December 21, 2015 Supreme Court looks at EPA rule on cross-state pollution The Supreme Court indicated Tuesday it could breathe new life into a federal rule requiring states to reduce power plant pollution from the South and Midwest that fouls the air in the eastern U.S.
December 20, 2015 Power plant regs spur new union rebellion for Obama administration The Obama administration is facing another union rebellion over its environmental policies, this time over the EPA’s proposed rules for limiting power plant emissions.
December 20, 2015 EPA regs likely to kill 68-year-old Louisiana peach orchard The peach orchards at Mitcham Farms, near the north Louisiana city of Ruston, have survived winter freezes, droughts and dangerous hail storms, but they evidently will not survive the Environmental Protection Agency and its regulations.
December 20, 2015 The winner of Supreme Court's latest EPA ruling? Everyone and no one The jury's still out on whether Monday's Supreme Court ruling will have any effect on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to limit carbon emissions from power plants.
December 20, 2015 EPA proposes changes to refinery emission rules The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal Thursday to reduce oil refinery pollution that if adopted would mark the first change to the industry's emission standards in nearly two decades.
December 20, 2015 EPA distorts health benefits of mega-costly clean-air rule EXCLUSIVE: The Environmental Protection Agency is exaggerating the potential health benefits—especially for children—it says result from a new rule that will set sharply lower ozone levels across the U.S., according to a detailed study of the EPA model. The study concludes many of the supposed benefits may already exist under current EPA standards.
November 22, 2015 ‘Alarming’ number of eagles killed by wind farms, new study finds The research represents one of the first tallies of eagle deaths attributed to the nation's growing wind energy industry, which has been a pillar of President Obama's plans to reduce the pollution blamed for global warming.
November 21, 2015 Bankrupt solar panel firm took stimulus money, left a toxic mess, says report A former facility for a Colorado-based solar panel maker that received a $400 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration and eventually went bankrupt last year will cost millions to clean due to the toxic mess left behind, the National Legal and Policy Center said in a report.
January 13, 2015 New Oakland crematorium will pollute air, lawsuit says A lawsuit says Oakland failed to consider the health impact of burning 3,000 bodies a year when it approved a crematorium in East Oakland.