by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com founder InsideSources.com A unique event in regulatory science just happened. One that could only have occurred in the rock ’em, sock ’em Trump era. An Environmental Protection Agency science advisory panel informed the EPA administrator that 25 years and $600 million worth of the science [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 1797–98 Despite higher water flows, biologists are reporting some of the worst spawning numbers in [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel A wire story printed by dozens of newspapers last month called attention to a national safety problem, the age and condition of dams. Its headline said “At least 1,680 dams across the U.S. pose potential risk.” That is my candidate for [...]
by Duggan Flanakin Heartland Institute The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee determined air quality standards for fine particulate matter are sufficiently protective of the public health and do not need to be tightened further. The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined air quality [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy joined an environmental group that was one of the chief lobbyists for former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. McCarthy announced her decision to lead the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Monday on Twitter, notifying her followers of the new gig. Reports show [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Expensive but necessary’ according to lawmakers “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.” ~Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury and close friend to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and architect of the New [...]
by Brian Anderson Washington Examiner Congratulations are in order for former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy. As of this week, she has been tasked with running an environmental group that, for many years, appeared to be running her federal agency. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a behemoth among environmental nonprofit organizations, has named McCarthy [...]
by Kyla Asbury Legal Newsline PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – Chemicals in a group known as PFAS have been in the headlines a lot lately, from congressional hearings to a new film starring Mark Ruffalo that follows a class action lawsuit against DuPont in the Parkersburg area. Part of that case created a research project [...]
by Kelsey Brugger E&E News reporter In the first half of 2020, Trump officials are hurrying to fundamentally change the way environmental rules are crafted. The administration plans to finalize regulations that could hamstring future presidents from making rules that rely on public health studies or fail to fully consider the benefits to Americans. Trump's [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Right now there is no way to monitor individual indoor usage, nor is there a way to separate indoor watering from outdoor watering What is the real story behind California’s 55 gallons of water per day, per person? California Globe recently summarized some of the state [...]
