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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeatured
Separating Fact From Fiction About Wildfires
by H. Sterling Burnett September 11, 2020When it comes to wildfires, to co-opt the immortal words of naval officer Oliver Hazard Perry, “we have met the enemy, and it is, not climate change, but us.”
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ConstitutionEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPolitics
Revisiting EPA’s Gold King Mine Blowout (Part II) – OpEd
by Duggan Flanakin September 9, 2020The Navajo Nation and New Mexico vs. incompetence and bad faith in the USEPA
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPolitics
Recalling EPA’s Gold King Mine disaster – Part 1
by Duggan Flanakin September 8, 2020Five years after the infamous blowout, EPA finally settles with Utah over Gold King pollution
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
EPA Finally Considering Looking at Benefits and Costs of Rulemaking Processes
by Ronald Stein July 23, 2020Finally, the EPA is seeking comments on proposed regulation changes that will provide Increased Consistency and Transparency of Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process.
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Environment/Energy
California Department of Conservation Has Opportunity to Plan for Environmental Oversight Without Damaging the Economy
by Ronald Stein June 18, 2020Before fossil fuels and the thousands of products made from petroleum derivatives, and electricity that followed, the world was a zero-sum snake pit that was a war against one another scrounging for food, water, and shelter.
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Environment/Energy
Why Should We Endorse Trump’s NEPA Reforms?
by H. Sterling Burnett January 30, 2020NEPA was never intended to apply to state and local projects, and, under the U.S. Constitution’s division of powers, responsibilities, and rights, it should not be allowed to.
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The Department of Education has engaged in scores of dubious actions that have made millions of Americans yearn for its expulsion.
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Environment/Energy
Indiana’s Republicans Put Ratepayers’ Needs Above Utility’s Greed
by H. Sterling Burnett May 8, 2019Republicans in the Indiana House are attempting to block Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s (NIPSCO) plan to prematurely shutter two large coal power plants and replace them largely with renewable energy sources.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Wheeler Is More Than Qualified To Lead EPA. Confirm Him Now!
by James Taylor February 11, 2019When Andrew Wheeler became acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator in July 2018, EPA was in turmoil. Seven months later, EPA is operating smoothly, effectively, and efficiently under Wheeler.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Prodding Trump’s EPA to Reexamine Endangerment
by William L. Kovacs January 7, 2019Use external pressure to overcome Administration inertia on reviewing Endangerment Finding.
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Environment/Energy
100 Percent Renewables—Poor Policy for Ratepayers
by Steve Goreham October 29, 2018Two states and more than 80 cities and counties have now announced a goal of receiving 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyLegal Affairs
SUPREME COURT NIXES EPA CLIMATE PROGRAM
by H. Sterling Burnett October 19, 2018The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit challenging an August 2017 ruling, written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was a judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, which struck down a 2015 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation banning the use of hydroflourocarbons (HFC), a coolant used in refrigerators and air conditioners, as a greenhouse gas.
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Environment/EnergyRegulation
Taming the EPA Regulatory Hydra (Part 2): Further Solutions
by William L. Kovacs August 20, 2018A 5-person commission and other modest changes would bring accountability to the agency.