Category Archives: Environment

EPA’s Incredible Clean Power Plan

Posted on August 19, 2015 by matt ohern

The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Clean Power Plan (CPP) requires that states reduce their electric utility sector carbon dioxide emissions an average of 32% below 2005 levels by 2030. EPA twisted 80 words in the Clean Air Act into 1,560 … Continue reading →

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Chesapeake Bay Ruling is a Loser for All of Us

Posted on August 5, 2015 by matt ohern

Earlier in July, U.S. Court of Appeals wrote that water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay is a complex issue in a major case affecting all agriculture. It says “…the winners are environmental groups, the states that border the Bay, tourists, … Continue reading →

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How Not to Save the Planet

Posted on June 24, 2015 by matt ohern

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who want to make the world a better place by contributing their own time, energy and money to worthy causes and those who want to make the world a better … Continue reading →

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Twin Peaks – Twin Lies

Posted on June 24, 2015 by matt ohern

By Paul Driessen and Tom Tamarkin A recent NOAA article is just what Doctor Doom ordered. It claims the 18-year “hiatus” in rising planetary temperatures isn’t really happening. (The “pause” followed a 20-year modest temperature increase, which followed a prolonged … Continue reading →

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Bee facts changed – green agendas did not

Posted on June 10, 2015 by matt ohern

The White House finally appears ready to announce conclusions and policy recommendations from the Pollinator Task Force it appointed a year ago. Environmentalist groups eagerly await the decision. After clamoring and campaigning for years for government action, they hope to … Continue reading →

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