Dr. Porter is a frequent author of op-ed pieces for major regional and national newspapers on issues such as municipal and hazardous wastes, recycling, agricultural biotechnology, global climate change, and other environmental topics. Listed below are a number of his most recent op-eds.
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"A
nuclear option for water "
Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va. |
9/09 |
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"Global
Warming...the science is not settled"
Atlanta Journal Constitution |
5/09 |
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"Bigger
Is Not Always Better In Engineering Education"
Indianapolis Star |
8/08 |
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"For
zero risk, high energy prices"
Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va. |
8/07/08 |
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"Uranium
mining has to be an option"
Daily Press, Newport News, Va. |
3/30/08 |
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"We need more oil refineries"
Daily Press, Newport News, Va. |
11/25/05 |
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"Kerry's
Convoluted Approach to the Environment"
Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
10/21/04 |
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"A
Common Sense Approach to Power Plant Emissions"
The Virginian-Pilot |
5/13/04 |
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"Wrong
Way to Make Polluters Pay"
The Washington Post |
10/7/03 |
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"Polluter
Tax an Unfair Way to Fund Cleanup"
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
7/2/02 |
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"Who
Pays At Issue In Superfund Cleanup"
Indianapolis Star |
6/2/02 |
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"Megatons
to Megawatts a Good Deal"
The Newport News Daily Press |
11/22/01 |
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"Ethanol
is the fuel of a clean-air future"
Rockford Register Star |
8/26/01 |
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"The
use of ethanol right move"
Albany Times-Union |
8/16/01 |
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"Growing
our way out of an energy crunch"
The Indianapolis Star |
6/24/01 |
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"Gore
dodges specifics on polluters"
The Atlanta Journal |
10/23/00 |
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"Special
and Other Interests"
Austin
American-Statesman |
5/22/00 |
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"Gore
renews unbalanced views"
The Atlanta Journal |
5/19/00 |
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"EPA
report card on industrial emissions is a failure"
Roanoke Times & World-News (also appeared in Trenton Times
0n 4/4/00) |
4/12/00 |
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"Somewhere
in the cornfield of the future"
Omaha World-Herald |
4/2/00 |
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"Growing
greener, and smarter"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
12/28/99 |
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"Activists
fail to see good in biotech crops"
The Columbus Dispatch |
12/1/99 |
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"Mercury
emissions from China exceed USA"
The Virginian-Pilot |
8/98 |
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"Playing
the game to meet 50 percent recycling law"
The Sacramento Bee |
4/23/97 |
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"Too
much recycling can be a waste of resources"
The Atlanta Constitution |
3/9/97 |
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"More
money for Superfund?"
Rocky Mountain News |
10/1/96 |
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"Should
we stop recycling?"
Newsday |
9/9/96 |
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“Time
to Rethink Germany’s Onerous Environmental Laws”
The Wall Street Journal Europe |
10/19/94 |
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“Let
States Clean Up Superfund’s Mess”
The New York Times |
2/6/94 |
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“Trash
That Recycling Plan”
The Wall Street Journal |
6/28/93 |
