EPA shows us a body?

A new EPA study picks up JunkScience.com’s “Show us the bodies” gauntlet. Who wins the clash? You decide. Continue reading EPA shows us a body?

EPA lectures Luminant on how to manage a power plant in tough economic times

Apparently tipped off to Luminant’s lawsuit filed Sep. 11 against EPA concerning the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, the EPA sent this obnoxious and condescending letter informing Luminant that shutting down mines is not the way to go in tough economic times. Continue reading EPA lectures Luminant on how to manage a power plant in tough economic times

Perry: EPA a 'cemetery for jobs'

Rick Perry gets the EPA problem. Full quote below.

… tell the EPA that we don’t don’t need you monkeyin’ around and fiddlin’ around and gettin’ in our business on every kind of regulation that you can dream up. You’re doin’ nothin’ more than killin’ jobs. It is a cemetery for jobs at the EPA.

The EPA kills jobs. Perry only kills “g”s. At this point we need jobs, not fully pronounced present participles.

Perry blames EPA For 500 jobs losses; Other candidates say… ?

Gov. Rick Perry issued the following statement regarding Luminant’s announcement that 500 jobs will be lost due to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR): Continue reading Perry blames EPA For 500 jobs losses; Other candidates say… ?

New EPA air rule kills 500 jobs in Texas

EPA’s recently promulgated Cross-State Air Pollution Rule will kill 500 jobs in Texas and the affected power company has sued, reports the Longview News-Journal. Continue reading New EPA air rule kills 500 jobs in Texas

Bloomberg: EPA wrong, Obama right on ozone

A refreshing editorial from Bloomberg: Continue reading Bloomberg: EPA wrong, Obama right on ozone

Boston Herald: Fix the Clean Air Act

The Boston Herald cites the work of JunkScience.com in this Sep. 10 editorial about fixing the Clean Air Act. Continue reading Boston Herald: Fix the Clean Air Act

EPA-American Lung Association: Axis of Junk Science

JunkScience.com broke the story that the EPA has paid the American Lung Association $20 million over the past 10 years and, in turn, the ALA has agitated on behalf of the agency. Now, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the public can get a glimpse into their chummy, symbiotic relationship. Continue reading EPA-American Lung Association: Axis of Junk Science

House GOP improves hearing performance; Still too much wiggle room for EPA's McCarthy

Below are some notable moments from today’s House hearing on EPA regulatory overreach, featuring EPA air chief Gina McCarthy: Continue reading House GOP improves hearing performance; Still too much wiggle room for EPA's McCarthy

Valberg challenges EPA air quality science in House hearing

Check out Dr. Peter Valberg’s testimony at today’s House hearing on EPA regulatory overreach.

Memo to House GOP: Ask Gina McCarthy to show us the bodies

House Republicans have a chance today to pull an emperor-has-no-clothes moment on the EPA. Continue reading Memo to House GOP: Ask Gina McCarthy to show us the bodies

Global warming causes asthma?

A study claiming to link a climate-induced increase in ground-level ozone with asthma is breathtakingly debunked. Continue reading Global warming causes asthma?