by Jeffrey Hess Mississippi Public Broadcasting The head of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality believes the state cannot meet ambitious new federal carbon pollution regulations. Some are calling on state lawmakers to resist following the new federal rules... Former EPA official turned critic Dr. David Schnare also called on lawmakers to put on the [...]
Emily Le Coz The Clarion-Ledger Former Environmental Protection Agency regulator David Schnare urged Mississippi lawmakers to defy a federal rule requiring states to implement sweeping greenhouse-gas reduction plans, calling it both costly and illegal... But Schnare called it an unrealistic agenda that violates states’ rights and could inadvertently kill as many as 600 Mississippians by [...]
by Nick Snow Oil & Gas Journal US states that embraced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling staged stronger economic recoveries than those that did not since 2008 when the country plunged into recession, an economist told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. “In those states that have chosen to pursue energy development, output and jobs have grown faster than [...]
by Marty Irby Surf KY News Group WASHINGTON (7/24/14) — The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing on 'Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies.' The hearing examined the economic impacts from the differing energy policies of the various states, as well as how federal [...]
For Immediate Release: July 24, 2014 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] E&E Legal’s Tom Tanton to Testify Before U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Hearing on the Economic Impacts of State and Federal Energy Policies Washington, D.C. – Today, Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), [...]
Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, will testify on July 24th in front of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Power as part of their hearing on "Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies." According to a Subcommittee press release, the "hearing will [...]
The Institute for Energy Research (IER) cited an E&E Legal study, "The Hidden Cost of Wind Electricty," when testifying in front of the Kansas Senate Standing Committee on Utilities arguing against the state's Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs). Click here for IER's testimony.
