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’
Category: EPA
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
House, Senate ask EPA to declassify air pollution ‘secret science’
JunkScience has been after EPA to do this for 16 years. Continue reading House, Senate ask EPA to declassify air pollution ‘secret science’
WaPo: Gina McCarthy for EPA could be Obama’s most significant nominee
Make no mistake: the war against fossil fuels will be intensifying. Continue reading WaPo: Gina McCarthy for EPA could be Obama’s most significant nominee
EPA Funding Reductions Have Kneecapped Environmental Enforcement
EPA Enforcement = Green Jackboots. Continue reading EPA Funding Reductions Have Kneecapped Environmental Enforcement
EPA helps friends’ FOIAs, while foes’ are delayed or blocked
Chris Horner bangs away at the EPA. Continue reading EPA helps friends’ FOIAs, while foes’ are delayed or blocked
Chamber study debunks EPA figures on job-creating regulations
In some cases, the study concluded, there was no evidence that the agency even attempted to analyze the effect of regulations on employment. Continue reading Chamber study debunks EPA figures on job-creating regulations
EPA names 2013 Climate Leadership Award Winners
JunkScience.com missed out again. Maybe we’re in the running for a 2013 FOIA Leadership Award. Continue reading EPA names 2013 Climate Leadership Award Winners
Government-Rentseeker Complex: Exelon offers to help EPA with major anti-coal regulation
Courtesy of Chris Horner, an e-mail from nuclear utility Exelon offering to help EPA with its anti-coal utility MACT regulation. Continue reading Government-Rentseeker Complex: Exelon offers to help EPA with major anti-coal regulation
Eugene Robinson: EPA has ‘a duty’ to block coal power plants
What about its duties to follow the laws against illegal human experiments and to submit to the Freedom of Information Act? Legitimate government is more important that climate change — real or imaginary. Continue reading Eugene Robinson: EPA has ‘a duty’ to block coal power plants