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White House Proposes 24% Budget Cut for Environmental Protection Agency

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White House Proposes 24% Budget Cut for Environmental Protection Agency

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 03/06/2017

Last week that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had sent its initial budget numbers to the Environmental Protection Agency for the agency…

Climate

Property Rights Are the Key to Protecting Land

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Property Rights Are the Key to Protecting Land

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 12/23/2016

We often hear that only government can protect the environment through outright land ownership or heavy regulatory control of private land.

Energy and Environment

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Myron Ebell: Promoting sound policy for real environmental improvement

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/22/2016

My love of nature began with a deep appreciation for the magnificent landscapes of the intermountain West. Growing up on a cattle ranch in eastern…

Energy and Environment

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Paris Climate Treaty Goes into Force, COP-22 Starts in Marrakesh

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 11/04/2016

The Paris Climate Treaty went into force, or as the Associated Press story put it “became international law,” on 4th November.  Ninety-seven countries accounting for approximately…

Energy and Environment

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Negotiators in Kigali Agree To Turn Montreal Protocol into a Climate Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 10/21/2016

International negotiators meeting in Kigali, Rwanda agreed on 15th October on amendments to the Montreal Protocol that will require replacing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigeration…

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Obama Readies the Military for Climate Change, Our No. 1 Global Threat

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/24/2016

The White House on 21st September released a Presidential Memorandum on Climate Change and National Security. Section 1 states its purpose: “This memorandum establishes a…

Energy and Environment

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Obama Expected To Ratify Paris Treaty in China

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/02/2016

U. S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will announce that their two countries are officially joining the Paris Climate Treaty when they…

Energy and Environment

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California Legislature Passes Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target, But Cap-n-Tax Program Remains in Limbo

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/26/2016

The California Senate on 24th August passed legislation that extends the state’s greenhouse gas (GHGs) emission reductions to 2030.  SB 32, which passed on a 25…

Democrats’ Platform: Surmount Climate Challenge with Good-Paying Jobs, Low-Cost Clean Energy

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Democrats’ Platform: Surmount Climate Challenge with Good-Paying Jobs, Low-Cost Clean Energy

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/27/2016

The Democratic Party officially adopted their 2016 platform at their national convention in Philadelphia on 25th July. The energy and environment section is titled, “Combat…

Climate

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GOP Platform Calls for Fewer Regulations and More Energy Production

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/24/2016

The Republican National Convention on 18th July officially adopted their 2016 party platform.  Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) chaired the platform committee; and the co-chairs were…

Energy and Environment

House Science Chairman Lamar Smith Subpoenas NY AG Schneiderman, Mass. AG Healey, and Eight Organizations

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House Science Chairman Lamar Smith Subpoenas NY AG Schneiderman, Mass. AG Healey, and Eight Organizations

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/15/2016

House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) on 13th July made good on his threat to subpoena state attorneys general and private organizations that appear to…

Energy and Environment

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House Science Committee Presses Climate Inquisitors

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/08/2016

House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) on 6th July sent follow-up letters to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts AG Maura Healey, and eight…

Energy and Environment

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House Appropriations Bills Try To Block Obama’s Anti-Energy Climate Agenda

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/08/2016

The Interior-EPA appropriations bill, which the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider on the floor next week, contains a number of riders that if enacted…

Energy and Environment

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Exxon Mobil Is Lobbying for a Carbon Tax

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 07/01/2016

Exxon Mobil has begun pushing actively for a carbon tax on Capitol Hill and with other oil companies, according to a story by Amy Harder and…

Energy and Environment

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Brexit and the Paris Treaty

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/24/2016

What does the vote by Britons to leave the European Union mean for the Paris Climate Treaty, for green energy subsidies and mandates, and for…

Energy and Environment

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House Passes Resolutions Opposing Carbon Tax and Obama’s Oil Tax

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 06/10/2016

The House of Representatives on 10th June passed two resolutions opposing taxation of fossil fuel consumption.  The vote on H. Con. Res. 89, which expresses…

Energy and Environment

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Senator Vitter Introduces Bill To Enforce Law and Stop Funding of UNFCCC and Green Climate Fund

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

Senator David Vitter (R-La.) on 12th May introduced a bill, S. 2930, to ensure that federal funding of the UN Framework Convention on…

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EPA Finalizes Methane Rule for New Gas and Oil Production

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

The Environmental Protection Agency on 12th May released its final rule for regulating methane emissions from new oil and gas production.  The agency also…

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Virginia Court Releases RICO 20 Documents from George Mason University

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 05/13/2016

A judge for the Richmond Circuit Court of Virginia on 13th May lifted his protective order on documents from and to Professor Edward Maibach of…

Blog

State Department Tells 28 Senators To Go Pound Sand

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/29/2016

The U. S. State Department replied this week to the 18th April letter to Secretary John Kerry from 28 Senators that pointed out that Palestine…

Energy and Environment

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175 Countries Sign Paris Climate Treaty at UN Headquarters on International Mother Earth Day

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/22/2016

Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Paris Climate Treaty on behalf of the United States along with representatives from 174 other countries at a gala,…

Blog

Attorney General’s Climate Investigation Subpoenas CEI

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/08/2016

The attorney general of the U. S. Virgin Islands, Claude E. Walker, has subpoenaed the Competitive Enterprise Institute for a stunningly wide array of documents…

Energy and Environment

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State Attorneys General Conspire To Shake Down Big Oil

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/01/2016

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, former Vice President Al Gore, and attorneys general from Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland, Vermont, and the U. S. Virgin…

Energy and Environment

Blog

Opening Briefs Filed in Case Challenging EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules for Existing Power Plants

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/26/2016

The opening briefs (here and here)  for the petitioners in West Virginia et al v. EPA—the lawsuit challenging the EPA’s greenhouse gas rule for existing power…

Energy and Environment

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The Supreme Court Should Hear the Appeal of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay TMDL Rule

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/25/2016

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether it will hear an appeal to overturn the latest outrageous power grab by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Energy and Environment

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Justice Scalia’s Death Scrambles EPA Power Plant Litigation

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/19/2016

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on 13th February has quickly ended jubilation among opponents of the EPA’s greenhouse gas rule for existing…

Blog

Todd Stern Reassures Europeans That Republicans Won’t Undo Paris Commitments

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/19/2016

Todd Stern, the U. S. State Department’s special envoy for climate change negotiations, said in London on 18th February, that if the next President repudiates the…

Blog

Senate Energy Bill Stalled by Wrangling

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/05/2016

The Senate spent part of the week considering amendments to the Energy Policy Modernization Act, S. 2012, but then got hung up on Democratic demands…

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President Obama Will Propose $10 a Barrel Tax on Oil To Pay For $32 Billion Green Transit Slush Fund

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 02/05/2016

The White House has begun to release details of President Barack Obama’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2017.  Most interesting so far is the announcement that…

Energy and Environment

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Twenty-Six States Appeal to Supreme Court To Stay EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rule for New Power Plants

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 01/29/2016

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on 26th January filed on behalf of twenty-six States an appeal of the…

Energy and Environment

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  • Greg Conko
  • Wayne Crews
  • Myron Ebell
  • Patrick Hedger
  • Sam Kazman
  • Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • Ben Lieberman
  • Angela Logomasini
  • Mario Loyola
  • Jessica Melugin
  • Patrick J. Michaels
  • Michelle Minton
  • Richard Morrison
  • Iain Murray
  • Ryan Radia
  • Marc Scribner
  • Fred L. Smith, Jr.
  • Devin Watkins
  • Ryan Young

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