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The Real Meaning of “TSCA Modernization”
Angela Logomansini Competitive Enterprise Institute... chemical testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could improve implementation. Both views... of injury to health or the environment.” If the EPA finds that a... requirements. It states further that the agency must apply such restrictions “to the extent necessary to protect... ...
Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Contamination
Heartland Research & Commentary Heartland InstituteThe Environmental Protection Agency’s release of its draft ”Investigation... insufficient surface casing that did not protect the entire depth of the aquifer... practices, which provide “a level of protection that is critical to drinking water... the competing viewpoints of industry and environmental... ...
Research & Commentary: National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization
Heartland Research & Commentary - Matthew Glans Heartland Institute... would allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which administers NFIP, to buy private... which include both insurance companies and environmental groups, argue only a relatively small... into flood zones, and whether properties protected by levies and other mitigation structures... future, the reform proposals... ...
Freedom Leads to Hope
Jay Lehr, Ph.D.... the myth that renewable energy is environmentally friendly. His refutation of ethanol, for... the fuel sources most opposed by environmental activists are the most valuable. For... Myths Although most of readers of Environment & Climate News have already witnessed the... an ocean acidification crisis. State-Centered... ...
New Emissions Data Dampen Warming Fears
James M. Taylor, J.D.... pollutants tracked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by more than 80 percent. Promising... are the best means of providing environmental stewardship in a manner that does... economic activity.” Benefits of Shale Gas “Environmental activists reveal that they are more... anti-energy and anti... ...
Oklahoma Challenges EPA Haze Restrictions
Kenneth Artz... are challenging a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate that will force the state... national parks and wilderness areas and protect the public from pollutants coming from... appeal the EPA mandate, which the Agency handed down on Dec. 13. Ulterior... courts have placed it, to executive... ...
McCarthy ‘Can’t Answer’ Question on EPA’s Monetary Formula
James M. Taylor, J.D.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy said she... it assigns to each life the agency allegedly extends through regulation. Asserted Economic... Jan. 30 at the Energy, Utility & Environment Conference (EUEC) in Phoenix, Arizona, she... the economy, read those figures... ...
‘Chemicals of Concern’ Legislation Proposed in Michigan
James M. Taylor, J.D.... safe for human health and the environment. This as an open-ended invitation... that pose clear, significant health or environmental risks is justified, but laws of... and California have gone beyond reasonably protecting people from potentially dangerous chemicals,” said... little or no public health or environmental... ...
Draft EPA Fracking Report Comes Under Fire
Bonner R. CohenThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is fending off criticism after issuing... Non-EPA analysts have criticized the agency for exercising poor quality control of... into a local aquifer, and the agency reports it suspects fracking is the... review process.” “We ask that the agency fully address... ...
New York Considers Extending Fracking Moratorium
... chamber, says the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has to put the... gas drilling regulators. The Department of Environmental Conservation has estimated it would need... draft hydraulic fracturing rules that the agency has carefully studied the issue for... for high-volume hydraulic fracturing... ...
EPA’s McCarthy Defends New Restrictions on Emissions
James M. Taylor, J.D.... benefit the economy, said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy at the Energy, Utility & Environment Conference Jan. 30 in Phoenix. McCarthy... heartland.org) is managing editor of Environment & Climate News.... ...
New Emissions Data Rebut Global Warming Alarmism
James M. Taylor, J.D.... pollutants tracked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by more than 80%.) You can read more at my Forbes.com column, available here .... ...
EPA Approves Florida Water Standards
Alyssa CarducciThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the state of Florida... reduce water nutrients in the state. Environmental activist groups have launched their own... no actual algae outbreak or observed environmental damage is necessary to impose economically... EPA, seeking to force the federal... ...
John Dale Dunn: The EPA and Premature Death
James M. Taylor, J.D.... Dunn explains how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency distorts the facts on lives allegedly saved through emissions restrictions.... ...
Oil Production Keeps Recession at Bay in North Dakota
Kenneth Artz... over in two years.” “The regulatory environment was already low in North Dakota... oil production, I expect the business environment to get better." New Challenges, Opportunities... state legislators fear the federal the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may nevertheless seek to shut it down. EPA... ...
Research & Commentary: Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
Heartland Research & Commentary - Kendall Antekeier Heartland Institute... the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a... TSCA’s current framework prevents the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from evaluating the safety of... director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality... ...
The Leaflet: Heartland Uncovers Shocking Medicare Wasteful Spending
The Leaflet - John Nothdurft... are subject to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Although President Obama’s administration recently allowed a bypass of new ozone regulations at the EPA, which were cited as too costly, the administration has announced no intention to allow an inhaler exception. Heartland Submits Insurance... ...
Maryland ’s ‘Smart Growth’ Order Meets Strong Local Dissent
Cheryl K. Chumley... by creating zones—such as Resource Protection Zones, Residential Zones, and Commercial Zones... Number One is to save the environment. The plan went into effect in... air resulting in sustainable communities and protection of the environment.” To some, that’s a considerable... s plan to guide the state... ...
Banning Epinephrine Inhalers: FDA Making It Harder to Breathe
Sarah McIntosh... are subject to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Although President Obama’s administration... would insist on their withdrawal for environmental reasons.” In a press statement, the... if you assume they have an environmentally negative impact, the amount of CFCs used by inhalers... ...
EPA Proposes Ban on Rat and Mouse Poisons
Kenneth ArtzThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to ban 20... M. Wynn, director of the Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force for the... is no government role in consumer protection, but one must be sure there is a proper assessment of the science and risk involved and not... ...