The Heartland Institute

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... ...

... challenges from a changing global regulatory environment which is fraught with unanswered questions... involves an alphabet soup of government agencies and organizations. The report says the... two common objectives being pursued globally: protecting consumers and preventing another global financial crisis like... ...

... 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... ...

... wolves from federal Endangered Species Act protections. Wolf Populations Rebounding Regaining managerial control... is a win-win for the environment, the economy, and state sovereignty,” said... and be managed by the state agencies so that if there is an... they could be considered again for protection under... ...

... new law, which was supported by environmental activist groups such as the Sierra... Carter said. “Also, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has put out a call for... Policy Analysis, noted the legislation highlights environmental activists’ frequently changing environmental positions. “It... ...

... mining is safe for workers, the environment, and surrounding populations. The federal government... also, according to the owners, in protecting the “values of the community and environmental stewardship.” [6] They believed that they... Departments of Mines, Minerals and Energy; Environmental Quality; and... ...

... seven governors petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to waive its ethanol fuel mandate... flooding, harmed the economy or the environment and the damage is not restricted to just one industry. “The ethanol mandate is one of the worst policies the federal government has placed on the... ...

Pennsylvania environmental permits will be issued in a... an Executive Order speeding up the environmental permit process. Corbett’s order requires the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to immediately begin assessing how best to make timely environmental permitting decisions. The order also... ...

... Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency imposes a 10 millirem limit on... been proven safe to both the environment and public health under current regulations... congressmen who have fought back to protect the state’s energy costs and... the focus of the U.S. Environmental... ...

...A federal appeals court ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by... plants to modify their facilities and protecting them from further regulation as long... air permitting system in 2010. The agency decided the system “did not meet several national requirements... ...

... a tactic is economically destructive and environmentally unnecessary, MacIver said, given already substantial... long-term declines in emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports emissions of the six principle pollutants have declined by 67 percent since 1980, even while the U.S. population... ...

... 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... ...

... settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Sierra Club over alleged... s EPA chief took office, the agency issued finding after finding that would... in exchange for distant—and dubious—environmental ends,” congressman and vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R... ...

... 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... ...

... 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... ...

Earlier this year, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and President Barack... fracturing has lost traction, and radical environmental activist groups, in a continuing attempt... in North America—Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman Bryan Shaw, Ph.D... Clean Air Act. The... ...

... 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... ...

... fracturing in New York State, extreme environmental activist groups are pressuring him to... hydraulic fracturing. A Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection air sampling report for gas exploration... the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released its highly anticipated Revised... ...

... a memo claiming humans harm the environment by eating meat and urging USDA... One simple way to reduce your environmental impact while dining at our cafeterias... day of the week help the environment? The production of meat, especially beef... (and dairy as well), has a large environmental impact. According... ...

... Not Fear: Teaching Children About the Environment . Instead, he said, “They do behavior... basically do certain things they consider environmentally correct without good, hard evidence and... is profound,” said Tim Ball, an environmental consultant and retired University of Winnipeg... on Advocacy NSF is a federal... ...