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Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing in California
Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland Institute... and direct the California Natural Resources Agency to commission a study on the environmental repercussions of hydraulic fracturing. Below California... Gas Compact Commission, a multistate government agency, shows more than 15,000 wells... explains why: “The shallow layers are protected from injected fluid... ...
The Leaflet - Make Us Your New Legislative Aide!
The Leaflet - Robin Knox... stated goal is to create an agency that bases its funding decisions on... Letter: Illinois Should Embrace Fracking Energy & Environment In an op-ed for the... State Journal-Register, Illinois’ capital city newspaper, prominent environmental activist and Illinois native Sandra Steingraber... that Republicans... ...
Research & Commentary: Tier 3 Standards for Gasoline
Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland InstituteThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a new rule... and will have a “very small” environmental benefit. The costs to refineries may... regulations to gasoline, especially for negligible environmental and health benefits, given the significant... otaq/tier3.htm The U.S. Environmental... ...
The Leaflet - Will Your State Benefit From Medicaid Expansion?
The Leaflet - Robin Knox Heartland Institute... Medicaid expansion, hydraulic fracturing in Florida, protecting student data, Illinois pension reform, yet... Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing in Florida Environment Heartland Policy Analyst Taylor Smith examines... Gas Compact Commission, a multistate government agency, found more than 8,000 wells... Ed: States... ...
An EPA War on Coal?
Richard L. Gordon Cato InstituteThe minimum complaint with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is that defects in environmental legislation denounced by economists for decades continue to produce bad results. Environmental statutes set impossibly ambitious pollution standards. The resulting policies are expensive to implement. Those... ...
The Clean Air Act as an Obstacle to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Anticipated Attempt to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Power Plants
William J. Haun... legal problems that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using the Clean Air Act (CAA)--the awkward basis for current greenhouse gas regulation--to regulate emissions standards from "stationary sources" of energy. Nevertheless, President Obama has asserted that the needs in this area are great... ...
James Taylor Testifies on Ohio Renewable Mandates
Testimony - 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... ...
Research & Commentary: Renewable Fuel Standard
Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland InstituteThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), created... a report evaluating the economic and environmental effects of the renewable fuel standard... otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explains the renewable fuel standard... this... ...
Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing in Florida
Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland Institute... Gas Compact Commission, a multistate government agency, found more than 8,000 wells... explains why: “The shallow layers are protected from injected fluid by a number... cannot proceed if these layers of protection are not fully functional. Good oil... director for Michigan’s Department of Environmental... ...
Greenie Lying Bastards
Ron Arnold... deduction and guaranteed anonymity. The anonymity protects donors from recipients eager for more... that the Tides Foundation, which funds environmental causes and does not publish donor... second administrator of the increasingly alarmist Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). All have career or financial... ...
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."... ...
Research & Commentary: Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium
Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland Institute... the oil and gas industry and environmental activists are directing their attention to... Oil & Gas Compact Commission, a government agency, between 30,000 and 50,000... shale plays. The shallow layers are protected from injected fluid by a number... cannot proceed if these layers of protection are not... ...
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... ...
EPA's carbon regs not based on sound science
Joe D'Aleo... divided Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must treat carbon dioxide and other... inevitable problem when a person or agency tries to prove too much. Joseph S. D'Aleo, a certified consulting meteorologist, is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.... ...
Environmental Protection Agency: $353 billion Annually to Comply with Regulations; Most of Any Agency
Ryan Young Competitive Enterprise Institute... card focuses on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.... ...
The Leaflet - Carbon Tax Runs Into Opposition
The Leaflet - John Nothdurft... Urge Congress to Oppose Carbon Taxes Environment & Climate Dear United States Senators and... to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and protect the world’s climate. The revenue... gas emissions.) Higher carbon taxes cause environmental harm. Carbon taxes force the substitution... energy sources cause real and... ...
Dig It! Rare Earth and Uranium Mining Potential in the States
Tom Tanton American Legislative Exchange Council... than eight different state and federal agencies would be responsible for overseeing and... preparedness, fire safety, and most importantly, environmental protection. Virginia would be no different. Today... that have successfully prevented any major environmental problems from arising. These states also take... ...
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... ...
Time to Allow Uranium Mining in Virginia
Jack Spencer, Katie Tubb Heritage Foundation... mining is safe for workers, the environment, and surrounding populations. The federal government... also, according to the owners, in protecting the “values of the community and environmental stewardship.” [6] They believed that they... Departments of Mines, Minerals and Energy; Environmental Quality; and... ...