Category Archives: Environment

EPA’s Plans for Virginia’s Farmers

Posted on July 24, 2014 by matt ohern

Cover crops, Virginia says, “…comes at considerable expense to agricultural producers…” Virginia’s WIP (Watershed Implementation Plan) wants cover crops on 10% of available cropland. Financial incentive programs will be available. Virginia’s WIP claims there are approximately 27,000 farms in Virginia … Continue reading →

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Just Assume We Have a Climate Crisis

Posted on June 4, 2014 by matt ohern

In the case of climate change, those making the assumptions demand that we act immediately to avert planetary crises based solely on their computer model predictions. It’s like demanding that governments enact laws to safeguard us from velociraptors, after Jurassic … Continue reading →

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Putting the “Garden” in Rain Garden

Posted on May 22, 2014 by matt ohern

This July Virginians will start spending billions to meet tough new storm-water regulations. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (Richmond) wants to demonstrate best practices that save the bay – and look really good doing it. About a decade ago the leadership of … Continue reading →

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EPA’s Definition of “Other Waters”

Posted on May 22, 2014 by matt ohern

EPA is defending their new proposal to define the ‘Waters of the United States’ in the Clean Water Act. At a competing website EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, in a guest editorial, defended her agency’s plan, writing: “Some in the agricultural community … Continue reading →

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Will the Supreme Court permit EPA climate fraud?

Posted on March 13, 2014 by matt ohern

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency. The case will determine how far EPA can extend its regulatory overreach, to control “climate changing” carbon dioxide from power plants and other … Continue reading →

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