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Richard Trzupek

Richard Trzupek

Richard J. Trzupek is a chemist and environmental consultant as well as an analyst at the Heartland Institute. He is also the author of " Regulators Gone Wild: How the EPA Is Ruining American Industry."

A Prayer for America

Commentary I weep for my country, once a beacon of hope in a troubled world, once proud, once ...

Viewpoints July 23, 2020
Bjorn Lomborg’s ‘False Alarm’ Brings Reason to Climate Change Debate

Commentary No matter your predispositions regarding the climate change issue, you’re sure to find something alarmingly objectionable about ...

Viewpoints June 30, 2020
We Will Not Be Broken

Commentary Many have observed that a crisis often brings out the best in humanity. It's a joyful, hopeful ...

Viewpoints March 23, 2020
A Tumultuous Time to Re-Elect a President

Commentary The election was about six months away. Everyone believed that it would be as important an election ...

Viewpoints March 2, 2020
Rick Wilson Is Wrong to Underestimate Trump’s Supporters

Commentary In case you missed it (and you probably did because who watches CNN anymore?), former Republican strategist ...

Viewpoints February 4, 2020
Was There Another Reason for Electricity Shutdowns in California?

Commentary According to the official, widely reported story, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) shut down substantial portions of ...

Viewpoints November 1, 2019
‘There Is No Climate Emergency’: Scientists Call for Reasoned Debate

Commentary The message was clear: “There is no climate emergency.” With those five simple words, a global network ...

Viewpoints October 2, 2019
Reconsidering the Virtues of Recycling

Commentary Proposed: Most people are inherently good and want to do good things. That, I sincerely believe, is ...

Viewpoints September 18, 2019
No, the Trump Administration Isn’t Rolling Back Environmental Controls

Commentary Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland are both tremendous entertainers. As environmental analysts, they fall a bit short. ...

Viewpoints September 10, 2019
David Koch’s Legacy Should Be Considered With Pride, Admiration

Commentary The Koch brothers are often demonized by celebrities and activists who are either willfully ignorant of all ...

Viewpoints August 27, 2019
Disputing (Again) That US Air Quality Is Worsening

Commentary The headline of the Aug. 13 story in U.S. News & World Report certainly catches one’s attention: ...

Viewpoints August 19, 2019
To Rosanna Arquette: Appearances Don’t Matter, Accomplishments Do

Commentary The 1985 western "Silverado" is one of my favorite movies. Mostly a light-hearted action flick, there are ...

Viewpoints August 14, 2019
US Air Quality Isn’t Slipping: Taking a Closer Look at the Data

Commentary On June 18, The Associated Press published a story under the byline of Seth Borenstein and Nicky ...

Viewpoints June 27, 2019
Final Thoughts: Risk in Modern America, Part 5

Commentary How should this examination of the way Americans perceive and manage risk in the 21st century be ...

Viewpoints June 25, 2019
Natural Versus Man-Made: Risk in Modern America, Part 3

Commentary When last we visited the complex subject of risk in America, we discussed how the issue is ...

Viewpoints June 2, 2019
You Need to Take Risks to Innovate: Risk in Modern America, Part 4

Commentary For many, perhaps most, of the people who believe that climate change is an immediate threat to ...

Viewpoints June 2, 2019
The Risk-Communication Playbook: Risk in Modern America, Part 2

Commentary The writer Upton Sinclair may not have invented risk communication in the United States, but he surely ...

Viewpoints May 15, 2019
Should We Be Worried? Risk in Modern America: Part 1

Commentary We do many things astonishingly well as a modern society. Our communications technology rivals anything Gene Roddenberry ...

Viewpoints May 7, 2019
Proposed Committee Chance to Prove Climate Science Settled, So Why the Opposition?

Commentary It’s sad, but the nature of public discourse today is becoming more and more about preventing public ...

Viewpoints March 29, 2019
Earth Hour: Good for the Planet, Right?

Commentary Friday, March 30, will include this year’s version of “Earth Hour,” a rather pointless gesture of symbolic ...

Viewpoints March 28, 2019
Five Ways That Environmental NGOs Hurt US Industry

Commentary It’s been more than 35 years since, fresh out of Loyola University armed with a degree in ...

Viewpoints March 15, 2019
Apply a Double Standard and You Have No Standards at All

Commentary One of the hallmarks of civilized society is standards. It’s a sweeping concept. Standards can apply to ...

Viewpoints March 13, 2019
Approaching Each Other With Respect, Even When We Disagree

Commentary As Democrat after Democrat races farther and farther left at unprecedented speed, we should pause to consider ...

Viewpoints March 6, 2019
Hate Crimes on the Rise, but Against Whom?

Commentary The exposure of Jussie Smollett’s alleged hate crime hoax left a lot of people with egg on ...

Viewpoints February 26, 2019
Why Are We Afraid of Nuclear Energy?

Commentary I'm old enough to remember a time when using the term “nuclear energy” didn't evoke the fear ...

Viewpoints February 14, 2019
Green New Deal Part 4: How Much?

Commentary We’re nearing the finish line at last. We know what we’re going to add to eliminate virtually ...

Viewpoints February 13, 2019
There’s a Better Way to ‘Go Green,’ Georgetown

Commentary As a fitting postscript to our four-part series about the challenges and limitations of utility-scale renewable energy, ...

Viewpoints February 1, 2019

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