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 Administration issues dire global warming report, amid regulatory push A new and dire global warming report from the Obama administration warns of a growing link between human activity and extreme weather across the country -- but Republicans charge the findings will be used to muscle through costly emissions regulations.
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.
November 20, 2015 Tapped out? Shell ending Arctic offshore oil exploration after test well disappoints Royal Dutch Shell said early Monday that it was ceasing offshore oil and gas exploration in Arctic waters after a test well yielded unsatisfactory amounts of oil and gas.
November 5, 2015 Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.
October 21, 2015 Big methane burp: Cow farts a greater problem than EPA previously thought, study says The United States is spewing 50 percent more methane -- a potent heat-trapping gas -- than the federal government estimates, a new comprehensive scientific study says. Guess where it comes from?
October 21, 2015 Solar plane lands in Texas, completes 2nd leg of trip intended to boost clean energy interest A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States.
August 3, 2015 The folly of Obama's Clean Power Plan Before any rational discussion of the economic or scientific merits of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, to be finalized on Monday, can begin, it is necessary to take his rhetoric about its benefits off the table.
May 7, 2015 EPA: The Obama administration’s new legislative branch Will the Environmental Protection Agency resurrect the defunct Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill that threatened to slam the brakes on the U.S. economy before it died in the Senate in 2010? That may seem unbelievable but it’s the likely end game if courts uphold EPA’s draconian carbon “pollution” rules for new and existing fossil-fuel power plants.
May 7, 2015 The truth about Obama’s green dreams President Obama did not consult with the Congress or any other job creating groups, but committed the citizens of America to his arbitrary goals.
