Does government really need to regulate everything?
By Greg Walcher Can no program be allowed to expire?
CFACT official comment: CAFE reform will offer important relief
The Trump administration’s plan to freeze corporate average fuel economy (CAFÉ) standards for five years and to revoke California’s power to set its own gas-mileage rules will bring much-needed reform to the antiquated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) standards.
EPA rolling back Obama’s mercury rule
The Obama administration originally found that forcing coal-fired plants to use the mercury control technology would cost an estimated $9.6 billion a year — the most expensive clean air regulation. This cost was far higher than the expected annual health savings of $6 million. However, the administration was able to rack up these health saving numbers by enabling the MATS Rule, with co-benefits adding another $80 billion, according to The New York Times.
EPA’s proposed “Affordable Clean Energy Rule” is responsible, constructive
The draft EPA rule still seeks to curb CO2 emissions, but provides states with essential flexibility to balance this requirement with meeting their energy. As before, power plant emissions are still estimated to fall 33 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, but do so without imposing the high CPP costs.
CFACT public comment on Administration’s Endangered Species Act reform
Officials have unveiled a package of reforms crafted to make the 45-year-old statute better serve both the species it is supposed to recover and landowners caught up in the law’s cumbersome regulations. Read CFACT's official comment.
Endangerment finding delenda est
Replacing Clean Power Plan with less harmful ACE rule does not fix fraudulent CO2 science.
The misguided Affordable Clean Energy rule
Why is the US EPA still determined to control plant food and drive up electricity prices? By Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris
Good riddance to Obama’s energy mistake
Obama's "Clean Power Plan" was a wrong-headed mistake, guaranteed to make American power more expensive while not meaningfully cleaning anything. EPA is now working to rectify Obama’s CPP and has unveiled a replacement called the "Affordable Clean Energy" rule.
Taming the EPA Regulatory Hydra: Further solutions (Part 2)
The author argues that the U.S. should dilute the massive regulatory powers that currently reside in a single EPA Administrator, whose agency in recent years has been responsible for fully 25% of all federal regulations, a number of which were sharply criticized as being based on faulty or insufficient evidence.
Taming the EPA Regulatory Hydra: An essential first step
In America’s most powerful, intrusive and costly agency, power resides in one administrator.
Trump to California fuel standards: “You’re fired!”
Crafting smarter fuel efficiency standards is a needed reform. Standing up to California's heavy-handed eco-bullying is courageous. CFACT applauds both wise moves.
Sierra Club sues EPA to block reform of truck regulations
Seeking to block use of "gliders" which pair refurbished engines with new trucks.
Brett Kavanaugh put a serious damper on EPA power grabs
Kavanaugh, one of the most conservative judges on the D.C. Circuit Court, has authored opinions skeptical of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations many conservatives see as abuses of federal power.
Who is EPA’s Andrew Wheeler?
Scott Pruitt’s departure leaves Andrew Wheeler as the acting administrator of the EPA for the foreseeable future, with much speculation as to how the former lobbyist and lawyer will run the agency.
Scott Pruitt — The reformer departs
Will Scott Pruitt's departure chill the determination of other Americans to take on the thankless task of government reform?