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Collapse Of Bee Colonies Is Latest Target For Anti-Pesticide Groups
By Paul Driessen ~ Beekeeping is big business, and everyone loves honey and foods made possible by pollination. But “colony collapse disorder” threatens bees and crop pollination in many areas. CCD and other bee die-offs are nothing new. What we now call colony collapse was first reported in 1869, and many outbreaks since then have […]
Tier 3 Rules Are Unnecessary, Costly
And designed solely to provide EPA with more jobs and more power over people’s lives. By Paul Driessen ~ 1,920 and counting! That’s how many regulations President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated since his 2009 inauguration. Many, if not most, will bring few health or environmental benefits – but will impose high economic and […]
Greens Oppose Drilling, Fracking, Keystone … And Exports
But we should support these job-creating, prosperity-creating, low-polluting activities that will keep us free! By Paul Driessen ~ The interminable war on drilling, fracking and the Keystone XL pipeline has taken some bizarre turns. Now it’s getting worse, as opponents grow more desperate, and the moon again grows full. Deepwater drilling, 3-dimension and 4-D seismic […]
The EPA Snake Pit
By Alan Caruba ~ Under President Obama, two women have been the director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Carol Browner, who served in the Clinton administration and was one of the “czars” Obama appointed; her acolyte Lisa Jackson, and up for the post is Gina McCarthy. Browner and Jackson went out of their way to conceal their internal […]
Doubletalk, Double Standards Are SOP For America’s Ruling Elites
It is time to hold government accountable for mismanagement, misallocation of resources and mindless regulations that hurt our economy. This article also appeared in the Washington Times on April 18, 2013. By Paul Driessen ~ Americans must no longer ignore false realities and double standards that threaten our health and prosperity. Private sector errors and […]
With Climate Change Science Unsettled, A Carbon Tax Is Even More Useless
By Nicolas Loris ~ Reuters’s environment correspondent Alister Doyle provides even more fodder for why a carbon (energy) tax or the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gas emissions is economically and environmentally foolish. Doyle writes: Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and […]
EPA Seeks To Punish Drivers (Again) Via Its Tier 3 Regulations
EPA’s proposed sulfur standards for gasoline will cost billions for no real benefits. By Paul Driessen ~ President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has already promulgated a tsunami of 1,920 regulations, many of which will bring few health or environmental benefits but will impose high economic and unemployment costs, often to advance the Administration’s decidedly anti-hydrocarbon […]
The Outrageous Statements Of Obama’s EPA Nominee
By Rachael Slobodien ~ Today the Senate held a confirmation hearing for Gina McCarthy, (pictured) President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Heritage has provided its own questions for nominee McCarthy. If confirmed, and if her past statements are indicative of future actions, McCarthy’s tenure at the EPA will continue to lead […]
Eco Imperialism Joins Vulture Environmentalism
Obama appointees seek to impose ideological control over our energy, economy and property. By Paul Driessen ~ Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to replace Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency, has been chastised for having lied to Congress, in claiming that EPA did not use “dangerous manmade climate change” to justify new 54.5 mpg […]
Obama’s Misguided Carbon Tax Plans
New fees on energy use would strangle economy. By Paul Driessen ~ President Obama and many other politicians continue to insist that carbon dioxide emissions are changing Earth’s climate and that we need to take immediate action to prevent catastrophes predicted by computer models, Al Gore and fellow alarmists. Above all, they want to tax […]
Many “Green” Policies Trample On People, Environment, Science And Ethics
Environmental policies and practitioners often hurt people and values they supposedly protect. By Paul Driessen ~ Policy integrity. Ethical culture. Ethical investing. Environmental protection. Environmental defense. Friends of earth. Defenders of wildlife. Not just their names, but their charter, culture and policies – their very being – represent a commitment to these profound values. Or […]
EPA’s Jackson Leaves Legacy Of Higher Costs, Less Consumer Choice
By Katie Tubb ~ Lisa Jackson will retire from her position as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month as the most prolific regulator of her class of Obama administrators. This is not a distinction to be coveted. Under Jackson’s leadership, the EPA has issued 1,824 regulations. For context, the Department of Energy […]
