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A Don’t-Miss Science Conference July 13-14
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.... conceived programs within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Gordon Claycomb, a pilot and aerospace... explain flaws in power generation from environmental activists’ preferred sources that result in... great book Merchants of Fear: Radical Environmentalism and the Cult of Anti-Humanism. Economist... ...
California Assembly Rejects Fracking Ban
James M. Taylor, J.D.... gas fracking sites in Arkansas. As Environment & Climate News recently reported, the U... Jackson, who led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the first four years of... Ph.D. in groundwater hydrology, told Environment & Climate News (which is published by... How many decades of a spotless... ...
EPA Continues Imposing Costly and Unnecessary New Restrictions
Paul DriessenPresident Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has already promulgated a tsunami of... which will bring few health or environmental benefits but will impose high economic... layer (or tier) of rules the agency says will clean the nation’s... to 10 ppm, even though the agency’s own models demonstrate... ...
EPA Issues New Pebble Mine Assessment
Bonner R. Cohen... widely criticized draft assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May released a revised analysis... proposal to state and federal permitting agencies, EPA in May 2012 issued a... populations—and the various types of... ...
Attorneys General Warn EPA over ‘Sue and Settle’ Fracking Regulations
Bonner R. Cohen... six northeastern states could give the Environmental Protection Agency cover to regulate hydraulic fracturing at... have sent a letter to the agency upholding state primacy in overseeing fracking... lawsuit that could lead to the agency’s expanding its regulatory power over... In typical sue-and-settle... ...
EPA Hands Over Documents to Advance McCarthy Nomination
Cheryl K. Chumley... choice to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy. Sen. David Vitter (R... the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works from having the... the other Republican senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee attended May... questions, her scandalous tenure... ...
Colorado House Considers More Renewable Power Mandates
James M. Taylor, J.D.... to come. Similarly, there is no environmental case for renewable power, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports natural gas power reduces emissions... in large part to advances in environmental technologies related to coal power. Since Colorado passed its renewable power mandate in 2007... ...
17 States Join New Clean Air Association
Alyssa Carducci... run National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA). The states formed the new... association, the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA), in response to what they... the United States,” Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Commissioner Carlos Rubinstein said in... include: • create a technical... ...
James Taylor Testifies on Ohio Renewable Mandates
James M. Taylor, J.D.... renewable power. According the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, natural gas power reduces emissions of the Six Principal Pollutants by 90 percent versus coal power. Natural gas is essentially an emissions-free power source. Forcing expensive renewable power upon Ohio consumers will have devastating consequences... ...
Is It Time to Get Rid of the EPA?
Henry I. Miller... one of FDA’s siblings, the Environmental Protection Agency. Anti-Science at the EPA I... and anti-industry discards from other agencies, and that because it was supposed to protect Americans from bad things—polluted air... at EPA. The heads of the agency have ranged from the clueless to... necessary... ...
No Signs of Water Pollution from Arkansas Fracking, Feds Report
Bonner R. Cohen... poses a risk to groundwater. “When environmental activists talk about hydraulic fracturing, they... to have a clean bill of environmental health, as the USGS’s recent... a related development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in January that it... of fracking in the region... ...
Study: E15 Causes Engine Damage to Automobiles
Cheryl K. Chumley... nonprofit organization that directs engineering and environmental studies on interaction between automotive equipment... CRC called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rethink its approval of E15 in light of the study results. EPA admitted it had not reviewed the CRC study, but nevertheless... ...
Obama Chooses Energy Foe McCarthy to Lead EPA
James M. Taylor, J.D.... new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ‘Transform the Power Sector’ McCarthy is... argued at the 2011 Energy, Utility & Environment Conference (EUEC) in Phoenix, Arizona. She... higher than the value other federal agencies assign to lives saved or extended... vice president for the Science... ...
EPA Cuts 2012 Cellulosic Blending Target to Zero
Marlo Lewis... provide information on their compliance. The agency will submit refunds to companies that have submitted payments for 2012 cellulosic waiver credits." Lewis writes that the elimination of the "RFS cellulosic blending targets established by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) is long overdue."... ...
President Makes the Case for Uranium Mining
James M. Taylor, J.D.... southern Virginia and benefit area residents. Agencies Ensure Safety A multitude of federal and state agencies would oversee uranium mining in Virginia... safe for human health and the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Army... just a few... ...
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... ...
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... ...