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Opinions: Published
Letters to the Editor
2009
Real Scientists Did Not Predict Ice Age
by Washington REP member Bill
Ray ; published in the Herald, Everett,
WA;
December 8, 2009
Real Win: Freeing Ourselves of Oil
by Washington REP member Bill
Ray ; published in the Herald, Everett,
WA;
November 30, 2009
Happy Birthday, Theodore Roosevelt!
by California REP member Errol
Tremolada ; published in MoreMarin.com, Greenbrae,
CA;
October 27, 2009
Sorting Out Facts on Energy Bill
by South Carolina REP
Coordinator Chester Sansbury ; published in The
State, Columbia, SC;
October 15, 2009
Nuclear Options Costs
by Jim DiPeso ,
REP vice president for policy and communications; published in The
Enterprise, Shoreline, WA;
August 26, 2009
Cap-and-Trade Bill Worth the Cost
by South Carolina REP
Coordinator Chester Sansbury ; published in The
State, Columbia, SC;
July 30, 2009
2008
Oil profit tax not good policy
by Alabama REP member S.
Lee Ryals ; published in the Montgomery Advertiser ;
August 12, 2008
Not a One-party Issue
by Illinois REP Executive
Committee Member Stan Perrin ; published in the Northwest
Herald ; June 26, 2008
McCain is True Environmentalist
by Arizona REP Coordinator Tina
Beattie ; published in the Arizona Republic ;
June 25, 2008
A Green Elephant
by Florida REP Chapter
President Melissa Iglesias ; published in the Orlando
Sentinel ; June 14, 2008
Conservation is a Conservative Value
by Maryland REP member and
ConservAmerica director Anthony Cobb ; published in
the Baltimore Sun ; May 28, 2008
The New Green GOP
by Texas REP Chapter President Pamela
Ragon ; published in the Dallas Morning News ;
May 25, 2008
Green Hospitality
by Minnesota REP Coordinator Brian
H. Davis ; published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press ;
May 18, 2008
Generating Awareness
by Florida REP Chapter
President Melissa Iglesias ; published in the Orlando
Sentinel ; April 19, 2008
Keep down the damage to the taxpayers
by REP Government Affairs
Director David Jenkins ; published in the Roanoke
Times ; April 2, 2008
GOP and the Environment
by Illinois REP member Stan
Perrin ; published in the Northwest Herald ;
March 22, 2008
McCain is good for environment
by Alabama REP member S.
Lee Ryals ; published in the Tuscaloosa News ;
March 4, 2008
McCain for the Environment
by REP director Bill
McLaughlin ; published in the Inland Valley Daily
Bulletin , Ontario, California; February 4, 2008
2007
Republicans as conservationists
by Texas REP member Ira
Yates ; published in American Statesman ,
Austin, TX, December 27, 2007
Energy industry's flawed energy
"study"
by Ted Leach ,
REP Director and New Hampshire Coordinator; published in Monadnock
Ledger-Transcript , Peterborough, NH, December 21, 2007
Subsidy Proposal Degrades Taxpayers
and Environment
by David Jenkins ,
REP Government Affairs Director; published in The Hill ;
November 14, 2007
It's funny how things evolve
by Ted Leach ,
REP Director and New Hampshire Coordinator; published in Monadnock
Ledger-Transcript , Peterborough, NH, October 20, 2007
Development Can Tax Municipal Budgets
by Sandy Moser ,
President of the Pennsylvlania Chapter of REP; published in the Philadelphia
Inquirer ; August 17, 2007
English Should Support Bill for Fuel
Efficiency
by Sandy Moser ,
President of the Pennsylvlania Chapter of REP; published in the Erie
Times-News ; July 29, 2007
The Votes Are In for New York's Mayor
Mike
by Bob August ,
REP Tennessee State Coordinator; published in Business Week ;
edition of July 23, 2007
Dynamic Duo
by Bob August ,
REP Tennessee State Coordinator; published in TIME Magazine ;
week of July 3, 2007
Legacy Holds Environment Dear
by Jim DiPeso ,
REP Policy Director; published in the Casper (WY) Star-Tribune ;
June 25, 2007
Clean, Articulate--and Green
by Rob Sisson ,
REP Membership & Development Director; published in Outside ;
edition of June 2007
The Welches Need to Face Facts About
Global Warming
by Jim DiPeso ,
REP Policy Director; published in Business Week ;
edition of March 19, 2007
Letter on Global Warming
by Chester Sansbury ,
REP DIrector Emeritus; published in the (Columbia, SC) Free
Times ; edition of Februry 21-27, 2007
Battle for Clean Air Barely Starting
by Tina Beattie ,
Arizona Coordinator for REP; published in the Arizona Republic ;
Februry 13, 2007
Can Have Growth, Clean Air
by Pam Ragon ,
President of the Texas Chapter of REP; published in the Dallas
Morning News ; Sunday, January 21, 2007
Leave Forests to Evolve
by Jim DiPeso ,
REP Policy Director; published in The Columbian (Vancouver,
WA) ; January 16, 2007
2006
U.S. Needs Plan for Better Fuel
Efficiency
by Jim DiPeso ,
REP Policy Director; published in the Billings Gazette
on December 24, 2006
Bass knows how to get things done
by Ted Leach ,
a REP Director in Hancock, New Hampshire; published in the Nashua
Telegraph on November 2, 2006
Nixon, the leftist?
