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The endangerment of fossil fuels

Replacing fossil fuel based electric generation with wind and solar power generation would require massive amounts of land and the destruction of natural habitats in return for less energy efficiency.

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Dr. Jay Lehr

|2021-01-17T14:52:11-05:00January 19th, 2021|Comments Off

EPA’s Wheeler announces science transparency rule, slams reporters

EPA curtails secret science. Will it last?

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CFACT Ed, Adam Houser

|2021-01-05T16:23:01-05:00January 6th, 2021|Comments Off

EP 128: Meet Biden’s ‘Climate’ Picks for Interior, EPA

Get to know President-elect Joe Biden's radical picks for Interior Secretary and EPA Administrator today on District of Conservation.

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Gabriella Hoffman

|2020-12-21T16:50:57-05:00December 21st, 2020|Comments Off

EPA Admin. Wheeler: Environmental Reporters Aren’t Practicing Journalistic Standards

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler joins District of Conservation podcast host Gabriella Hoffman on the show today for a wide-ranging interview. Listen here.

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Gabriella Hoffman

|2020-12-14T14:24:29-05:00December 14th, 2020|Comments Off

EPA announces reform of clean air regulation-making process

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a rule change in how the EPA performs cost-benefit analyses in air pollution regulations going forward.

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CFACT Ed, Adam Houser

|2020-12-09T14:17:39-05:00December 9th, 2020|Comments Off

CFACT official comment: EPA should retain current ozone standards

The Clean Air Act has successfully ensured clean air for America. EPA would be wise not to impose further burdens at a time when the country can least afford them.

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CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2020-10-06T22:17:50-04:00October 5th, 2020|Comments Off

EP 104: Four Federal Environmental & Conservation Updates to Be Aware Of

In Episode 104 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discussed four key policy updates across the environmental and conservation space. ENVIRONMENT: Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) being praised by environmentalists for Superfund Clean-up and the establishment of the new Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains to address abandoned mines and clean-up. CONSERVATION: The news that USFWS will fully delist the biologically recovered gray wolf in the Lower-48 by year's end and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works deliberated S. 614 (Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2019). Listen below: ### Subscribe to District of Conservation.Chip in to support [...]

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Gabriella Hoffman

|2020-09-15T10:56:07-04:00September 14th, 2020|Comments Off

Gold King 2: Navajo, New Mexico vs. bad faith EPA

Exactly five years after suffering the impacts from a devastating spill of heavy-metal-laden toxic wastewater from Colorado’s Gold King Mine, the State of Utah announced a settlement of its claims against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several EPA contractors (who were not held liable) for its alleged negligence in allowing the spill.

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Duggan Flanakin

|2020-08-28T08:36:25-04:00August 27th, 2020|Comments Off

Tell EPA that benefit-cost analysis is a must

Is it too much to ask that government regulations do more good than harm?

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Craig Rucker

|2020-06-27T12:35:56-04:00June 27th, 2020|Comments Off

EPA finally considering costs and benefits of rulemaking

If promulgated, future significant regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act may be accompanied by a benefit-cost analysis.

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Ronald Stein

|2020-06-23T09:51:29-04:00June 22nd, 2020|Comments Off

Reining in Green bureaucracy

It took 13 months and 15 days to construct the Empire State Building. It took 11 years to construct the Freedom Tower, which opened 2014 adjacent to where the Twin Towers once stood.

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CFACT Ed, Peter Murphy

|2020-06-11T16:42:20-04:00June 9th, 2020|Comments Off

Tell EPA to end secrecy in science

For scientific analysis to have validity it must be transparent. Read CFACT's official comments and SUBMIT YOURS NOW.

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CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-05-16T19:41:41-04:00May 15th, 2020|Comments Off

CAFE standards reform means safer cars and saved lives

In the midst of the fight to save lives from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration announced a regulatory change on another issue that also will save lives.

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CFACT Ed, Peter Murphy

|2020-04-07T08:45:08-04:00March 31st, 2020|Comments Off

Two big wins for freedom!

Every puddle and muddy ditch no longer the feds to control. Courts can't overrule Congress because the Left hides behind kids. Celebrate!

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CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-01-25T09:29:14-05:00January 25th, 2020|Comments Off

The puddles in your yard are yours again

Puddles and ditches were never meant to be navigable "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS).

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CFACT Ed, Dr. Jay Lehr

|2020-01-10T21:16:29-05:00January 11th, 2020|Comments Off