No, EPA is not a golden goose whose rules magically create wealth. Continue reading EPA Acting Administrator pushes canard that new gasoline regs will produce $7 of benefits for every $1 of costs — RealityDrop: Rules are all cost, no benefit
Category: EPA
NYU prof says cancer risk from soot begins at 8 micrograms/cubic meter — But EPA human tests go as high as 750
From the ongoing Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing. The more dangerous EPA says PM2.5 is, the bigger the hole it digs for itself. Continue reading NYU prof says cancer risk from soot begins at 8 micrograms/cubic meter — But EPA human tests go as high as 750
GOP Congressman says you could subpoena all medical records from 60 miles around any coal plant and never find case of mercury poisoning
From the ongoing Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing. Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) gets the mercury con. Continue reading GOP Congressman says you could subpoena all medical records from 60 miles around any coal plant and never find case of mercury poisoning
Utility Lawyer: If there were a truth-in-advertising rule for EPA, agency would constantly be in front of the FTC
From the ongoing Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing. None of the benefits (or only very little, $500,000?) estimated for EPA’s “Mercury Air Toxics Standard” (costing $10 billion) came from mercury reduction. Continue reading Utility Lawyer: If there were a truth-in-advertising rule for EPA, agency would constantly be in front of the FTC
Daily Mail: Boxer effort to downplay secret EPA e-mail accounts scandal is ‘nonsense’
“The claim that “everybody does it” is utterly unfounded and no one has provided any support for that claim.” Continue reading Daily Mail: Boxer effort to downplay secret EPA e-mail accounts scandal is ‘nonsense’
Biggest Shocker at EPA Confirmation Hearing: Obama nominee doesn’t know global temp trends
Gina McCarthy pled, “Don’t look at me as a climate scientist.”
Boxer threatens GOP if secret email issue is pursued: ‘If this is where they want to go, well bless their hearts…’
From the confirmation hearing.
McCarthy: EPA can’t give scientific data to Congress because of medical privacy concerns — What’s redaction?
From the confirmation hearing.
Sessions asks McCarthy about global temp trends; McCarthy says ‘Don’t look at me as a climate scientist’
From the confirmation hearing.
Sen. Cardin: Children miss school & parents miss work because of air pollution induced asthma — Ben: Show us an example
From the Gina McCarthy confirmation hearing.
Gina McCarthy: ‘I believe that coal will continue to be a significant source of power in the U.S.’
From her confirmation hearing.
Boxer interrupts Barrasso to save Gina McCarthy from embarrassing e-mail questions at EPA confirmation hearing
During the confirmation hearing.