Pentagon still assessing need for critical materials–DOD analyst
E&E News PM: The NCPA’s Rare Earths and National Security Conference focused on the crucial need for domestic supplies of rare earths materials.
Employers Consider Dropping Insurance Plans Once Health Law Provisions Take Effect
FoxNews.com – Fox News quotes NCPA President John Goodman on health reform incentivizing private companies to drop employee health insurance coverage.
Drug Industry: Higher Prices Would End Shortages
Wall Street Journal-Smart Money: NCPA’s Devon Herrick was quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal Article on the drug shortage crisis.
Wealth and resentment
The Dallas Morning News: DC reporter Jim Landers includes Pam Villarreal’s views on wealth and income disparities.
Will Green Energy Make the United States Less Secure?
Environmentalists have long cited the harms caused by fossil fuels as evidence of the need to move to green energy sources, such as wind and solar power. Recently, some conservatives have joined their cause. Citing national security, those concerned about the United States’ freedom to act in its geopolitical interest have begun to embrace renewable energy as a means of reducing America’s reliance on foreign oil.