The EPA is a Nation-Killer
By Alan Caruba ~ To the naïve and uninformed, the Environmental Protection Agency exists to ensure clean air and water in the nation. That was its initial mandate when it was created by an executive order by President Nixon in 1970. It has since become a nation killer. In 2013 a flood of regulations will […]
Obama Continues To Skin The Cat With More Coal Closures
By Nicolas Loris ~ The skin continues to come off the cat. President Obama’s wish of a cap-and-trade plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have bankrupted the coal industry, but the legislation failed to make it through the Senate. The frustrated President then said that cap and trade was only one way of skinning […]
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University think tank’s lawsuit raises serious questions about the old and new EPA By Ron Arnold ~ Lisa Jackson’s resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has focused attention on the “unfinished agenda” she leaves for this agenda-driven agency’s next director (probably Clinton era assistant EPA administrator and current California Air Resources Board chairwoman […]
Obama’s Cap-and-Trade Scheme for Cars
By Rachael Slobodien ~ Ever since the Senate rejected President Obama’s cap-and-trade scheme in 2009, his administration has been hard at work to find other ways to implement a radical, environmentalist agenda. Obama made these intentions clear at a press conference in 2010 when he explained, “Cap and trade was just one way of skinning […]
Soot, Soot Riot: EPA’s New Rule Costly And Unnecessary
By Nicolas Loris ~ Faced with a court-ordered deadline, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized more stringent rules for National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Pollution (PM2.5), more commonly known as soot. The new standard lowers the standard from 15 micrograms per cubic meter of air down to 12 micrograms, and counties must meet […]
Prevention of Airline Carbon Taxes Should Be a Model for Carbon Regulations
By Nicolas Loris ~ President Obama recently signed legislation that prevents the European Union (EU) from taxing U.S. airline emissions for planes that travel to and from EU countries. Although the EU announced it would delay the tax from its broader cap-and-trade-like system for a year, the new law protects U.S. airlines from the tax […]
The U.S. is Blocking Energy Wealth and Jobs
By Alan Caruba ~ What if I told you that the government was blocking America’s prosperity in the form of enormous untapped energy reserves that represent wealth and jobs that would once again put America on the path to fiscal security and growth? Recently, Matt Vespa, on CNS.com reported that the International Energy Agency released […]
Congress Should Permanently Waive the Ethanol Mandate
By Nicolas Loris ~ Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected a proposal from a number of governors and federal legislators to partially waive the Renewable Fuels Standard, which mandates the production of 36 billion gallons of ethanol by 2022. This year, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires refiners to blend nearly 13 […]
The Climate Change Lies Ramp Up Again
By Alan Caruba ~ Within days of the election, Rasmussen Reports said that “While there was little talk of climate change during the president campaign, the number of U.S. voters who see global warming as a serious problem is at an all-time high. A survey reported on November 9th found that “68% of likely U.S. […]
Fractured Fairy Tales
By Paul Driessen ~ Greens hate natural gas and fracking, but costly, parasitic wind energy can’t live without it. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted shale gas production from zero a few years ago to 10% of all US energy supplies in 2012, observes energy analyst Daniel Yergin. Fracking has also increased US oil […]
The EPA’s Planned Destruction of The U.S. Economy
By Alan Caruba ~ If there was no other reason to defeat President Obama in November, it would be the planned destruction of what is left of the U.S. economy by the Environmental Protection Agency. In “A Look Ahead to EPA Regulations for 2012” the minority staff (Republican) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment […]
EPA’s “Science” Evokes Nazi Death Camp Memories
By Alan Caruba ~ The “EPA has admitted to a federal court that it asks human guinea pigs to sacrifice their lives for regulatory purposes—and $12 per hour.” That was a recent news item reported by JunkScience.com’s founder, Steve Milloy. “EPA has responded to our emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against its ongoing […]
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