Environmental Protection Agency
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Unyielding
Texas business group slams EPA water grab
A Long Star State business alliance is accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of seeking to control “every pond, puddle…
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Economy
Obama’s world: Destroy coal industry, then throw money at coal workers who lost jobs
Sadly, the only war where our president doesn’t lead from behind is the “war on coal.” This war is having…
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Unyielding
IRS employees openly cheated on taxes, received promotions anyway
It seems to be a policy of the government under Barack Obama. Employees of agencies are derelict and, as “punishment,”…
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Economy
Water war: Virginia Senators blast EPA ‘end-run’ rule
Virginia’s 21 Republican state senators say a “Waters of the United States” rule targets farmers and could cost the state…
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Law and Government
Paper argues liberals should boycott states opposing EPA regulations
[Ed. – In other words, “Do an Indiana” on them.] A liberal writer is calling for “progressives” to boycott states…
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Economy
Study: EPA plan to reduce carbon emissions will kill 38,000 Virginia jobs
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Plan will boost Virginia’s electric rates 25% and eliminate 38,000 jobs in the state,…
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Law and Government
House committee issues subpoena for EPA chief’s ‘deleted’ text messages
Obama’s right. There’s not a smidgen of corruption in his administration. There’s a torrent of it, from former secretary of state Hillary…
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Law and Government
Obama’s law school professor testifies EPA is ‘burning the Constitution’
President Obama has found himself at odds with his old law school mentor over the Environmental Protection Agency. Laurence Tribe,…
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Law and Government
EPA sued for slow-walking release of another Obama cabinet member’s hidden emails
The free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its extremely slow release of emails related to chief Lisa…
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Media
Flashback 1985: Gov’t scientists predicted New York City would resemble Daytona Beach
There’s a winter storm afoot, and places like New York City were hit with several inches of snow Thursday. It’s hard…
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Law and Government
Federal judge blasts EPA: Stop insulting me with your lies
In a Monday ruling, Judge Royce C. Lamberth, senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accused…
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Unyielding
Virginia Senate surrenders in war on coal
Bowing to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Virginia Senate reversed course and killed a bill that would have required General Assembly…
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Law and Government
Study: Gov’t policies bigger threat to the electrical grid than terrorist attacks
What’s the biggest threat to the reliability of America’s electrical grid? It’s not terrorism or solar flares. It’s actually federal…
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Economy
Va. tax revenues are up; Dem Gov McAuliffe reacts by proposing pay raise for gov’t workers
Virginia state tax collections are running “well ahead” of projections, so Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe wants to raise public-sector pay.…
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Law and Government
Evidence shows EPA funded human trials, exposed children to cancer-causing air pollutants, despite 2006 ban
The Environmental Protection Agency has defended its decision to fund university experiments that tested deadly air pollutants on children, saying…
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Economy
Stunning revolt: Senate Dems block fracking regulations
Democrats turned on one another Wednesday night and voted against an amendment that would have given the federal government the…
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Economy
Obama’s War on Coal has transformed Virginia from economic leader to laggard
After years of outpacing the nation in economic growth, Virginia is sputtering. Employment is lagging, real estate is flat, and…
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Economy
Obama’s green economic policies hit blacks hardest (Video)
Following the lead of the Rev. Al Sharpton, thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest grand jury decisions…
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Law and Government
EPA not authorized to regulate lead ammunition, says federal appeals court
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia announced a decision that’s sure to be welcomed by…
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Economy
EPA hits coal industry with a massive regulation right before Christmas
While millions of Americans began their holiday travels last Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency had an early Christmas gift for…
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Politics
Emails suggest EPA and greens to use climate rule to usurp states’ rights
Senate Republicans have released more emails suggesting environmental groups played a key part in crafting the Environmental Protection Agency’s global…
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Law and Government
White House quietly releases plans for 3,415 regulations ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
While Americans are focused on what delicious foods they’re going to eat for Thanksgiving, the White House is focused on…
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Economy
Obama to delay major climate regulations until after election
Since March, the Obama administration has been looking to impose new regulations on methane emissions as part of its crusade…
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Economy
Sting op exposes KY Senate hopeful Grimes’s real (negative) views on coal (Video)
Staffers for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes were caught on camera admitting that she’s playing a “lying game” about her…
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Politics
EPA emails reveal agency initiatives not about climate but advancing liberal agenda
Emails between top Environmental Protection Agency officials reveal they saw their fight against global warming as putting them at “forefront…
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Politics
GOP to investigate coziness between EPA and enviros
Republicans are launching an investigation into the cozy relationship between the Environmental Protection Agency and an environmental lobbying group that…
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Law and Government
The IRS isn’t the only federal agency spending taxpayer millions on unions
It was recently reported in this space that hundreds of employees of the Internal Revenue Service do union business full-time…
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Economy
EPA regs killing family-owned Louisiana peach orchards
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations banning the use of the chemical methyl bromide since 2005 have threatened peach orchards in…
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Economy
Coal wars: Dem Sen says ‘people would have died’ without coal last winter
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin had some strong words during a debate on the Senate floor over the role of coal…
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Politics
EPA rules will help Obama keep promise of ‘necessarily skyrocketing’ electricity prices
U.S. electricity rates are set to rise more than 10% by 2020 because of onerous federal environmental regulations on coal-fired…
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Economy
41 Senators push for repeal of Obama’s cap-and-trade rule
Senate Republicans have written the White House, urging President Obama to repeal his recently announced power plant rule that cajoles states into…
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Law and Government
Mark Levin: EPA Rule is ‘greatest power grab since Obamacare’
On Mark Levin’s radio broadcast on Monday, he called the new EPA rule being pushed by the Obama Administration for…
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Economy
Obama administration will unilaterally push cap and trade on carbon emissions
It’s ba-a-ack. Despite being roundly rejected during the first year of Barack Obama’s first term as president, cap-and-trade will get its U.S.…
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Law and Government
Obama’s EPA has ‘secret police’ blocking independent investigations
Every time we get close to solving one “phony” Obama scandal, another one seems to pop up. News of the…
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Law and Government
EPA chief’s weekly flights home emit tons of CO2
Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy may be a global warming crusader, but her weekly flights home to Boston are…
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Economy
Your tax dollars at work: Feds drop $700K on a climate change musical
It looks like the National Science Foundation has been handing out grants for some unorthodox research projects, according to House…
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