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Apr 15, 2011

Economy In Jeopardy As Budget Deal Affirms EPA Climate Programs

James M. Taylor

... federal spending cuts. By leaving intact Environmental Protection Agency funds to devise, implement, and enforce carbon dioxide restrictions, the House Republican leadership sowed the seeds of economic catastrophe in last week s federal budget deal, regardless of how much spending they pared from the federal... ...

Apr 12, 2011

Congress Rejects EPA’s Global Warming Claims

James M. Taylor

... saying Congress accepts the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s claims that climate change is... IPCC). Horner noted EPA itself said agency regulation would lead to absurd results... heartland.org ) is managing editor of Environment & Climate News.... ...

Apr 11, 2011

House Has Power to Check-Mate EPA on Global Warming

James M. Taylor

... rein in out-of-control federal agencies. Legislation to clarify that Congress never intended nor authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate carbon dioxide and... as to call EPA a rogue agency that needs to be brought under... same power in regard to unpopular agency... ...

Apr 1, 2011

The Senate's EPA Vote Will Help Determine Our Economic Future

James M. Taylor

... that would delay or block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing carbon dioxide restrictions on the U.S. economy. As our economy struggles to break free from a very difficult economic downturn, this may well be the most important vote these senators make when it comes to America s economic future... ...

Nov 1, 2010

The regulation of agricultural biotechnology: science shows a better way

Henry I. Miller

... regulatory review would not only better protect human health and the environment, but would also permit more expeditious development and more widespread use of new plants and seeds. Read more in PDF... ...

Oct 1, 2010

The Patriot's Toolbox

Joseph Bast et al.

Order your copy of The Patriot's Toolbox and other great books at our online store . Rarely have more people in the United States been so deeply concerned about the direction of their country as right now, in 2010. During the past two years, millions of men and women have literally marched in the streets for political change ...

Aug 6, 2010

Reid Tables Cap-and-Tax Legislation

Bonner R. Cohen

... of 2010 compared with last year. Environmental activists express hope the Senate will... not appear to have reached the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), however. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced on July 29 her agency was rejecting 10 petitions asking the agency to reconsider... ...

Jul 23, 2010

Reid Abandons Warming Bill -- for Now

James M. Taylor

... bill. And finally we have the Environmental Protection Agency doing everything in its power to make an end run around our elected representatives to force carbon dioxide restrictions on the American people whether we want them or not. Congress s decision to forego global warming legislation is good news... ...

May 9, 2010

International Climate Science Coalition Launches Register of Climate Scientists

Tom Harris

... unacknowledged and remain unsolved by the environmental policy milieu; Most mainstream media have... or by government fiat through the Environmental Protection Agency (which now has the legal authority to regulate CO2 as a pollutant); No major political parties in the current UK election are straying... ...

Mar 8, 2010

Senate Dems Saying No to EPA Warming Regs

James M. Taylor

... will support efforts to block the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing global warming regulations. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) has introduced a bill that would block EPA for the next two years from implementing restrictions on greenhouse gases from power plants. Rockefeller s bill follows... ...

Nov 1, 2009

I Accuse!

Alan Caruba

... Hoax I accuse the United Nations environmental program in general and the Intergovernmental... doing so. I accuse all the environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club... hoax. I accuse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of falsely asserting carbon dioxide is a pollutant that must be regulated... ...

Aug 1, 2009

Activists’ Failure to Agree on Energy Sources Jeopardizes Economy

William L. Kovacs

The national environmental lobby the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Greenpeace, and others have... fossil fuels will be, not all environmental groups agree. That poses a serious... these groups, such as the Pew Environmental Trust, think nuclear power should be... forward... ...

Jul 1, 2009

Obama Staffer Warns against Costs of CO2 Regulation

James M. Taylor

The Environmental Protection Agency is likely to impose serious economic... Business Administration, a White House executive agency. Attempting to characterize the document as... the comments were ignored by the Environmental Protection Agency, officials within the administration chose to... Heartland... ...

May 5, 2009

Not Easy--or Smart--Being Green

Review By Jonathan Hoenig

... brash and gutsy repudiation of the environmental dogma now integrated into almost every... of those facilities because of their environmental impact. Wind farms, a renewable and... carbon-neutral power source, are regularly protested by environmental groups because of the potential effect... for a nuclear waste... ...

Apr 24, 2009

Newt Gingrich Testimony Before The House Committee On Energy And Commerce

... made the case that we can protect the environment better with incentives and encouraging innovation... continued to make the case for protecting the environment while producing more American energy in my book Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Solving Our Energy Crisis.... ...

Aug 1, 2008

U.S. Senate Rejects Lieberman-Warner Cap-and-Trade Bill

Bonner R. Cohen

... D-CA), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, estimated the... 2050, a goal the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated would reduce the nation... India's minister of state for environment and forests, made his country's... down greenhouse gas emissions." Organizational... ...

May 12, 2008

Global Warming: A Scam to Steal Your Freedom

Bruce Colbert

Global warming is not about a scientific problem that found political support; it is about activists and politicians who found a scientific issue they feel can leverage them into power and control. Given that so much is at stake, it is essential that people better understand this issue. As Dr. S. Fred Singer states, Human ...

Apr 1, 2008

The Center for Climate Strategies: How Governors Keep State Legislators Out of the Loop

Christopher C. Horner

...The debate about global warming is over, say environmental activists. Now comes the hard task of developing a national global warming policy. To use nightmare scenarios to forge national policies the activists have decided to circumvent the outgoing Bush administration and more to the point, Congress and get state... ...

Sep 18, 2007

Economic Markets and Political Markets

Heartland Policy Brief - Jim Johnston

Economist Jim Johnston explains the differences between political markets, such as the one created for trading sulfur dioxide emissions, and real markets, such as futures markets for natural gas. Key differences explain why political markets are thin and often collapse when governments change the rules, while real markets are ...

Jun 26, 2007

Twelve Principles to Guide U.S. Energy Policy

Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D., and Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

... emphasize three themes: Unleashing free enterprise, Protecting America s energy interests, and Advancing free global energy markets.... ...

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