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California Assembly Rejects Fracking Ban
James M. Taylor, J.D.... gas fracking sites in Arkansas. As Environment & Climate News recently reported, the U... Jackson, who led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the first four years of... Ph.D. in groundwater hydrology, told Environment & Climate News (which is published by... How many decades of a spotless... ...
Colorado House Considers More Renewable Power Mandates
James M. Taylor, J.D.... to come. Similarly, there is no environmental case for renewable power, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports natural gas power reduces emissions... in large part to advances in environmental technologies related to coal power. Since Colorado passed its renewable power mandate in 2007... ...
James Taylor Testifies on Ohio Renewable Mandates
James M. Taylor, J.D.... renewable power. According the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, natural gas power reduces emissions of the Six Principal Pollutants by 90 percent versus coal power. Natural gas is essentially an emissions-free power source. Forcing expensive renewable power upon Ohio consumers will have devastating consequences... ...
James Taylor Testifies on Ohio Renewable Mandates
Testimony - James M. Taylor, J.D.... renewable power. According the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, natural gas power reduces emissions of the Six Principal Pollutants by 90 percent versus coal power. Natural gas is essentially an emissions-free power source. Forcing expensive renewable power upon Ohio consumers will have devastating... ...
Obama Chooses Energy Foe McCarthy to Lead EPA
James M. Taylor, J.D.... new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ‘Transform the Power Sector’ McCarthy is... argued at the 2011 Energy, Utility & Environment Conference (EUEC) in Phoenix, Arizona. She... higher than the value other federal agencies assign to lives saved or extended... vice president for the Science... ...
James Taylor: The future of energy and environment policy
James M. Taylor, J.D.James M. Taylor, senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Environment & Climate News, talks with Jim Lakely about the future of energy and environment policy in a second term for... fracking revolution, green energy projects, the Environmental Protection... ...
President Makes the Case for Uranium Mining
James M. Taylor, J.D.... southern Virginia and benefit area residents. Agencies Ensure Safety A multitude of federal and state agencies would oversee uranium mining in Virginia... safe for human health and the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Army... just a few... ...
Uranium Mining a No-Risk Boon for Virginia, Nation
James M. Taylor, J.D.... we use. Activists Oppose Everything Unfortunately, environmental activists protest every new energy project... restricting the use of natural gas. Environmental activists support wind and solar energy... A multitude of federal and state agencies would oversee uranium mining in Virginia... safe for human health and... ...
EPA Accused of Using Secret Email Accounts to Avoid Transparency
James M. Taylor, J.D.... Committee is investigating whether U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson is conducting official business using secret email accounts. If true, this would not only make a mockery of Obama’s transparency pledge, it may also violate federal law. Competitive Enterprise Institute senior... ...
Issue #71: Heartland Institute Announces ICCC-8
James M. Taylor, J.D.... and director of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, and Heartland Senior Fellow... and economics on the most important environmental debate of our age.” SOURCE: PR... demanding Congress rein in a “rogue” Environmental Protection Agency. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) and The Heartland Institute... ...
James Taylor: future of energy and environment policy
Jim Lakely, James M. Taylor, J.D.James M. Taylor, senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Environment & Climate News, talks with Jim Lakely about the future of energy and environment policy in a second term for... fracking revolution, green energy projects, the Environmental Protection... ...
EPA Prepares Regulatory Onslaught in Obama Lame Duck Period
James M. Taylor, J.D.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning a regulatory onslaught during President Obama’s lame-duck period if he loses his reelection bid tomorrow. Most significantly, the Washington Examiner reports EPA is planning on implementing new coal restrictions before President-Elect Romney would take office. The... ...
Citizens Petition to Rein in EPA Gains Momentum
James M. Taylor, J.D.... to rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Heartland Institute is still collecting... http://heartland.org/citizens-petition-rein-environmental-protection-agency#Petition ). A Heartland Institute press release... http://heartland.org/citizens-petition-rein-environmental-protection-agency... ...
Utilities, Farmers, State Officials Launch Ohio River Water Quality Program
James M. Taylor, J.D.... agriculture, and ultimately, consumers and the environment.” Farmers will make water quality improvements... including buffer zones around waterways and environmentally friendly cover crops that will scrub... EPA Overkill “The myth spread by environmental activists and proponents of big government... the powers of... ...
Issue #62: U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Continue to Decline
James M. Taylor, J.D.... government-imposed restrictions. Yes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations that punish coal power plants are somewhat responsible for the shift to natural gas power, but so too are technological advances and new natural gas discoveries that have dramatically reduced the price of natural gas. For... ...
EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Thrown Out by Federal Court
James M. Taylor, J.D.... appeals threw out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule... to craft their own plans to protect the environment,” said Heartland Institute Science Director Jay... dictating to the states what their environmental policies must be. “EPA was established to help... ...
Issue #60: Tornado Activity Reaches Record Lows in 2012
James M. Taylor, J.D.... TO EXTREMIST GROUPS The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is handing over $1.9 million in taxpayer dollars to environmental extremist groups working for “environmental justice.” EPA is awarding grants to... 76 non-profit organizations and local governments under its environmental justice... ...
Federal Court Strikes Down EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
James M. Taylor, J.D.... appeals threw out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, saying EPA usurped too much authority from individual states and ordered states to make deeper emissions cuts than authorized under federal law. Under the Clean Air Act, the individual states retain authority to draft... ...
Coalition Urges EPA to Defer to Alaska Officials Regarding Proposed Mine
James M. Taylor, J.D.... sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson urging her to... taking unprecedented measures to ensure sound environmental stewardship at the mine. EPA has... even before the partnership submits required environmental reports and proposals. The text of... Lisa P. Jackson... ...
House Testimony: EPA Grossly Overstates Economic Benefits of Regulation
James M. Taylor, J.D.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is grossly overstating the economic benefits of its various environmental restrictions, environmental expert Richard Trzupek told the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on... and Technology. Trzupek, a chemist and environmental... ...