now, you might be thinking that’s a really bad one-liner. Actually, I was just recounting the start of my day. Here in Butte, we know what happens when you don’t have strong rules protecting workers and local quality of life. We know what happens when one company’s unchecked power overru...Butte’s...
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American Forum Op-Ed: March 2011
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Wednesday, March 30, 2011. What Happened to Gloomy Predictions? Posted by American Forum. By Frank Knapp, Jr. Economic reports show that most job growth in our country this year has come from small- and medium-size businesses. That trend will only accelerate, according to the recently released Small Business Index from the Center for Excellence in Service at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Fortunately, the gloom and doome...
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American Forum Op-Ed: March 2012
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Thursday, March 8, 2012. Obama’s Energy Plan for America: “All of the Above” Is More of the Same. Posted by American Forum. America is facing a crisis of leadership. We need and deserve a vision and strategy to meet the energy and economic challenges facing the United States. Why proliferate the dangers and the security risks if there are alternatives? The situation is so bad in one Pennsylvania town that a special pipeline had to be built to bring in dr...
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American Forum Op-Ed: May 2011
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Arizona’s on Track for Passenger Rail. Posted by American Forum. Over the past few decades, Arizona’s population has skyrocketed, but our population growth hasn’t been matched by an investment in public transportation, leaving most Arizonans to rely on their cars to get around. It seems like no matter how many times we expand the I-10, it’s near impossible to drive between Phoenix and Tucson without getting stuck in traffic&...
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American Forum Op-Ed: Virginia and the Death Penalty: A Disturbing Legacy
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Virginia and the Death Penalty: A Disturbing Legacy. Posted by American Forum. By King Salim Khalfani and Stephen A. Northup. According to the most recent polling data, public support for the death. Penalty is at its lowest level in decades. Four states have ended. Capital punishment since 2007 and strong abolition efforts are underway. In a number of other states. So where is Virginia in this current national debate? Notwithsta...
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American Forum Op-Ed: The European Reaction to Fukushima
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Thursday, March 8, 2012. The European Reaction to Fukushima. Posted by American Forum. Energy policy in the United States is more a political game than a serious public discussion. The newest incarnation of energy policy-by-advertising-. Campaigns is the Clean Energy Standard, supported by the President and various members of Congress. Despite general agreement of a strategic approach to energy policy, the reaction of European governments to the nuclear ...
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American Forum Op-Ed: February 2011
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Egypt: A Warning for U.S. Democracy. Posted by American Forum. By Frank Knapp Jr. There is a lesson here for our country. This important issue was the topic of many meetings on my recent trip to Washington - reducing the extraordinary influence of big corporate money in our government. Last year’s Citizens United Supreme Court ruling that corporations are “people” that have a Constitutional right to spend...Our government R...
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American Forum Op-Ed: September 2011
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Taking Issues from the Sidelines to the Headlines. Friday, September 16, 2011. A Jobs Crisis We Can Solve. Posted by American Forum. By Sarah van Gelder. President Obama is proposing important steps toward doing what Americans have been asking for since the financial collapse of 2008—putting a focus on families and jobs. In Cleveland, a local foundation, inner-city residents, hospital and university collaborated to create locally rooted cooperatives that supply these and other institutions with solar ene...
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