Guest Post By Willis Eschenbach Bizarrely, and unlike almost every other industrialized country, the US has fuel efficiency standards for cars. Each corporation (Ford, Chevy, etc.) has to meet certain…
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Trump’s budget to “hammer climate programs” across the Federal government!!!
Guest post by David Middleton The Promise Keeper keeps delivering… President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 can be read as a political document, a statement of his…
Discounting Away the Social Cost of Carbon: The Fast Lane to Undoing Obama’s Climate Regulations
Guest post by David Middleton Trump to Drop Climate Change From Environmental Reviews, Source Says by Jennifer A Dlouhy March 14, 2017, 1:06 PM CDT Directive to reverse Obama-era mandate…
About those ‘devastating’ EPA budget reductions
Budget and personnel cuts reflect environmental progress and essential regulatory reforms Guest opinion by Paul Driessen The Trump White House wants significant reductions at the Environmental Protection Agency: two dozen…
What's Coming? A Dramatic Shift in EPA Priorities
Scott Pruitt Signals Dramatic Shift in EPA Priorities The Wall Street Journal, 22 February 2017 Amy Harder In speech before employees, the new chief emphasized giving business certainty about rules Scott…
Heads are exploding – Senate confirms Pruitt to Lead EPA
Via The Hill (h/t to ossqss) and the “your free range chickens have come home to roost” department. The Senate voted Friday to confirm Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental…
Alternative facts: Why the constitution gives Trump the power to tell @EPA what to do
SEE UPDATE ON EPA AT END OF THIS ARTICLE These real vs. alternative facts have been in the news the last couple of days. Here’s a real fact for those…
The Beginning of the End of EPA
Guest essay by Jay Lehr At the Republican National Convention last summer, the GOP approved a platform that stated: “We propose to shift responsibility for environmental regulation from the federal…
New book holds the EPA's feet to the fire
by Charles G. Battig Steve Milloy is one persistent gentleman. Combining his legal and statistics education, he has spent most of his years ferreting out the false use of statistical…
Obama's Parting Gift: EPA to fine Alaskans who Burn Wood to Stay Warm
Guest essay by Eric Worrall As Alaskan winter temperatures drop below -30F, the EPA is considering fining and prosecuting entire towns for breaching clean air laws, because of smoke from…
Another good target for EPA reform
Europe gives Trump Administration excellent tutorials on how not to regulate pesticides Guest essay by Paul Driessen With reform-minded folks in charge of the Executive and Legislative Branches, unelected, unaccountable,…
Outgoing EPA Chief: Trump has "Limited Room to Manoeuvre"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Outgoing Obama EPA Chief Gina McCarthy thinks President-elect Donald Trump will not be able to change EPA policy towards CO2, because it will be too…
More Frac'ing Lies from the EPA, Part Deux
Guest post by David Middleton This is the promised sequel to More Frac’ing Lies from the EPA. The EPA’s new report on frac’ing can be downloaded here: Hydraulic Fracturing for…
More Fracking Lies from the EPA
Guest post by David Middleton The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed course on Tuesday, saying in a long-awaited report that it doesn’t have enough information to make a broad conclusion…
Trump's EPA pick is causing green heads to explode
From E&E Legal: “We are delighted with President-elect Trump’s selection of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Pruitt has led the charge…
The EPA Caves on Coal?
EPA to Withdraw Coal Killing Clean Air Act Requirements WUWT reader Greg Staff writes: It looks like the EPA is seeing the writing on the wall. The scuttlebut here is…
Federal Judge Orders EPA to Factor Lost Coal Jobs into Clean Air Act Enforcement
Guest post by David Middleton ABC News Key points: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must begin evaluating how many power plants and coal mining jobs are lost because of air…
EPA’s Clean Power Plan and its Moment of Truth
Guest essay by Stephen Heins, Energy Consultant, Business Writer and Practical Environmentalist While many of us have actively tried to follow the broad-based scientific discussions about climate change including those at…
Trump Names CEI Energy Director as "EPA Transition" Manager
Guest essay by Eric Worrall US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump has signalled a drastic revision of US environmental policy, by nominating high profile climate skeptic Myron Ebell to head his…
Emails show indications that the EPA is corrupt – kowtows to green groups
E&E Legal Releases Updated Report with New Emails and Video Detailing Extensive Collusion Between EPA and Green Activists in Writing 111(d), 111(b) Rules Washington, D.C. – Today, after a long-delayed,…
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