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Time to shut down IRIS—for good
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reportedly preparing to eliminate its Office of Research and Development, which houses the controversial Integrated Risk Information System…

RealClear Energy
Microsoft Deal to Restart Three Mile Island Could Be a Game-Changer
Microsoft and Constellation Energy, the utility that owns Three Mile Island, announced a new deal on September 20th that will lead to the restart of…

Forbes
The Social Cost Of Carbon Is A Flawed Metric For Policy Decisions
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is updating its social cost of carbon (SCC) estimate as part of a proposed rulemaking setting energy…
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EPA IRIS Program Is Hardly The “Gold Standard”
Don’t be fooled by those who say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) sets the…
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Excessive Caution at EPA Produces Absurd Conclusions
In an April 24 blog post, I detailed why a recent National Academies of Sciences review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Integrated Risk Information…
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Obama Holdovers Work to Save EPA Junk Science
Obama administration holdovers at the Environmental Protection Agency are doing their best undermine efforts to drain EPA’s bureaucratic swamp. And thus far, unfortunately, they’re succeeding.
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European Food Safety Assessment Proves Nothing about Risks to Bees
As European Union risk assessments purportedly “confirm” that pesticides threaten honeybees and lawmakers quickly clamor for pesticide bans, the stark reality is that so far…
Fox News
‘Junk Science’? Studies Behind Obama Regulations Under Fire
Fox News discusses junk science with Angela Logomasini. … Pruitt recently reversed the 2015 ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos for agricultural use,…
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A Banner Year for Deregulation on Energy, Climate, and Environment
2017 has been a banner year for advancing free market policies across the board on energy, climate, and environmental issues.