USA Today 07/14/2008 By Michael Shank That China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa nudged the richer G8 nations to “take the lead in achieving…greenhouse gas emissions reductions” is entirely appropriate, despite the fact that it flies in the face of American finger-pointing (“Bush lauds G-8 leaders for work on […]
THE HILL 07/10/08 By Michael Shank That Congress is pressuring oil companies to “use it or lose it” on public lands is understandable enough given constituent discontent with rocketing petrol prices (article, “Energy bill out of gas,” July 8). But this narrow and nebulous agenda is near-sighted for two reasons. […]
THE HILL 04/22/08 By Michael Shank and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) Earth Day, for some, is comparable to a sacred holiday, reminding us to tread carefully on nature’s hallowed ground. For others, Earth Day serves as a starter on the basics of recycling and light-bulb changing. Regardless of the myriad […]
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH 02/22/08 By Michael Shank and US Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) It’s missing the point to think about the United Nations climate change conference in Bali last December based upon on whether specific targets were agreed upon or not. This point ignores dramatic historical changes in the world concerning […]
Baltimore Sun 02/15/2008 By Michael Shank Not only did the 1st District lose a congressman our Founding Fathers would have been proud of, but Congress lost a representative any democracy would be proud of (“Change-minded electorate ousts Wynn, Gilchrest,” Feb. 13). Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest was a rare breed on […]
THE HILL 02/06/08 By Michael Shank In the article “Club for Growth goes after Gilchrest with ad buy” (Feb. 1), caustic conservatives, wielding a weighty $590,000 in television ad spending, queue to attack Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) prior to Maryland’s Feb. 12 GOP primary. Those in Washington favoring a deliberative […]
The Economist 02/01/2008 By Michael Shank SIR – America will not adopt constraints on its emissions when a new president is inaugurated (“Get the price right”, January 19th). The momentum in Washington is simply not there. Last year’s energy legislation was passed by a Democratic Congress, which failed to eke […]
Foreign Policy in Focus 01/15/2008 By Michael Shank For many Democrat voters, John McCain represents the least bad Republican presidential candidate on the ballot. Democrats not wanting the Bible in the White House are disinclined toward southern Baptist Mike Huckabee, and those not wanting a doubled-in-size Guantanamo or an immigrant-free […]
Foreign Policy in Focus 12/26/2007 By Michael Shank Standing in prime position in the final weeks of pre-primary campaigning, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee seems poised to potentially rout his two major contenders, candidates Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney in the upcoming caucuses. There is reason for Huckabee’s recent rise […]
THE HILL 12/06/07 By Michael Shank Coinciding with the United Nations climate change conference in Bali this week, Congress remains mired in energy bill deliberations. And it appears that foreign leaders abroad are the more formidable fighters against global warming. In the article “New groups get in ring as energy […]