• heartland
  • heartlander
  • somewhat reasonable

The Heartland Institute

Policy Bot

SEARCH RESULTS

You searched for: environmental protection agency
Showing Results 1 - 20 of 3,603
Apr 23, 2013

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... ...

Apr 22, 2013

Research & Commentary: Tier 3 Standards for Gasoline

Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland Institute

The 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... ...

Apr 22, 2013

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... ...

Apr 12, 2013

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... ...

Apr 9, 2013

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... ...

Mar 28, 2013

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... ...

Mar 28, 2013

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... ...

Mar 26, 2013

An EPA War on Coal?

Richard L. Gordon Cato Institute

The 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... ...

Mar 22, 2013

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... ...

Mar 21, 2013

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... ...

Mar 18, 2013

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... ...

Mar 18, 2013

Research & Commentary: Renewable Fuel Standard

Heartland Research & Commentary - Taylor Smith Heartland Institute

The 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... ...

Mar 14, 2013

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... ...

Mar 11, 2013

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... ...

Mar 9, 2013

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... ...

Mar 8, 2013

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... ...

Mar 7, 2013

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... ...

Mar 4, 2013

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... ...

Feb 28, 2013

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."... ...

Feb 18, 2013

James Taylor: The future of energy and environment policy

James M. Taylor, J.D.

James M. Taylor, senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Environment & Climate News, talks with Jim Lakely about the future of energy and environment policy in a second term for... fracking revolution, green energy projects, the Environmental Protection... ...

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • next »
  • last

POLICY FILTERS

HEARTLAND DOCUMENTSHEARTLAND DOCUMENTS
  • Book1
  • Heartland Legislative Principles8
  • Heartland Policy Brief12
  • Heartland Policy Study26
  • Heartland Research & Commentary37
MORE
TOPICSTOPICS
  • Agriculture19
  • Budget70
  • Civil Rights25
  • Climate Change23
  • Crime26
  • Economic Development58
  • Economy9
  • Education123
  • Employment34
  • Energy92
  • Environment763
  • Family and Culture30
  • Finance7
  • Government67
  • Health Care136
  • Immigration10
  • Info Technology43
  • Insurance36
  • Law39
  • Links7
  • Other5
  • Philanthropy14
  • Politics13
  • Privatization41
  • Real Estate2
  • Regulation189
  • Social Security3
  • Taxes42
  • Telecom52
  • Tobacco55
  • Transportation41
  • Welfare23
MOST RECENTMOST RECENT
  • Last 3 Months19
  • Last 6 Months39
  • Last Year88
  • Last 2 Years195
  • Last 5 Years653
  • Last 10 Years1,629
DOCUMENT TYPEDOCUMENT TYPE
  • newspaper article931
  • podcast4
  • policy document2,668
STATESTATE
  • Alabama3
  • Alaska4
  • Arizona6
  • Arkansas4
  • California9
MORE
ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION
  • American Legislative Exchange Council4
  • Cato Institute1
  • Competitive Enterprise Institute5
  • Fraser Institute1
  • Georgia Public Policy Foundation1
MORE
AUTHORAUTHOR
  • Alyssa Carducci19
  • Benjamin Domenech6
  • Bonner R. Cohen62
  • Brian Fojtik1
  • Bruce Edward Walker5
MORE
The Heartland Institute

ABOUT THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE

The Heartland Institute is a national nonprofit research and education organization whose mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.

ABOUT POLICYBOT

PolicyBot is the only free and open policy database of its kind. Here researchers can find search through tens of thousands of research, legislation, and policy documents from hundreds of sources available online.

© 2011 The Heartland Institute. All Rights Reserved.

Designed by Heartland Digital    Powered by Enginez