by Varun Hukeri Daily Caller Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator nominee Michael Regan faced questions about the agency’s independence within the Biden administration during his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “I am concerned about some of the appointments the president has made where they’re not in the purview of [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing on Junkscience.com JunkScience.com and friends — including Steve Milloy, Jim Enstrom, Stan Young, John Dunn and others — have worked for more than 20 years to achieve this result. A Biden administration will undoubtedly try to overturn this decision. So we will [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow, and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing on Junkscience.com My comments from today’s public testimony before EPA on its proposed cost-benefit overhaul. On a comical note, the enviro woman who testified before me criticized EPA for taking comments over the phone vs. by video… because phone testimony prevented EPA [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As Appearing on Junkscience.com A big win for all who have worked on this. We’re not done yet. But a big win nonetheless. You can read the wailings of the PM2.5 fraudsters in the New York Times coverage (Web | PDF). Incredible that the fraudsters launched [...]
Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow & Junkscience.com Founder As appearing on Junkscience.com Good morning. I’m Steve Milloy. I publish JunkScience.com. I’ve worked on EPA science and risk issues for almost 30 years now — probably on more EPA issues in more EPA programs than any one of you. The one thing I can [...]
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 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 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 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 [...]
