Here’s the transcript and video of today’s House hearing colloquy between Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and EPA chief Lisa Jackson in which Jackson says that EPA air rules could save as many lives as a cure for cancer. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Ed Markey-Lisa Jackson Clown Show: EPA could save 572,000 lives per year with air rules
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
CDC bedbug advice: Avoid pesticides and freeze your bedroom
The government is here to help on bedbugs — avoid insecticides and cool your room to 3°F. Continue reading
Posted in Bedbugs, Pesticides
Debunked: Children more vulnerable to air pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency and its enviro allies claim that children are more vulnerable to air pollution than adults. Real data, now revealed for the first time, debunks this notion. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA
EPA chief says air regulation benefits like curing cancer
EPA chief Lisa Jackson will say anything — even under oath. Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
Lautenberg: Ambient air like secondhand smoke
Not only is Sen. Frank Lautenberg exploiting another asthmatic relative in opposing the TRAIN Act to rein in the EPA, but he likens ambient air to secondhand smoke. Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
BPA causes Down syndrome?
Who knew that cell cultures could get Down syndrome? Continue reading
Posted in Bisphenol A (BPA)
CO2 emissions increased dramatically between 1990-2010: Where’s the warming?
A new report says global CO2 emissions have dramatically increased since 1990. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
What a real Latino mercury problem looks like
If Latinos are going to sweat exposure to mercury, should they worry about air pollution or face cream from Mexico? Continue reading
Posted in Mercury
Ideological child abuse: Obama to cite ‘Green Ribbon Schools’
A Department of Education spokesman said the program would recognize schools for “engaging students on environmental issues and producing environmentally literate students; increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy technologies; and creating healthy learning environments by addressing environmental issues in the schools.” The full story is at CNSNews.com.
Posted in Education
Beach scare bill introduced
Two syringes washed up on a New Jersey beach this summer — so we need a new federal law to test all beaches for “toxic contaminants”? Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Odds and ends
Democrats need to choose: EPA or jobs
By Steve Milloy
September 21, 2011, Washington Times
Thursday is a D-Day of sorts for House Democrats. That day they will get to choose between jobs or job-killing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
Finally: Romney blasts EPA
Mitt Romney reportedly “lambasted federal agencies – specifically calling out the EPA – as hamstringing businesses with regulations that he says are getting in the way of job creation,” according to the Memphis Daily News blog. Though Romney has criticized the EPA in the past, those remarks were rather tepid. Perhaps his comments in Memphis mark the start of a more passionate attack on Obama’s Employment Prevention Agency.
Posted in Battle of 2012, EPA
How EPA lied to Congress about the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
“It has become fashionable for opponents to disagree on even simple facts, but there shouldn’t be room for debate on the deadline for a new air pollution rule,” writes Mitchell Schnurman of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, EPA
Air pollution hastens heart attacks?
A new British Medical Journal study claims air pollution accelerates imminent heart attacks… or rather, it makes that assumption. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution
Shocker: Nobel prize winner lied about radiation danger; Data suppression abetted rise of linear no-threshold model
Nobel prize winner Hermann Muller knowingly lied when he claimed in 1946 that there is no safe level of radiation exposure, a new study asserts. Continue reading
Posted in Radiation
Coming IPCC scare: CO2 tipping point is 2030
While climate alarmists are full of it now, the atmosphere has another 20 years, they say. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Confused Clinton slams GOP at UN on climate
During his climate speech at the United Nations today, Bill Clinton said, Continue reading
Posted in Battle of 2012, Climate Change
Dems willing to shutdown government over DOE loan program?
Apparently tone-deaf to the $535 million Solyndra debacle, House Democrats are looking to defend Department of Energy loan programs at the peril of a government shutdown. Continue reading
Posted in 112th Congress, Air pollution, Clean energy, EPA
Kansas sues EPA over cross-state rule
Kansas sued the EPA yesterday to block the agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA
Mass Audubon blames climate change for shifting bird populations
… and even if true, the problem is what? Continue reading
Posted in Endang. Species
