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Jan 29, 2013

EPA Cannot Regulate Water Flow, Federal Court Rules

Jeff Edgens

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot lawfully restrict the amount of... Supervisors sued EPA after the federal agency issued a regulation that would force... Clean Water Act was created to protect—as a pollutant,” Virginia Attorney General... far too many people in the agency’s bureaucracy... ...

Jan 10, 2013

BLM Rebuffs Conservation Groups, Approves California Solar Project

Alyssa Carducci

...The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a final Environmental Impact Statement approving the development of... Sunlight Project is already creating negative environmental impacts for the local region, such... already developed, damaged, or contaminated. “The Environmental Protection Agency has identified... ...

Jan 9, 2013

Research & Commentary: Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium

Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland Institute

... the oil and gas industry and environmental activists are directing their attention to... Oil & Gas Compact Commission, a government agency, between 30,000 and 50,000... shale plays. The shallow layers are protected from injected fluid by a number... cannot proceed if these layers of protection are not... ...

Jan 9, 2013

EPA Denies States’ Request for Ethanol Blending Waiver

Dave Banks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected a bipartisan request from 10... would severely harm the economy or environment of a state, a region, or... statement announcing its decision, “However, the agency’s extensive analysis makes clear that Congressional requirements for a waiver have not been... ...

Jan 8, 2013

EPA Rejects Arizona Haze Plan

Jeff Edgens

... Eastern Arizona power plants. Arizona state environmental officials say the EPA restrictions are... too costly and will provide no perceptible environmental benefits. EPA Rejects Arizona Plan The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in 2011 submitted a... haze plan to the U.S. Environmental... ...

Jan 4, 2013

Uranium Mining in Virginia: Environmental and Safety Considerations

Heartland Policy Brief - Jay Lehr, Ph.D.

... take place safely and with minimal environmental impact. At issue is a plan... and around the world without creating environmental or health problems,” he writes. “Based... an extensive regulatory regime exists to protect miners, people living near the mine... uranium resources in a safe and environmentally... ...

Jan 4, 2013

IEA: U.S. Has Resources to Become World’s Largest Oil Producer

Bonner R. Cohen

... decades, the Paris-based International Energy Agency predicts the United States will become... steps in at the behest of environmental activists. U.S. to Surpass Saudi... is the possibility the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will seize regulatory control over... Fracking is currently regulated... ...

Dec 27, 2012

EPA's carbon regs not based on sound science

Joe D'Aleo

... divided Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must treat carbon dioxide and other... inevitable problem when a person or agency tries to prove too much. Joseph S. D'Aleo, a certified consulting meteorologist, is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.... ...

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... ...

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