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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... ...
States Respond to Common Core Science Standards
Joy Pullmann... a nonprofit that promotes free-market environmental stewardship. “If you start inculcating these... Achieve worked with approximately 13 federal agencies, including NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Department of the... S. Global Change Research Program. “Federal agencies are... ...
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... ...
Texas Commission Approves Coal Mine for Mexican Power Plants
Cheryl K. Chumley, Karen Dove... of coal into Mexico. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency restrictions on coal power make Mexico... of the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership. Environmental Issues Vetted Critics say transporting the coal to Mexico will not solve environmental problems. They argue pollutants will cross... testimony and... ...
The Simplicity of Sound Money
Patrick Barron... Can Understand In a sound money environment, on the other hand, there is... or governments? In a sound money environment, they are the same. Individuals earn... open market. In a sound money environment, there is a limit to the... monetary theory in a sound money environment. The national currency... ...
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... ...
364 Billion Ways the Government Wastes Your Money
Gary Baise... GAO claims there are nine federal agencies, including U.S. Department of Agriculture... of Transportation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, plus three tax activities, that have... more than 98%." EPA and other agencies now want to pursue 20 million... of duplication. Apparently one state... ...
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... ...
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... ...
The High Costs of Regulatory Enforcement
Wayne Crews... on-budget amounts spent by federal agencies to produce rules and to police... amounts that taxpayers pay to support agencies’ administrative budgets, rather than compliance costs... costs incurred by federal departments and agencies stood at an estimated $61 billion... on writing and enforcing social and environmental... ...
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... ...
IEA: U.S. Has Resources to Become World’s Largest Oil Producer
Bonner R. Cohen... decades, the Paris-based International Energy Agency predicts the United States will become... steps in at the behest of environmental activists. U.S. to Surpass Saudi... is the possibility the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will seize regulatory control over... Fracking is currently regulated... ...
Minnesotans Looking for New Leader to Fight EPA Regional Haze Application
Bonner R. Cohen... restore balance between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental protection agencies. Minnesotans now must look for a... new leader to stand up for state environmental protection agencies, as former Congressman Rick Nolan rode... taconite plants in... ...
West Virginia Workers Laid Off as EPA Withholds Mining Permits
Bonner R. Cohen... it needs from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a surface mining project in... disrupt mountain streams and thus cause environmental harm. The delay in getting the... of both parties, who blame the agency for the lost opportunity to create... said Teresa Platt, director of the Environment... ...