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Posts Tagged ‘EPA’

• Obama’s Vigorous Anti-Jobs Campaign

  Posted December 7th, 2009 at 4:39pm in Energy and Environment with 2 comments

  The Obama Administration is visibly perplexed by the failure of the U.S. economy to be duly stimulated. It shouldn’t be. After frittering away political capital and taxpayer dollars on an ineffectual fiscal stimulus, Obama’s policies share the singular characteristic of draining the economy of the most important ingredient needed for a strong recovery – confidence. Nowhere [...] More

• EPA Formally Declares CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant

  Posted December 7th, 2009 at 2:04pm in Energy and Environment with 31 comments

  Step aside, elected Members of Congress. If you can’t pass cap and trade legislation, The Environmental Protection Agency will move in with massively complex and costly regulations that would micromanage just about every aspect of the economy. They announced today that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten public health and the environment. Since [...] More

• Help Stop the EPA from Imposing More Costly Regulations

  Posted November 23rd, 2009 at 10:22am in Energy and Environment with 32 comments

  Tired of having to drive safe, affordable vehicles? Can’t make a decision at the car lot and want the government to narrow down the decisions for you? Well then you’re in luck. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a great new regulation in store for you. The agency is intending to use the Clean Air Act [...] More

• Two More Inconvenient Voices at the EPA

  Posted November 10th, 2009 at 2:41pm in Energy and Environment with 7 comments

  In the alleged new era of transparency, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making quite a name for itself as being the agency of opacity. The latest is the EPA’s suppression of a video entitled, “The Huge Mistake” by Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, two lawyers currently working at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – [...] More

• If Cap and Trade Doesn’t Work, Obama will Make it Work

  Posted November 10th, 2009 at 12:58pm in Energy and Environment with 18 comments

  All the talk in Washington is surrounding a government health insurance plan, but there’s a little discussed insurance plan in the Boxer-Kerry cap and trade bill that’s worth some attention. The Senate version of the cap and trade bill includes a section that grants the President the authority to “direct relevant federal agencies” to impose [...] More

• EPA Lawyers Speak Out Against Cap and Trade

  Posted November 4th, 2009 at 5:27pm in Energy and Environment with 3 comments

  Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, two lawyers currently working at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spoke out against cap and trade in their Washington Post column. Zabel has first hand experience with cap and trade, overseeing California’s cap and trade and offsets programs. The article is full of good reasons why a cap and trade [...] More

• Understanding Boxer’s Procedural Gambit

  Posted November 3rd, 2009 at 12:28pm in Energy and Environment with 5 comments

  Today, Republican Senators boycotted the scheduled markup of the Kerry-Boxer (S.1733) cap-and-trade bill because the Environmental Protection Agency did not complete a comprehensive economic analysis of the legislation. Senator Boxer (D-CA), who chairs the committee, had threatened to break with committee precedent and move forward without the participation of Republicans. According to CQ Politics: Because two [...] More

• CBO To Join Heritage Answering Committee’s Questions

  Posted October 24th, 2009 at 11:37am in Energy and Environment with 9 comments

  Several weeks ago we received a letter from Chairman Henry Waxman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee requesting information concerning our economic modeling of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act. We quickly responded (our answers are available here). Several other organizations and government agencies also received the same request including the [...] More

• Today’s Calamity: A Call for Transparency

  Posted October 20th, 2009 at 1:59pm in Energy and Environment with 14 comments

  As you read this, the Environmental Protection Agency is modeling the economic impacts of a semi-draft form of the Boxer-Kerry cap and trade legislation. “Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer said a bill EPA is analyzing should be marked up in her panel by the second week in November. An EPA official said the [...] More

• Judge to the EPA: Don’t Write Rules with Shaky Legal Foundations

  Posted October 20th, 2009 at 9:11am in Energy and Environment with 2 comments

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with micromanaging regulations that would regulate greenhouse gases and slow economic growth. However, one judge is warning the EPA not to overstep its legal authority. Judge David Tatel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia told a forum: “[…] agencies choose their policy [...] More