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About Christina Norman

Christina Norman serves as the Director of Development for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. She is also responsible for CFACT’s website building, web maintenance, and graphic design. Christina holds a BA from the University of MN-Duluth and is a graduate of the Koch Associate Program. Christina is passionate about the environment and outdoors, particularly our lakes and rivers in Minnesota. She and her husband live in Lake Elmo, and have 3 beautiful children.

Supreme Court rebukes EPA in landmark property rights case

By Dr. Jeff EdgensProperty rights in America are sinking to the bottom of a regulatory swamp. The biggest threat to property rights is unchallenged bureaucratic decisions that command property owners to do the bidding of the EPA while not allowing those citizens the opportunity to be heard. One couple caught in this legal quagmire is Mike and Chantell Sackett, of Priest Lake, Idaho, where they bought property in 2008 to build the home of their dreams. They secured all of the necessary permits and began work to fill the land and to prepare the site for the construction of their lake [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-03-23T07:27:02-04:00March 23rd, 2012|Comments Off

Polluted science contaminates National Toxicology Program

The National Toxicology Program recently revised its process for listing carcinogens in our air and water. But does it go too far? Angela Logomasini of the Competitive Enterprise Institute offers this analysis: “Unfortunately, the federal National Toxicology Program’s carcinogen listing process has little connection to science. A CEI study shows that the criteria the agency uses are subjective rather than scientific. As a result, the agency often labels many perfectly safe and valuable products as dangerous, inviting unnecessary regulations that undermining consumer freedom and innovation. To ensure bad NTP decisions don’t adversely impact consumers, Congress needs to seriously reform [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-02-27T00:00:00-05:00February 27th, 2012|Comments Off

Free market keeps bee numbers buzzing

While there are many insects which pollinate flowering plants, the most celebrated is of course the honey bee. And while important for farmers and gardeners, the honey bee has been experiencing hardship over the past decade through a phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Weakening its immune system, this mysterious disease kills one in three bees each year, and conservationists are at a loss as to its origins. Fortunately, according to the group PERC, the free market is ensuring honey bee numbers stay healthy as bee keepers that specialize in stocking hives with new worker and queen bees have [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-02-23T00:00:00-05:00February 23rd, 2012|Comments Off

Captive U.S. tigers no threat to wild brethren

Do captive tigers in the U.S. pose a danger to their brothers who live in the wild? The World Wildlife Fund says "yes" and wants to ban private tiger ownership in the U.S., claiming their body parts could enter the illegal trade and increase demand in Asia as well as poaching. But South African wildlife expert Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes refutes this claim, noting that a recent census found less than 3,000 privately owned tigers in the U.S., with most found in licensed zoos and sanctuaries. Even if U.S. tiger parts did somehow enter the world market, it makes no [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-02-17T00:00:00-05:00February 17th, 2012|Comments Off

Ontario’s Green energy boondoggle

As politicians push for expensive Green energy, stories about soaring costs and a lack of promised jobs are abounding. Now Canada's Financial Post reports that a scathing internal audit of Ontario's Green energy program reveals waste and abuse that makes the Solyndra scandal look mild. Apparently, Ontario's Liberal government charged ahead with a Green energy plan in 2009 that didn't allow cost-benefit analysis or cost-cutting alternatives that would have saved ratepayers at least $8 billion. Contracts are now locked in for renewable energy the province doesn't need, companies are being paid billions not to produce electricity, and rates, which [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-02-13T00:00:00-05:00February 13th, 2012|Comments Off

Morano debunks Chevy Volt Super Bowl ad with aliens

Morano: "Ad is an insult to space aliens. Why would space aliens be impressed with a car that already had the same results in 1896? The 1896 Roberts electric car got the exact same battery range as the Chevy volt -- 40 miles. If people are sober, they are not going to be swayed by this [Volt] ad. With all the govt mandates and subsidies, this is what is known as a huge government boondoggle."

By Christina Norman |2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00February 7th, 2012|Comments Off

Signing global warming’s death certificate

By Alan CarubaThe sixteen names of the scientists who jointly signed the article in the Wall Street Journal, “No Need to Panic About Global Warming” on January 27th are mostly unknown to the general public. Perhaps the best known would be Harrison H. Schmidt, a former Apollo 17 astronaut and U.S. Senator. Others might recognize Burt Rutan, an aerospace engineer and designer of Voyager and SpaceShip One. Moreover, not only were the signers distinguished scientists, but they came from places like Paris, France and Cambridge, England, Jerusalem, Israel, and Geneva, Switzerland. Mostly climatologists and meteorologists, some were physicists and astrophysicists. Antonio [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-09-19T21:01:33-04:00February 2nd, 2012|Comments Off

Georgia needs Plant Washington’s affordable energy

By Jeff EdgensPlant Washington is a planned 850-MW base-load, 24/7 facility capable of generating 6.7 billion kWh of electricity a year; it will use a mixture of pulverized low-sulfur Powder River Basin and Illinois basin coal and will be one of the cleanest, most efficient coal plants in the nation. Like all energy projects today, Plant Washington is under attack. Its supporters are fighting back. This article was originally published in the The Marietta Daily Journal. The recent op-ed from a Cobb EMC member questioning the need for Plant Washington demonstrates a surprising misunderstanding of energy markets from someone who worked in the industry [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-10-25T11:25:05-04:00January 20th, 2012|Comments Off

