“The Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from some states, industry and Congress, is expected to ease an air quality rule that would require power plants in 27 states to slash emissions,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading EPA to ease off on Cross-State Pollution Rule?
Category: Air Quality
Hero of the day: Rep. Andy Harris
We honor Maryland Congressman Andy Harris today as he spotlighted some of the junk science behind EPA’s air quality over-regulation. Continue reading Hero of the day: Rep. Andy Harris
EPAcalypse Now: Lights Out in 2012?
The National Mining Association last week asked the Obama EPA to reconsider its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) citing the agency’s failure to adequately consider electric reliability. While this may sound boring, if you like electricity and don’t want to be without air conditioning in future heat waves, you ought to read it. Continue reading EPAcalypse Now: Lights Out in 2012?
Dr. Don Williams: Show us the medical records
The enviros seem to be trying to push back on JunkScience.com’s “Show us the bodies” challenge. Here, Austin, TX physician Don Williams claims to have treated six children one Saturday in August for ozone-related asthma attacks. Continue reading Dr. Don Williams: Show us the medical records
Congress asks EPA for secret health data — again
Are the days of secret science at the EPA numbered? Continue reading Congress asks EPA for secret health data — again
TRAIN passes house; Will it stop in the Senate?
The TRAIN Act to require cost-benefit analysis of EPA regs passed the House 249-169. Without a big push on Democrat Senators, however, it’s likely to die in the Senate. Rather than shut the government down over disaster aid and clean energy funding, Republicans should shut it down over the malignant Obama EPA.
The Ed Markey-Lisa Jackson Clown Show: EPA could save 572,000 lives per year with air rules
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 The Ed Markey-Lisa Jackson Clown Show: EPA could save 572,000 lives per year with air rules
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 Debunked: Children more vulnerable to air pollution
EPA chief says air regulation benefits like curing cancer
EPA chief Lisa Jackson will say anything — even under oath. Continue reading EPA chief says air regulation benefits like curing cancer
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 Lautenberg: Ambient air like secondhand smoke
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 Democrats need to choose: EPA or jobs
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 How EPA lied to Congress about the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule