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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... ...
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... ...