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Dec 19, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency: $353 billion Annually to Comply with Regulations; Most of Any Agency

Ryan Young Competitive Enterprise Institute

... card focuses on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.... ...

Dec 14, 2012

The Leaflet - Carbon Tax Runs Into Opposition

The Leaflet - John Nothdurft

... Urge Congress to Oppose Carbon Taxes Environment & Climate Dear United States Senators and... to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and protect the world’s climate. The revenue... gas emissions.) Higher carbon taxes cause environmental harm. Carbon taxes force the substitution... energy sources cause real and... ...

Dec 13, 2012

Dig It! Rare Earth and Uranium Mining Potential in the States

Tom Tanton American Legislative Exchange Council

... than eight different state and federal agencies would be responsible for overseeing and... preparedness, fire safety, and most importantly, environmental protection. Virginia would be no different. Today... that have successfully prevented any major environmental problems from arising. These states also take... ...

Dec 7, 2012

Minnesotans Looking for New Leader to Fight EPA Regional Haze Application

Bonner R. Cohen

... restore balance between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental protection agencies. Minnesotans now must look for a... new leader to stand up for state environmental protection agencies, as former Congressman Rick Nolan rode... taconite plants in... ...

Dec 5, 2012

West Virginia Workers Laid Off as EPA Withholds Mining Permits

Bonner R. Cohen

... it needs from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a surface mining project in... disrupt mountain streams and thus cause environmental harm. The delay in getting the... of both parties, who blame the agency for the lost opportunity to create... said Teresa Platt, director of the Environment... ...

Dec 5, 2012

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... ...

Dec 4, 2012

Thousands Sign Petition to Rein in EPA

Jim Lakely

... Congress rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) accepted... move full-steam ahead with new environmental regulations, Inhofe noted. On Oct. 18... member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released a report... existing regulations would effectively... ...

Nov 29, 2012

Farm Bureaus Can Join Suit Challenging EPA Stormwater Regulation, Court Rules

Alyssa Carducci

... farm owner suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for overstepping its bounds in regulating... own resources in challenging the federal agency. “If EPA’s argument prevails in this case, virtually every large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (“CAFO”) would likely have an obligation to obtain... ...

Nov 27, 2012

Heartland Institute Presents More than 16,000 Petitions to Congress: Rein in the EPA

Jim Lakely

... Americans demanding Congress rein in the Environmental Protection Agency . [Read the op-ed on today... part: "EPA has become a rogue agency, spending billions of dollars (approximately $9... size, power, and cost of the agency." The petition asks Congress to repeal... benefit analysis be applied to... ...

Nov 19, 2012

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... ...

Nov 19, 2012

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... ...

Nov 16, 2012

ADEQ Opposes Control Strategy by EPA to Reduce Visibility Impact from Arizona Electricity Generating Stations

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials denounced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to impose unnecessarily strict... Johns under a program designed to protect visibility, not public health. EPA’s action requires the installation of more than $500 million in air pollution... ...

Nov 15, 2012

The Regional Haze Settlement Agreement Is a Terrible Deal for New Mexico

William Yeatman Competitive Enterprise Institute

... months of negotiation, the New Mexico Environment Department proposed a settlement agreement, to bridge the gap between the state and the EPA on Regional Haze.. This working paper, published by The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Rio Grande Foundation, argues that New Mexico is much better off continuing to... ...

Nov 15, 2012

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... ...

Nov 5, 2012

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... ...

Nov 1, 2012

Report: Regulations Leave Unanswered Questions, Differing Rules

Matthew Glans

... 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... ...

Oct 30, 2012

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... ...

Oct 18, 2012

Wyoming Regains Management of Wolf Population

Kenneth Artz

... 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... ...

Oct 16, 2012

California Ends Ethanol Subsidies

Kenneth Artz

... 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... ...

Oct 15, 2012

Time to Allow Uranium Mining in Virginia

Jack Spencer, Katie Tubb Heritage Foundation

... 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... ...

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