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The EPA's Mercurial Madness
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In the process of writing my piece about Lisa Jackson and the EPA, I got to reading about the EPA passing new mercury regulations. Their…
Lisa Shops Sustainably by the Seine
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A few months ago I wrote a post about the previous head of the EPA, Carol Browner, and her risible claim that she was creating…
I guess we must be having an effect
This ad has been running on some WUWT stories, urging people to save the EPA from the “deniers” that are apparently “running the conversation”. Heh. When you see the ad,…
EPA Budget Judgment Day Coming Up
I’d ask EPA’s Lisa Jackson about the legality of “disappearing” the over $468,000 dollars in grants to Peter Gleick’s Pacific Institute from the EPA grants database, then putting them back,…
Shutting down power plants: Imaginary benefits, extensive harm
EPA mercury rules for electricity generating units are based on false science and economics Guest post by Craig Rucker The Environmental Protection Agency claims its “final proposed” Maximum Achievable Control…
Congratulations to Alan Carlin on vindication
While the GAO issues a report today saying that the US Historical Climatological Monitoring Network has real tangible problems (as I have been saying for years) the Inspector General just…
Report: EPA cut corners on climate finding, ignored Data Quality Act, flouted peer review process
From: The Daily Caller In a report released Wednesday (at Sen. Inhofe’s request, dating back to April) the inspector general found that the EPA failed to follow the Data Quality…
Let the inhaler hoarding begin
First, let’s go back a month, this from the Will Steger Foundation: On Tuesday [August 2nd 2011], State Senator Torres Ray said, “I’m delighted to participate in the air quality…
Newsbytes: Obama/EPA put CO2 regulation on hold
While the Goreacle was bloviating about “24 hours of climate reality“, Obama quietly slipped in the real reality – CO2 regulation is put on hold and Gore’s quest to regain…
Your tax dollars at work – EPA offers "golf swing seminar" on EPA work hours and in an EPA facility
I hadn’t planned on blogging today during my own work hours, but I’ll take a few minutes from my lunch to shine some much needed sunlight on this. Maybe I…
EPA abuses the permit process for an icebreaker
Jeez Louise. They may need an icebreaker for the project, and so since they didn’t account for its exhaust, let’s scuttle the whole thing and the 4 billion invested so…
Former EPA researcher Alan Carlin publishes his paper
My New Paper On The Economics And Science Of Climate Change Guest Post by Alan Carlin On Friday my new paper on climate change science and economics was published in…
Senate vote on restricting EPA GHG regs likely punted till after next week
Senate sources tell me… It appears that nobody wants to “git ‘er done”. There’s been a lot of backroom maneuvering again today, sources say Democratic and Republican leaders conceded they’ll …
Waxman, Markey, and Inslee's argument
Last week the House Energy & Power Subcommittee marked up H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act. Today, the full House Energy & Commerce Committee will mark up the bill.…
Pielke Sr. on "missed opportunities" in Washingtion
Missed Opportunity At The March 8 2011 The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing “Climate Science and EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulation” Yesterday, I posted on the March 8 2011…
Congress looking to put the kibosh on GHG related taxes
Energy Tax Prevention Act Would Put the Reins on EPA Power Grab Freedom Action Supports Quick Passage Washington, D.C., March 10, 2011 —A House subcommittee on Thursday is expected to…
House votes to defund IPCC
From Climate Science Watch , their take on the issue, though a bit political, shows how it is viewed: Just before 2 a.m. on February 19, the war on climate science…
BREAKING: House bill unveiled late Friday cuts EPA budget by $3 billion, blocks funding for all current and pending EPA climate regulations for stationary CO2 source
The Hill E2 wire reports: House GOP spending bill prohibits funding for EPA climate regs By Andrew Restuccia – 02/11/11 07:33 PM ET A government spending bill unveiled Friday night…
EPA responds to congressional attempts to reel in greenhouse gas regulation
The question is, are we a country of laws made by our representatives, or a country of laws made by bureaucrats? The constitution provides only one answer, and Ms. Jackson…
Breaking – Court refuses to block EPA climate rules
Green Hell Blog writes: The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused late Friday to stop the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules from going into effect on January…
Early Christmas gift from Lisa Jackson: power plant greenhouse gas limits
EPA Agrees to Limit Emissions From Power Plants, Refineries From the NY Times: the headline would make it sound like there was some sort of debate going on inside the…
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