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Federal Court Dismisses New York City’s Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge dismissed New York City’s (NYC) lawsuit against five major oil companies to force them to help pay the city’s costs of dealing with climate change. -
California Voters Recall State Senator Over Gas Tax Hike
Opinion -environment-climate-news -In a recall election, California voters removed a state senator who voted to raise the state’s gas tax last year. -
Coal Leasing Program Does Not Need Climate Review, Federal Court Rules
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal appeals court rejected environmentalists’ arguments the U.S. Department of Interior must evaluate potential climate change impact when leasing federal land for coal mining. -
Texas Supreme Court Strikes Down Plastic Bag Ban
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Texas Supreme Court struck down the City of Laredo’s ban on plastic bags, in a decision likely to overturn similar ordinances in nearly a dozen other Texas municipalities. -
Idaho Gains Control of Its Water Pollution Program
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached an agreement with the government of Idaho allowing the state to manage its own water pollution program. -
Pruitt Out, Wheeler in at EPA
Opinion -environment-climate-news -After months of increasing scrutiny, and under mounting pressure from Capitol Hill, Scott Pruitt resigned his position as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Delaware Assembly Passes Offshore Oil Ban
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Delaware’s General Assembly passed two bills seeking to restrict or ban offshore drilling in the state’s territorial waters and in federal waters off its coast. -
U.S. House Passes Resolution Opposing Carbon Dioxide Tax
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy,” by vote of 229 to 180. -
Oklahoma Becomes First State to Manage Coal Ash Disposal
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Oklahoma became the first state in the nation to receive approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to manage its program to dispose of coal ash. -
Federal Regulations Cost Americans $1.9 Trillion in 2017
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The thousands of federal regulations implemented by executive agencies each year impose trillions of dollars in costs on the American people annually. -
House Appropriators Reject Trump’s EPA, Interior Budget Cut Requests
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The House Appropriations Committee’s draft bill to fund the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for fiscal year 2019 provides substantially more funding than President Donald Trump requested. -
Exposing Climate Hypocrisy, Scientific Malfeasance, and Doublespeak
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Marc Morano's Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change covers almost every climate change topic imaginable, exposing the lies and hypocrisy behind the scare along the way. -
Climate Skeptics Are More Eco-Friendly Than Climate Alarmists, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study shows Americans who are skeptical of claims humans are causing catastrophic climate change are more eco-friendly than those who say they are very concerned about global warming. -
UK Study Debunks Efficiency of Rooftop Solar Battery Backup Power
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A new study from Great Britain casts doubt on claims backup battery storage systems can cost-effectively offset the intermittency of residential rooftop solar power. -
Study: Electric Vehicle Subsidies Carry High Costs with Questionable Results
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A recent report by the Manhattan Institute concludes the billions of taxpayer dollars spent in the United States subsidizing so-called “zero-emissions vehicles” produce few if any environmental benefits. -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting Energy Insecurity in California
Opinion -environment-climate-news -California state Sen. Ted Gaines (R–El Dorado Hills) says policies enacted mandating roof top solar panels on new homes and higher gas taxes hurt the states residents. -
Oklahoma Lawmakers Fail to End Wind Energy Subsidy
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A bill to end a taxpayer subsidy Oklahoma gives various renewable energy providers was rejected by a single vote in the Oklahoma Senate. -
Federal Judge Overturns Oakland’s Ban on Coal Export Terminal
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge in San Francisco struck down the City of Oakland’s ban on the operation of a coal terminal, clearing the way for coal to be exported from the West Coast port. -
Federal Judge Dismisses California Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -U.S. District Judge William Alsup dismissed a climate liability lawsuit brought by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco against five oil companies. -
Fracking Is Not Contaminating Groundwater in Ohio, Study Finds
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A peer-reviewed study from researchers at the University of Cincinnati shows the hydraulic fracturing process, commonly referred to as “fracking,” is not contaminating groundwater in the Utica Shale region of Ohio. -
EPA Eases Smog Rules for Parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has loosened smog regulations for parts of three states in the Midwest. -
Congress, Think Tanks State Opposition to Carbon Taxes
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A group of 29 research institutes are supporting a resolution introduced by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. David B. McKinley (R-WV) putting Congress on record opposing any carbon tax. -
California May Mandate Solar Panels on All New Homes
Opinion -environment-climate-news -California may soon become the first state to mandate solar panels be installed on all new homes, apartments, and condominiums. -
State AGs Urge Court to Dismiss California Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Republican attorneys general from 15 states asked federal judge William Alsup to dismiss a climate liability lawsuit against five oil companies brought by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco.
