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State Parks Coming Under Greater Budget Scrutiny
D. Brady Nelson... just plain wasteful or are being environmentally mismanaged and even ruined by government agencies, said Theroux. Many lands are further... funds to buy conservation easements to protect forests in the North Coast even... Institute, says privatization can help the environment. Manhattan s Bryant Park had... ...
New York Prepares to Allow Fracking
James M. TaylorThe New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is recommending the state... if adopted in final form, would protect the state's environmentally sensitive areas while realizing the economic... report strikes the right balance between protecting our environment, watersheds, and drinking water... ...
Supreme Court Rejects Global Warming Nuisance Suits
Cheryl K. Chumley... to the Court, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s regulatory authority over greenhouse gas... December 2009 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, coupled with the agency s pursuit of active rulemaking activity on the regulation of emissions... ...
California Commission Rejects U2 Guitarist’s Controversial Mansions
Alyssa Carducci... Evans) is coming under fire from environmental activists for seeking to build several... his mansions as good for the environment. Fiona Hutton, a spokeswoman for Evans... statement the homeowners are committed to protecting environmental resources and developing environmentally superior homes. Frankly... ...
Christie Pulls New Jersey Out of Climate Pact
... legislation is effectively dead, leaving the Environmental Protection Agency as the primary driver of restrictions on energy choice and energy consumption in the name of fighting global warming. Even EPA s agenda is in jeopardy, as Congress has threatened to include language in spending legislation that would... ...
New Jersey DEP Proposes Relaxing Some Environmental Restrictions
Cheryl K. ChumleyThe New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has announced it will do its... on state businesses. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) action stems from a 2010... outlined Common Sense Principles for state agencies to develop and follow so business... would allow the waving of... ...
Texans Protest Greenhouse Gas Restrictions at EPA Hearing
D. Brady Nelson... Congress and state officials vigorously protested Environmental Protection Agency global warming regulations during a recent... General Greg Abbott, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Chairman Bryan Shaw, and... Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment at the Texas Public Policy... ...
State-Based Environmental Programs: A Better Way Than EPA
Jay Lehr... work done by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is duplicated and in fact done... collective wisdom of our 50 state environmental protection agencies. EPA’s Original Purpose When EPA... conduct research to determine needs for environmental regulation, promote such legislation in Congress... ...
Report: DC’s Bag Tax Kills Jobs
Patrick Gleason... demonstrated that they produce any measurable environmental benefit. As it stands, the environmental impact wrought by plastic bag taxes... the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Consumer Product Safety Commission to... economy and do not improve the environment... ...
EPA, Oklahoma Clash Over Regional Haze Plan
Alyssa CarducciOklahoma environmental officials, consumer advocates, and environmental groups are clashing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over regional haze standards that... southwest Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has countered with a... a $230 monthly electric... ...
Massachusetts Enacts, California Rejects, BPA Ban
Alyssa Carducci... Ban In Maine, the Board of Environmental Protection voted on December 16 to approve... U.S. Senate Reject While state agencies in Maine and Massachusetts moved to... Angela Logomasini, director of risk and environmental policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute... and humans regarding BPA. Logomasini... ...
Kentucky Challenges EPA Mining Restrictions
Cheryl K. Chumley... Coal Association against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, challenging how EPA is imposing rules... facilities based on an April 2010 agency internal memorandum citing water pollution standards... official with Kentucky s Energy and Environment Cabinet. Yes, the continued actions by... says it... ...
Kentucky Challenges EPA Mining Restrictions
Cheryl K. Chumley... the Kentucky Coal Association against the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging how EPA is imposing rules... facilities based on an April 2010 agency internal memorandum that cites water pollution... official with Kentucky s Energy and Environment Cabinet, told Environment & Climate News... ...
Texas Presents New Challenge to EPA Warming Regs
Kenneth Artz... its lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming EPA does not have the... power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions because the agency relied on faulty science when it... little objectivity and include staffers from environmental activist groups such as Greenpeace and Environmental... ...
West Virginia, EPA Clash over Mountaintop Removal Mining
Bonner R. CohenEnvironmental officials in West Virginia and the... locking horns with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the Obama administration’s... at West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued new water quality guidelines... NMA has sued EPA over the agency’s... ...
New York Senate Passes Fracking Moratorium Bill
H. Sterling Burnett... will require fracking to remain viable. Environmental Activists Take Aim Although fracking is... crosshairs of anti-petroleum interests and environmental activist groups. These groups claim fracking... Studies conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Ground Water Protection Council... ...
Massachusetts Suspends Biofuel Mandate
Cheryl K. Chumley... minimal. The mandate, backed by some environmental activists and championed by the renewable... policy analyst for energy and the environment at The Heritage Foundation. With the... the seven billion gallons the federal Environmental Protection Agency phased out in the early 2000s... equal tariff on... ...
Colorado Pays Business to Replace Cost-Effective Coal Power Plants
Cheryl K. Chumley... chance for federal regulators, like the Environmental Protection Agency, to come into Colorado and mandate strict controls over energy production. Lambert, however, finds that argument weak. You heard from supporters that voted for this that they did so because it was really a states rights issue, Lambert... ...
EPA's Florida Water Rules will Destroy Jobs, Cost Billions, State Study Finds
James M. TaylorThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s proposed restrictions on the application of phosphorous and nitrogen in the state of Florida could destroy more than 14,000 Florida jobs, cost up to $3 billion dollars to implement, and cost approximately $1 billion per year in recurring annual costs, the Florida Department... ...
New Jersey Bill would Prevent Excessive Regulation
Bruce Edward Walker... a bill that would prohibit state agencies from adopting new rules and regulations... economic growth and hurt our business environment, Burzichelli explained in a press statement... for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection stated in a phone interview the... a position on the bill. State... ...