Supreme Court dishes property owners a Fifth Amendment victory
The ruling restores rights under the Fifth Amendment, opening federal courts to property owners seeking “just compensation” for the taking of their property by government.
Growing evidence of wind farms’ horrific toll on wildlife: This time from India
Wind Turbines: The New “Apex Predator”
Texas college nixes sweetheart deal for solar array developer
They had never seen a company ask for tax abatements when its project would create only two full-time jobs.
Environmental indoctrination in our schools
By hijacking the traditional school curriculum and transforming it into an instrument of indoctrination, progressive educators can mold minds to their hearts’ content.
San Antonio cooks up its own “Green New Deal”
The home of the Alamo is considering adopting a Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP), which is the brainchild of SA Climate Ready, an organization dedicated to “building solutions to prepare our city for climate change.”
Rising CO2 levels boost agricultural productivity, human health
What if manmade CO2 isn’t the villain deep-thinking elites say it is?
Giant solar has Virginia in uproar
What happens when – in the name of combating climate change – gigantic, industrial-sized renewable energy projects are thrust upon unsuspecting rural communities?
CA fines homeowners $4 million for blocking public access, but there’s no public access to block
It is yet another example of property owners being dragged through the mud by agenda-driven bureaucrats with nothing else better to do than throw their weight around.
Case dropped against Montana Senator who favors transferring federal land to states
Giving local communities throughout the rural West a greater voice over how millions of acres of federal lands are used drew the ire of a left-leaning, Washington, D.C.-based pressure group.
The Green New Deal: It’s worse than you think
A government-mandated transition to 100% renewable energy would completely destroy the U.S. industrial base and cause lights to go out in millions of households across the country.
Nature Conservancy deal shows threat of conservation fund
By flipping 300 acres of private land in Montana to the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Nature Conservancy (TNC) has solidified its reputation as “the feds’ real estate agent.”
Trump Administration scuttles Obama-era WOTUS “Waters of the United States” rule
By rolling back Obama’s 2015 “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, the administration has put an end to the biggest power grab in the 48-year history of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Green policies fanned California’s raging wildfires
California's state’s forests and adjacent grasslands are a tinder box waiting to explode. Yet Gov. Brown has never called for an overhaul of these disastrous policies.
Court rejects activists’ effort to over-criminalize Endangered Species Act
"The lawsuit aimed to criminalize a wide range of ordinary and innocent acts simply because the person who committed them was unlucky enough to be near a threatened or endangered species.”
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.