by Brooke Jennings ,
a REP member in Salt Lake City; published in the Salt Lake
Tribune on October 30, 2006
In Search of the Former GOP
by Dr. Philip R. Pryde ,
a REP member in San Diego, California; published in the San
Diego Union-Tribune on October 15, 2006
A Three-prong Plan for Governors
Island
by Michael Boyajian ,
a REP member in Fishkill, New York; published in the New
York Times on October 8, 2006
Cut Oil Dependence
by Sandy Moser ,
REP Pennsylvania Chapter President; published in the Philadelphia
Inquirer on September 14, 2006
GOP can help raise awareness on
climate
by Chester Sansbury ,
a former REP director in Columbia, South Carolina; published in The
State on September 13, 2006
Prop. 207 Promises Arizonans Water
Issues, More Taxes
by Tina Beattie ,
REP Arizona Coordinator; published in the Tucson Citizen
on August 31, 2006
Efficient light bulbs ease global
warming
by Michael Boyajian ,
a REP member in Fishkill, New York; published in the Poughkeepsie
Journal on August 6, 2006
Reduce our dependence on oil
by Sandy Moser ,
Pennsylvania REP chapter president; published in the Daily
Local News on August 4, 2006
Reinstate the Roadless Rule in Arizona
by Melanie Lawrence ,
a REP member in Arizona; published in the White Mountain
Independent on August 2, 2006
Going
Green
by Bob August ,
REP's Tennessee coordinator ; published in Newsweek
on July 25, 2006
Criticism
More Credible With Facts, Not False Charges
by Jim DiPeso ,
REP policy director; published in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer on May 18, 2006
Gerlach
Working to Keep Rivers Clean
by Sandy Moser ,
Pennsylvania REP chapter president; published in the Daily
Local News on May 18, 2006
Pennsylvania
can lead the way
by Sandy Moser ,
Pennsylvania REP chapter president; published in the Philadelphia
Inquirer on April 24, 2006
2005
Republicans Against Arctic Drilling
by David Jenkins ,
REP Government Affairs Director; published in the Washington
Times ; December 3, 2005
Thank Saxton
by John D. Gilmore,
a REP member in New Jersey; published in the Cherry
Hill Courier Post ; November 23, 2005
Arctic Drilling Isn't Answer to Fuel
Crisis
by Paula Coyne,
a REP member in Pennsylvania; published in the Philadelphia
Inquirer ; November 22, 2005
Alaska Vote a Win for GOP Moderates
by Tony Cobb,
a REP member in Maryland; published in the Baltimore
Sun ; November 16, 2005
Keep Front Quiet
by REP's Montana Coordinator Gene
Sentz ; published in the Great Falls Tribune ;
November 2, 2005
Energy Solutions
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso ; published in the Washington Times ;
October 22, 2005
Don't Sell the Park
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso ; published in the Washington Post ;
October 1, 2005
Republican Values in Loudoun
by REP Government Affairs
Director David Jenkins ; published in the Washington
Post ; August 2, 2005
George Bush's Hot Air
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso ; published in The Economist ;
July 16-22, 2005
Can Oil Group Prove its Claims?
