The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is planning a really lame-o campaign for the fall. Continue reading Memo to coal industry: Time to replace your 'Steve Miller'
Looney Left: 'Climate change is not in our national interest'
Eric Cantor hits EPA for anti-growth regulations
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says EPA’s anti-growth, anti-jobs policies contributed to S&P’s downgrade of US creditworthiness in a Washington Post op-ed. Continue reading Eric Cantor hits EPA for anti-growth regulations
Santorum passes, Christie fails climate litmus test
Based on Friday’s climate comments: Rick Santorum is awesome; Chris Christie is still bad. Continue reading Santorum passes, Christie fails climate litmus test
EPA's Lisa Jackson misinforms (lies to?) Politico on farm dust
Does EPA administrator Lisa Jackson not know what her agency is doing or did she just lie to Politico about EPA regulating farm dust? Continue reading EPA's Lisa Jackson misinforms (lies to?) Politico on farm dust
Air-pollution scare debunked
By Steve Milloy and Dr. John Dale Dunn
August 19, 2011, Washington Times
What if today’s levels of air pollution didn’t kill anybody?
That certainly would be bad news for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has spent the past 15 years stubbornly defending its extraordinarily expensive and ever-tightening air-quality regulations. Continue reading Air-pollution scare debunked
NYTimes: Green jobs = Pipe Dream
“In the Bay Area as in much of the country, the green economy is not proving to be the job-creation engine that many politicians envisioned. President Obama once pledged to create five million green jobs over 10 years. Gov. Jerry Brown promised 500,000 clean-technology jobs statewide by the end of the decade. But the results so far suggest such numbers are a pipe dream,” reports the New York Times. Continue reading NYTimes: Green jobs = Pipe Dream
EPA files legal brief on endangerment finding
EPA filed its legal brief this afternoon with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit defending its December 2009 decision that CO2 emissions threaten public welfare. Here is the EPA’s summary of its argument: Continue reading EPA files legal brief on endangerment finding
Swiss catch Italy cheating on Kyoto?
Switzerland says that Italy is emitting 10-20 times more of the “potent” greenhouse gas trifluoromethane (HFC-23) than the Italians officially report. The Swiss observe, “International agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) basically have one snag: it is almost impossible to independently verify whether participating countries abide by the agreement.”
New urban air pollution problem: Dog poop
Bacteria from dog fecal material may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland’s and Detroit’s wintertime air, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study. Continue reading New urban air pollution problem: Dog poop
Arrogant Obama blows off farmer worried about pending regulations
The Community Organizer-in-Chief is oddly unfamiliar with constituent services. Continue reading Arrogant Obama blows off farmer worried about pending regulations
Enviros debunk themselves on ozone, employment
Give me ozone or give me a job. Continue reading Enviros debunk themselves on ozone, employment