China has crimped the supply of rare earth metals causing CFL light bulbs to rise in price by 37% this year. Continue reading CFL bulb prices soar on China rare earth hoarding
Michelle Obama cheers as Red Lobster, Olive Garden require parent approval for French fries
Even if it were true that French fries made kids fat, obesity is a more dignified existence than being nannied into a Michelle Obama-approved diet and a government-approved BMI. Click for the AP story.
EPA teams with activist group in novel move to ban atrazine?
The EPA has taken the unusual (unprecedented?) step of seeking in a Federal Register notice public comment on a petition from Save the Frogs to ban the herbicide atrazine. Continue reading EPA teams with activist group in novel move to ban atrazine?
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?
Al Gore: Tobacco Hypocrite
Al Gore has conveniently forgotten that his family used to be in the tobacco industry. Continue reading Al Gore: Tobacco Hypocrite
Fiasco: Obama spends $5 million+ per 'green' job
The Obama administration has spent more than $5 million for each “green” job created under the 2009 stimulus fiasco. Continue reading Fiasco: Obama spends $5 million+ per 'green' job
Sunstein: Regulatory moratorium like a 'nuclear bomb'
Do we really need more regulations? Obama regulatory czar Cass Sunstein says a regulatory moratorium would cripple the Executive branch. Continue reading Sunstein: Regulatory moratorium like a 'nuclear bomb'
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
White House pressured OMB to rush Solyndra loan
Is it too early or too trite for ‘Solargate’? Read the Washington Post report.
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.
Rick Perry wrongly attacked on HPV
The attack on Rick Perry for his 2007 executive order mandating the HPV vaccine for sixth grade Texas girls is wrongheaded. Continue reading Rick Perry wrongly attacked on HPV
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… ?