The EPA Grinch stuffs America’s stocking with costly mercury regulations

Every person in America liked electricity a lot,But the Grinch at the EPA - did not.The Grinch hated electricity, all the prosperity it brought.Now, please do ask why, we quite know the reason!EPA subscribes to a Green worldview,One that puts nature above me and you!This afternoon EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson released a barrage of new rules called "Mercury and Air Toxics Standards" that will do nothing to protect human health while raising electricity prices and costing the economy billions of dollars. She pulled out all the propaganda stops, holding the press conference at a children's hospital and inviting a pastor from [...]

By Christina Norman |2011-12-21T15:41:57-05:00December 21st, 2011|Comments Off

CFACT makes media waves at COP17 climate talks

CFACT has garnered widespread media attention over the last few days here at the UN climate change conference. After parachuting the truth about Climategate 2.0 onto a Durban beach, CFACT held a press conference with Senator Inhofe and released Climate Depot's new "A-Z Climate Reality Check" special report. Read on for a sampling of the resulting media coverage: Glenn Beck's The Blaze, "Climate Skeptics Parachute into Climate Conference City Waving Climategate 2.0 Banners": On Tuesday, a skydiving team from the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) parachuted down on Toti beach, near the city where the 17th Conference of the Parties [...]

By Christina Norman |2011-12-08T03:21:35-05:00December 8th, 2011|Comments Off

CFACT press conference to feature U.S. Senator Inhofe

C F A C T The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 6 December, 2011 Media Advisory CFACT press conference to feature U.S. Senator Inhofe Wednesday, 7 December, 15:30 Room Kosi Palm (ICC Level 2) DURBAN, South Africa, Dec. 6, 2011 -- On Wednesday, 7 December at 15:30 CFACT will cosponsor a press conference with U.S. Senator James Inhofe in Room Kosi Palm (ICC level 2). On Tuesday, CFACT conducted a highly publicized parachute drop which called attention to Climategate 2.0 (details including usable video of the drop and Lord Monckton jumping from the plane at www.CFACT.tv). The Wednesday [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-09-19T17:21:14-04:00December 7th, 2011|Comments Off

Senator Inhofe and CFACT hold press conference in Durban

On Wednesday, 7 December at 15:30 CAT (local time) CFACT cosponsored a press conference with U.S. Senator James Inhofe at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa. View highlights from the press conference, including Senator Inhofe's statement, above. If you wish to watch the full 30-minutes, the UN has made the full press conference available as a webcast here.On Tuesday, CFACT conducted a highly publicized parachute drop which called attention to Climategate 2.0.The Wednesday press conference featured an analysis from Senator Inhofe of the prospects of a new climate treaty in the U.S. Senate. The conference also featured the [...]

By Christina Norman |2011-12-07T00:00:00-05:00December 7th, 2011|Comments Off

CFACT parachutes into Durban Climate Conference

Earlier today, CFACT's skydiving team parachuted past COP17 onto Amanzimtoti beach. The divers trailed smoke and banners proclaiming "Climategate 2.0, Science Not Settled" and "No New Treaty." Multiple media outlets showed up to record the event, including the AP, BBC, and South Africa's national news network. It was a huge success! Climategate 2.0 can not be ignored! The second batch of emails from scientists working on the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change contain shocking revelations which show an insular cadre of climate scientists coordinating efforts to place advocacy ahead of science, stifle dissent, and conceal information which detracts from a [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-09-19T19:13:12-04:00December 6th, 2011|Comments Off

CFACT parachutes into Durban Climate Conference

Earlier today, CFACT's skydiving team parachuted past COP17 onto Amanzimtoti beach. The divers trailed smoke and banners proclaiming "Climategate 2.0, Science Not Settled" and "No New Treaty." Multiple media outlets showed up to record the event, including the AP, BBC, and South Africa's national news network. It was a huge success! Climategate 2.0 can not be ignored! The second batch of emails from scientists working on the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change contain shocking revelations which show an insular cadre of climate scientists coordinating efforts to place advocacy ahead of science, stifle dissent, and conceal information which detracts from a [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-09-19T22:46:13-04:00December 6th, 2011|Comments Off

Climategate 2.0 parachutes into COP17

C F A C T The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2011 Climategate 2.0 parachutes into COP17 CFACT skydivers to tow banners into UN Durban conference Lord Monckton, Craig Rucker, Climate Depot to parachute Emails exposing biased science cannot be ignored On Tuesday, December 6 at 11:00 AM, CFACT skydivers will parachute past COP17 trailing banners demanding attention to the Climategate 2.0 emails. The skydiving team will land at Toti beach. Media and all interested persons are invited to the beach to observe the landing. The second batch of emails from scientists working on the UN's [...]

By Christina Norman |2012-09-19T17:21:14-04:00December 5th, 2011|Comments Off