The Heartland Institute

... the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Forty years ago there was a... pressing need for an organization to gather environmental data and distribute it to the... role beautifully, raising the nation’s environmental awareness. Unfortunately, the EPA asserted incrementally... output... ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its final plan to... academic peer review, state and federal agencies, and requests for information from industry... EPA would only reduce Pennsylvania’s environmental protection. “It is the local agents who... the legislative specialist for energy... ...

... frustration with the adverse impact of Environmental Protection Agency regulations on Kentucky miners’ ability to... Coal Facts guide. In addition, the agency reports, the “average weekly wage for coal miners in Kentucky was $1,126 during 2006.” Nationally, Kentucky provides coal to 30 other states—and... ...

... decades ago to reduce pollution and protect the environment. We enacted lawsand established regulatory bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce them. Since1970, the United... opportunities and living standards. But for environmental activists and hardline EPA bureaucrats, this... ...

... already handled by several other executive agencies. By using Section 652 to prevent... Section 652, calling the current regulatory environment “anachronistic.” ACA Calls on FCC to... and a burdensome regulation meant to protect consumers becomes the single biggest obstacle to improving consumer outcomes,” he... ...

... with the USDA’s Risk Management Agency.) “Where is the Tea Party when... University, completed on behalf of the Environmental Working Group, proposes $80 billion in... who believe in healthy food, in protecting public health and the environment, in ensuring proper nutrition for children and the less... ...

... on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA... spill. Matthew examines the viewpoints of environmental and free-market groups, who argue... Research & Commentary Hydraulic Fracturing in Ohio Environment & Climate Chesapeake Energy has announced that... 2011, 11:30 am Policy... ...

... inspector general of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a report concluding... tap enormous oil resources while appeasing environmental activist assertions that shale oil production emits too much carbon dioxide. SOURCE: Watts Up With That? ALARMIST SAYS TEXAS BURNING UP MAY BE... ...

... eight states suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over EPA’s planned implementation of... subject to the new rule, the agency did not provide sufficient notice and... 44 percent,” the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) observed in a statement... are not necessary for public... ...

Twelve Southern California water agencies are suing the U.S. Fish... Santa Ana sucker fish. The water agencies say there is a lack of... Fish and Wildlife’s decision. Unintended Environmental Consequences The agencies fear the expansion of critical habitat... Riverside and San Bernardino counties. “Water agencies... ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overstating the benefits of new rules to further tighten ambient air quality standards regarding ozone, according to a study by NERA Economic Consulting. EPA’s statements about its proposal to cut ground-level ozone, “grossly misrepresent what EPA is actually estimating... ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overestimating the amount of methane... at Carnegie Mellon University, published in Environmental Research Letters , found a much different... result. This study, which was cosponsored by the environmental activist Sierra Club, found Marcellus shale... the legislative... ...

... recently celebrated the demise of the Environmental Protection Agency’s job-killing ground-level ozone... EPA, which even in this toxic environment remains the biggest single job-killing agency in government. Its ozone rulemaking is... plants – and electricity users – for minimal environmental... ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to implement stronger air pollution restrictions on ozone (smog) for the stated purpose of improving public health. These regulations are misguided because they would impose significant costs for little or no benefit. At the same time, policies being implemented... ...

New York Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens is spreading... through hydraulic fracturing techniques can be environmentally responsible. In an interview with ProPublica... allow natural gas production in an environmentally responsible manner. No Chemical Migration Responding... Precautions Taken... ...

... oil from a friendly nation, but environmental activists are urging the Obama administration... of completing a 1,000-page environmental impact assessment. The State Department is... 90-day comment period for federal agencies. In its first two reviews of the environmental issues involved, the State Department... ...

... enormous potential to provide economic and environmental benefits for the country" while making... Massively Outweigh’ Concerns Former Central Intelligence Agency chief John Deutch, who led the... of natural gas production "massively outweigh" environmental and public health concerns. "If you... recommendations to... ...

... the bull’s eye of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory artillery. Costs in Dispute... per Florida household per year. The agency’s cost estimates, however, are hotly... the Florida Wildlife Federation, and other environmental groups sought to supersede efforts by the Florida Department of... ...

... restrictions proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The hearing, entitled “EPA’s Takeover... in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune ; February Environment & Climate News ; and January Environment & Climate News .... ...

... have erected over the years to protect people from themselves, the more we... as not, this was about the protection of their own power. The elites... on business from U.S. government agencies such as Medicare and the Veterans... what would happen under a compact environment, it seems to me a strong... ...