Category: Climate & Energy

Memo to Hal Rogers: 'Hope' is not a strategy for dealing with EPA

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) said that the proposed 18 cut in the FY2012 budget for EPA “sends a very strong message” to rein in EPA’s actions. Rogers then added, “I am hopeful that these provisions are sufficient to prod EPA in the right direction.”

But we’ve been down this path before. The EPA doesn’t generally respond to such “messages.” The EPA knows that the Democrat-controlled Senate will reject the House budget cuts and the Republicans will then fold like a cheap suit. If Rogers wants to get the EPA’s attention, he’ll need to turn the agency’s lights off for awhile — that will require an Alamo-like stand to deep cuts in the EPA budget.

Rogers may view the proposed 18% budget cuts as deep, but we view them as approving of 82% of what the EPA does.

Fred Upton: All talk and no action

No doubt the EPA is trembling (or snickering?) at the sight of House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton’s media release about the EPA’s so-called “Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.” Continue reading Fred Upton: All talk and no action

EPA's Shell game

Maybe the EPA is just trying to help Shell explore for oil off the coast of Alaska — or maybe the agency is simply setting up Shell (and the rest of us) for failure. Continue reading EPA's Shell game

UN-hinged: United Nations wants $76 trillion for 'great green technological transformation'

A new report from the United Nations claims that natural disasters have quintupled over the past 40 years and that developed countries should spend $1.9 trillion annually through 2050 in a “great green technological transformation.”

Dick Lindzen: A Climate Change Dissenter Who Has Left His Mark on U.S. Policy

Check out Climatewire‘s profile of hall-of-fame skeptic Dick Lindzen… of course, we are still waiting for Climatewire to report about the latest James Hansen controversy.

Shortchanged: House GOP proposes mere 18% cut in EPA budget

It’s really shocking that the Tea Party-flavored, REPUBLICAN-controlled House is apparently OK with 82% of what the EPA does. Continue reading Shortchanged: House GOP proposes mere 18% cut in EPA budget

Last chance for GOP to stop EPA train wreck

By Steve Milloy
July 6, 2011, The Washington Times

The next month is a good time for Congressional Republicans to move beyond empty gestures to solve the job-killing and economy-slowing problem that is the Obama Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading Last chance for GOP to stop EPA train wreck

Obama admin funds $200K poll to psych-out Republicans on climate

A Stanford social psychologist claims his poll of 1,001 adults conducted in November 2010 shows that Republican candidates who take a “green” position on climate change gain far more votes from Democrat and Independent voters than they lose from Republican voters.

The “non-green” position included the statement that “climate science is junk science” and that “cap-and-trade is a job killer and damages our economy.”

The poll was funded by a September 2010 grant from the Obama administration’s National Science Foundation in the amount of $200,000.

Isn’t it nice that the Obama administration is trying to help Republicans get elected? Very post-partisan.

Arctic emissions cause Arctic warming?

Apparently desperate to stop the race for the Arctic’s resources, climate alarmists will attempt to link Arctic emissions with Arctic warming, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading Arctic emissions cause Arctic warming?

Juliet Eilperin flouts WashPost Ombudsman

In November 2009, Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander excused reporter Juliet Eilperin’s biased coverage of climate stories, but he also warned her that readers would be watching — presumably even on national holidays like the Fourth of July. Continue reading Juliet Eilperin flouts WashPost Ombudsman

Mazda CEO: Not much future for EVs

Electric vehicles aren’t having much of a present; it’s hard to see how they have much of a future. Continue reading Mazda CEO: Not much future for EVs

Action item: Stop EPA in debt ceiling deal

If you want the EPA reined in, you need to take action now. Continue reading Action item: Stop EPA in debt ceiling deal