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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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
Governors Pressure EPA to Waive Ethanol Mandate
Bonner R. Cohen... 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... ...
Corbett Signs Order for More Timely Environmental Permits
Alyssa CarducciPennsylvania 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... ...
Research & Commentary: Uranium Mining
Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland Institute... 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... ...
Federal Court Says EPA Unlawfully Rejected Texas Emissions Program
Kenneth Artz...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... ...
NRDC ‘Toxic Twenty’ List Disregards Air Pollution Improvements
Cheryl K. Chumley... 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... ...
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... ...
EPA, Sierra Club Force Expensive Power Plant Settlement in Wisconsin
D. Brady Nelson... 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... ...
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... ...
Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing and Air Quality
Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor SmithEarlier 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... ...
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... ...