by James Murphy The New American On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld a Trump-era EPA rule that disqualifies scientists in receipt of grants from the EPA from holding any advisory position in the agency. During the Obama administration, many scientists given those highly coveted advisory positions were also being [...]
by Michael Bastasch, Energy Editor The Daily Caller The District of Columbia District Court granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) petition to dismiss legal action against a policy to prohibit scientists from receiving agency funding while sitting on advisory boards. EPA issued the policy directive in 2017 under former Administrator Scott Pruitt. A coalition of [...]
U.S. District Court for D.C. Upholds Trump EPA Ban of Conflicted Science Advisors E&E Legal's Steve Milloy Instrumental in Initiating and Pushing the Issue Forward For Immediate Release: February 13, 2019 Contact: [email protected] 202-810-2001 Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for DC upheld the Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to clean up cronyism in how coveted [...]
by Erin Mundahl InsideSources Infrastructure is both the the bill that won’t pass and idea that won’t die. Last year, President Donald Trump pushed Congress to pass a $1.5 trillion package to help repair aging transportation and utility infrastructure around the country. That bill failed to get off the ground. This year, the president was [...]
By Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel If I said my eyes have an optical power of more than 50 dioptres, would you say that is impossible? Or perfectly normal? Or like most people, would you ask, "What in the world is a dioptre?" Context matters. In today's [...]
By James Delingpole Breitbart Your Week in Global Warming The Midwest and Northeast are being ravaged by the Polar Vortex. Illinois has recorded its coldest temperature on record. Aurora, Illinois has recorded the coldest afternoon on record. Mail deliveries and flights have been cancelled. Governors in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan have declared emergencies... Here is [...]
by Justin Farrell, Kathryn McConnell & Robert Brulle nature Climate Change Nowhere has the impact of scientific misinformation been more profound than on the issue of climate change in the United States. Effective responses to this multifaceted problem have been slow to develop, in large part because many experts have not only underestimated its impact, [...]
by Jason Hopkins Daily Caller The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to give the coal industry a boost by rolling back another Obama-era environmental regulation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday is expected to rescind a rule that requires new coal plants to be fitted with carbon capture technology, according to several officials who spoke with [...]
by W.J. Kennedy DuPage Policy Journal The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relied on two studies to conclude that the Ethylene Oxide (EO) emissions from the plant have been dangerously high. EO is used to sterilize medical supplies and equipment used in surgeries. After publishing it in late Aug., last week the EPA discredited its own [...]
On Monday, November 26, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com author Steve Milloy was a guest on the Mark Reardon show to debunk the recently released National Climate Assessment report. Listen here.
