The EPA is under investigation for a practice called Sue and Settle. Continue reading Video: EPA’s Secret Deals with Environmentalists
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Congressmen demand investigation of EPA selectively blocking FOIAs
“An internal email that appears to counsel Environmental Protection Agency officials on delaying or obstructing inconvenient Freedom of Information Act requests has sparked congressional demands for an investigation.” Continue reading Congressmen demand investigation of EPA selectively blocking FOIAs
NBC-17 Investigates: State bill could shut down EPA experiments
A North Carolina state law could make on-going EPA experiments at UNC-Chapel Hill a felony. Continue reading NBC-17 Investigates: State bill could shut down EPA experiments
The EPA: An Impediment to Economic Recovery
“But the EPA’s regulations do more than just destroy jobs. They drive up the costs of the basic necessities of life.” Continue reading The EPA: An Impediment to Economic Recovery
North Carolina bill would make EPA human experiments a felony
Just introduced North Carolina Senate Bill 187 would make EPA’s PM2.5 experiments on humans a serious felony. Continue reading North Carolina bill would make EPA human experiments a felony
NYTimes expects EPA nominee to devise way of phasing out coal
“The bigger problem is what to do with existing plants, which provide a big chunk of the nation’s electricity and which cannot be shut down quickly or by fiat. Devising a gradual phaseout will require ingenuity and persistence in the face of what are sure to be strong legal and political challenges from industry.” Continue reading NYTimes expects EPA nominee to devise way of phasing out coal
DOJ: Art collector used EPA green gas program for $15M scam
EPA recently denied it knew the program was susceptible to fraud. Continue reading DOJ: Art collector used EPA green gas program for $15M scam
EPA helped make anti-fracking movie ‘Gasland’
FOIA helps expose EPA again. Continue reading EPA helped make anti-fracking movie ‘Gasland’
Joe Barton on Gina McCarthy: ‘Professional, but politely noncompliant’
Gentleman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) got McCarthy to admit that she didn’t know how much CO2 was in the atmosphere and that she knew of no one harmed by mercury emissions. Continue reading Joe Barton on Gina McCarthy: ‘Professional, but politely noncompliant’
More battered-utility-syndrome on EPA nominee — American Electric Power
Sucking up won’t save the large Midwest coal-fired utility. Continue reading More battered-utility-syndrome on EPA nominee — American Electric Power
WSJ: EPA may try to implement cap-and-trade without Congress
The Wall Street Journal editorial page explains how EPA may try to implement cap-and-trade on its own. Continue reading WSJ: EPA may try to implement cap-and-trade without Congress
Republicans press Obama EPA nominee on transparency issues
“Congressional Republicans are already pressing Environmental Protection Agency assistant administrator Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick for the agency’s new administrator, on the EPA’s use of secret data to formulate air quality rules.” Continue reading Republicans press Obama EPA nominee on transparency issues