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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Destructive Forest Fires are Due to – WHAT?
by Paul Driessen August 2, 2016First the Obama EPA came for coal mines, coal-fired power plants, miners, workers, investors, and all who depend on reliable, affordable electricity. Then the EPA, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service and other agencies came after oil and gas drilling and fracking, and the workers, industries and families that need petroleum. They’re also targeting farming, ranching, airlines and manufacturing.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Authors of Fracking Study Dismayed at Good News
by Isaac Orr April 13, 2016A new study published in Environment International indicates hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” and the heavy truck traffic that is associated with it would have a negligible impact on air quality if fracking were to be used extensively in the United Kingdom. Interestingly, the authors of the study appear to be a little disappointed with their findings, which may be why they decided to emphasize maximum exposure in a shorter timeframe in their study, rather than exposures over more realistic scenarios.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Heartland Daily Podcast – H. Sterling Burnett: The Environmental Agenda of Obama’s Last Year
by H. Sterling Burnett March 17, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, we listen in as H. Sterling Burnett, Managing Editor of Environment & Climate News joins the nationally syndicated radio show, An Economy of One, with Host Gary Rathbun. Burnett joins the show to talk about the environmental agenda of President Obama’s last year in office.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Obama Continues to Impede Domestic Energy Production
by Bud Weinstein February 12, 2016With less than a year left in office, President Barack Obama is upping the pressure on America’s fossil fuel industries with a slew of new regulations and tax proposals.