by New Mexico REP Chapter
President Ken Whiton ; published in the Albuquerque
Journal ; March 28, 2005
Oil Drilling Plans Will Feed
Dependence
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso ; published in USA Today ;
March 21, 2005
Wilderness Champion
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso ; published in Forest ;
Spring 2005 edition
2004
Over a Barrel
by REP
Policy DirectorJim DiPeso ; published in Fortune ;
September 20, 2004
What Makes America Great: Our Wild
Lands
by REP Policy DirectorJim
DiPeso ; published in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer ; September 19, 2004
Guarding the Environment
by Sally Swenson ,
a member of the California REP Chapter; published in the San
Bernardino Sun and the Redlands
Daily Facts ; August 29, 2004
Goldwater understood true conservatism
by Nadine Gallegos ,
a member of the California REP Chapter; published in the Los
Angeles Times ; August 19, 2004
More roads in national forests is not
the answer
by Steve Bonowski ,
a member of the Colorado REP Chapter; published in the Rocky
Mountain News ; July 23, 2004
I support Bush, but not this time
by Mary Grabar ,
a REP member in Georgia; published in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution ; July 19, 2004
Pro-drilling article unconvincing
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso ; published in Outside
magazine; April 2004 edition
Bush sneaks up on national heritage
by Washington REP Chapter Vice
President Lunell Haught ; published in the Spokane
Spokesman-Review ; January 3, 2004
2003
Deadly Retreat on Clean Air
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso, published in the Boston Globe ,
November 11, 2003
Oregon Needs Renewable
Energy
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso, published in The Oregonian ,
October 9, 2003
What's Happening to Our
Forests?
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso, published in the Great Falls (MT) Tribune ,
September 19, 2003
Hippie Vegans?
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso, published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal ,
September 4, 2003
Taxpayers Will Foot Cost of Timber
Industry Boondoggle
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso, published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ,
June 20, 2003
Logging boondoggle
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso, published in the combined Sunday edition of the Denver
Post and Denver Rocky Mountain News , April 20, 2003
Asbestos warning should be issued
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso, published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ,
January 2, 2003
2002
We
must kick our Mideast oil habit
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the Dallas Morning
News , December 8, 2002, and in the Detroit
News , December 9, 2002
Wilderness
has value
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the Juneau Empire ,
August 15, 2002
Roads
in forests lead to fires
by REP member Dr.
Mark Boslough , published in the Albuquerque
Tribune , July 18, 2002
Don't
wait till we face an irreversible situation
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer , July 1, 2002
Praise
for Congressman Shays
by REP President
Martha Marks , published in the Connecticut
Post , June 19, 2002
Conservation
champions
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the Orlando Sentinel ,
June 4, 2002
Quit
whining and build cleaner cars
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the Detroit News ,
May 17, 2002
True
energy independence
by REP member Ken
Whiton , published in the Albuquerque
Tribune , April 22, 2002
Creating
energy targets for terrorists
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the Christian Science
Monitor , April 4, 2002
Failure
to improve auto fuel efficiency is short-sighted folly
by REP Director Antony
Cobb , published in the Baltimore Sun ,
March 29, 2002
Get
snowmobiles out of Yellowstone
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the New York Times ,
March 6, 2002
Rebutting
the controversial book by Bjorn Lomborg
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in Grist
e-zine , January 14, 2002
Drilling
a hole in consumers' pockets
by REP President Martha
Marks , published in the Washington
Post , January 3, 2002
2001
New Farm Policy
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in the New York Times ,
December 17, 2001
Drive carefully
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in Newsweek ,
December 10, 2001
Kicking the oil habit
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in Business Week ,
November 19, 2001
Alternative energy
by REP Policy Director Jim
DiPeso , published in The Economist ,
November 17, 2001
REP America has helped bring
Republicans to conserve
by REP America member Richard
Rininger , published in the Grand Junction
Daily Sentinel , August 18, 2001
GOP conservation ethic is not a new
revelation
by REP President, Martha
Marks , published in the Grand Junction
Daily Sentinel , August 18, 2001
Don't drill in Arctic Refuge
by REP Director, Tony
Cobb , published in the Baltimore Sun ,
August 18, 2001
Protecting environment is more than a
photo op
by REP Policy Director, Jim
DiPeso , published in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer , July 8, 2001
The Conservation G.O.P.
by REP President, Martha
Marks , published in the New York Times ,
July 8, 2001
Praise for Congresswoman Mary Bono for
her stand on energy efficienc y
by REP President, Martha
Marks , published in the Los Angeles Times ,
May 10, 2001
Protesting attempts to deny citizen
involvement in endangered species protection
by REP member Jim
Peugh , published in the San Diego Union
Tribune , April 12, 2001
Protect the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge
by REP member Jerome
Fitzpatrick , published in the Harrisburg
(PA) Patriot-News on March 21, 2001
Protect the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge
by REP member Joan
King , published in the Gainesville (GA)
Times on April 3, 2001
2000
1999
1998
Why REP Supports the EPA
by REP Director Jim
DiPeso ; posted on this web site in
February, 1998, in response to a letter asking why REP AMERICA strongly
supports the EPA
1996 & 1995