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EPA Cannot Regulate Water Flow, Federal Court Rules
Jeff EdgensThe 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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
EPA Denies States’ Request for Ethanol Blending Waiver
Dave BanksThe 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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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.... ...
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.... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
ADEQ Opposes Control Strategy by EPA to Reduce Visibility Impact from Arizona Electricity Generating Stations
Arizona Department of Environmental QualityArizona 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... ...