Tag Archives: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Whoops! An inconvenient truth for ‘global warming makes more rain’ advocates: reduced pollution increases rainfall

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

From the “Department of Unintended Consequences” and Georgia State University  comes this oops moment in science. And all that time we are being told by people like Peter Stott that it was the increase in “global warming” that has increased … Continue reading →

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‘Richard Windsor’ seems to be a governmental ‘everyman’ issue

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

It seems that the Associated Press has taken notice of what CEI’s Chris Horner first reported (here at WUWT and elsewhere) about the EPA’s secret email alias of “Richard Windsor” and has found the same sort of off the books … Continue reading →

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Anti-information in climate models

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Climate History: Cato Boffins Discovered “Anti-information” By Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger While doing some historical studies in preparation for an article in Cato’s Regulation magazine, we found that we  once discovered the information equivalent of antimatter, … Continue reading →

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Like the IRS, the EPA plays favorites

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

From the WSJ (h/t to Chris Horner) The Washington Examiner reported Tuesday that the EPA under Ms. Jackson has a history of favoring groups that share the agency’s political agenda. “Conservative groups seeking information from the Environmental Protection Agency have … Continue reading →

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‘Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.’

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

That headline is from this article in The Atlantic. Below is from Globalwarming.org What EPA Transparency Looks Like in Most Open, Honest Administration Ever This time, we got actual emails … that revealed a lot … about the fine art … Continue reading →

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Pot, Kettle, James Hansen, censorship, NASA and EPA

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

Readers may recall this oh so terrible squashing of free speech by the White House limiting NASA public employee Dr. James Hansen’s ability to talk to the media. It seems that the issue has been repeated today, but there’s a … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: ‘Richard Windsor’ EPA scandal spreads, EPA Administrator James Martin resigns over hidden email accounts

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

From a press release: Vitter: New Richard Windsor Emails Show EPA’s Transparency Problem More Widespread New emails show acting Administrator Perciasepe used non-official email to conduct official business. EPA Region 8 Administrator, who is resigning this week, is being investigated … Continue reading →

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Vitter, Issa Investigate EPA’s Transparency Problem, More Suspicious E-mail Accounts

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

For Immediate Release Contact: Luke Bolar / Vitter (202) 224-4623  Becca Watkins / Issa (202) 225-0037 January 29, 2013 Vitter, Issa Investigate EPA’s Transparency Problem, More Suspicious E-mail Accounts EPA Region 8 Administrator violates e-mail rule, uses private e-mail accounts … Continue reading →

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New FOIA lawsuit filed against the EPA

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

The Environmental Law Center of the American Tradition Institute PRESS RELEASE Washington, D.C. Contact: Chris Horner January 28, 2013 info@atinstitute.org Today, the Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of the American Tradition … Continue reading →

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Senator Vitter calls EPA FOI release “fishy”

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

For Immediate Release Contact: Luke Bolar (202) 224-4623 January 15, 2013 Vitter: Lisa Jackson’s “Richard Windsor” Emails Released are Fishy Vitter suggests EPA may be violating FOIA standards WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) made the following statement … Continue reading →

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EPA Doubles Down on ‘Richard Windsor’ Stonewall

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Guest post by Chris Horner [Emails are now available online - see below] After First admitting to Jackson’s false identity, EPA pretends it doesn’t exist So much for we have nothing to hide. In EPA’s first production of Lisa Jackson’s … Continue reading →

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Update on ‘Richard Windsor’ – EPA Email Release ‘Gravely Compounded Unlawful Activity We Have Exposed’

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

CEI’s Chris Horner Says Agency Has ‘Gone Bunker’ Over Growing Richard Windsor Scandal By Brian McNicoll Washington, D.C., January 14, 2013 – At about 4:55 p.m. on Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency finally complied with a court order to deliver the … Continue reading →

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Today is D-Day — Delivery Day — for Richard Windsor’s Emails

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Guest post by Chris Horner Today, per its agreement as filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in CEI v. EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency and/or its lawyers the Department of Justice are to produce the … Continue reading →

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Monday is D-Day — Delivery Day — for Richard Windsor’s Emails

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

UPDATE: Unless DoJ delays the expected release today (possible, foot dragging is a common thing with these as they try to “sanitize”) we’ll have the first update here soon after the first release.  – Anthony Guest post by Chris Horner … Continue reading →

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Monetizing the Effects of Carbon

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I see that the New York Times (NYT) is going to close their environmental desk. Given that there still are actual environmental problems on the planet, I consider the closing as a sad commentary on … Continue reading →

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An open letter challenging the EPA on CO2 regulation

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

In the Washington Examiner today, there is this: Op-Ed: EPA’s carbon regs not based on sound science. It is published by Joe D’Aleo on behalf of a number of people.  A longer more complete version of the essay is below, … Continue reading →

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Improvements in real air pollution problems

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

From the Harvard School of Public Health  some good news. Unlike the claim thatb Co2 is a pollutant, real air pollution problems and real related health issues continue to improve. Declining air pollution levels continue to improve life expectancy in … Continue reading →

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Heartland to present ‘rein in the EPA’ petition

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

The Heartland Institute has collected more than 15,000 signatures on a petition demanding Congress rein in a “rogue” Environmental Protection Agency. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) and The Heartland Institute will present the petitions to Congress at a public event in … Continue reading →

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EPA, email, dogs, and all that

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

UPDATE: the story keeps changing, see below. As a follow up to our story yesterday: Is the EPA running a black-ops program? According to a report in POLITICO, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson named her internal email account “Richard Windsor”  due … Continue reading →

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Chris Horner responds to the EPA statement today on the question of them running a black-ops program

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Earlier today I posted this story linking to the IBD editorial: Is the EPA running a black-ops program? I got this direct email statement from the EPA, to which Horner responds. This email was sent directly to me this morning, my … Continue reading →

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