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Trump Removes Offshore Drilling Restrictions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump issued an executive order reversing restrictions on offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans imposed by former President Barack Obama shortly before he left office. -
Brownsville, Texas Gives Up Plastic Bag Fee
Opinion -environment-climate-news -As part of a settlement agreement, on April 11 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped the state’s lawsuit against the city of Brownsville over its first-in-the-state 2010 ordinance imposing a $1 per-transaction fee on plastic bags offered at stores. -
Texas Clean-Up Plan Could Cause Environmental Disaster, State, Army Corps Say
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The State of Texas and local business and city leaders are fighting a clean-up plan of a toxic waste site proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Trump Challenges Monument Designations
Opinion -environment-climate-news -President Donald Trump issued two executive orders that could reverse or significantly revise the size and management of national monuments declared by presidents since January 1, 1996. -
Trump Keeps Promise, Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Calling the Paris climate accord a bad deal for the American people, President Donald Trump announced the United States is withdrawing from the agreement 195 countries negotiated in December 2015. -
Oregon House Passes Statewide Fracking Moratorium
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill to place a 10-year ban on fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, throughout the state. -
Michigan Voters to Consider Banning Oil Shipments in Mackinac Pipeline
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Activists are proposing Michigan voters break an agreement that allows a company to ship crude oil through a pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac at the north end of the state. -
Gophers Prompt Property Rights Battle in Washington State
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Since the Fish and Wildlife Service classified three subspecies of the pocket gophers as protected under the 1973 Endangered Species Act, Thurston County, Washington landowners’ ability to develop their property has been severely restricted. -
Financial Bill Targets Politically Motivated Shareholder Resolutions
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A provision of he “Financial CHOICE Act,” to overhaul rules for key financial regulators would preclude all but the largest investors from offering shareholder resolutions designed to direct corporate policy. -
Claims of Climate-Caused Human Health Problems Questioned
Opinion -environment-climate-news -"Junk science" is behind many of the claims linking current levels of air pollution and climate change to human health problems. -
Free Markets Benefit the Environment, Conference Panelists Report
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Speakers on The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change panel “Environmental Economics,” said free markets protect the environment better than big government. -
Congress Reclaims Constitutional Powers Using CRA
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Using the Congressional Review Act of 1996, Congress and President Donald Trump are rolling back executive actions taken by the Obama administration shortly before President Barack Obama left office. -
‘Declare Independence from Climate Hysteria,’ Physicist Says
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Princeton University physicist William Happer told the closing luncheon keynote address at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change, “It’s time to declare independence from climate hysteria.” -
Conference Speakers Call for End to ‘Politically Correct Science’
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Keynote speakers at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change stressed the scientific research funded by government must be held to the highest standards and carried out transparently. -
ICCC-12 Speakers Defend Use of Fossil Fuels
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Speakers on the “Fossil Fuels and the Environment” panel at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change said fossil fuels make modern society possible, improving wealth, health, and the environment. -
A Highly Readable Discussion of Water Issues
Opinion -environment-climate-news -High and Dry is an outstanding compilation of hydrology and groundwater issues, along with precise explanations of technological advances. -
Conference Speakers Call for Bold Steps to Reset Nation’s Climate Policy
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Speakers on the panel on “Resetting Climate Policy” at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change urged President Donald Trump to unleash the nation’s energy potential by reining in out-of-control federal regulators. -
Climate Panelists Call for Far-Reaching EPA Reforms
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Speakers on the The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change’s “Climate Politics and Policy” panel said Donald Trump’s presidential election opened the door for fundamental changes to environmental and climate policy. -
Evidence Undermines Climate Consensus Claims, Science Panelists Say
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Scientists on ICCC-12's panel on climate science agreed human greenhouse gas emissions are not causing dangerous climate change. -
Inspector General Finds Interior Dept. Administrative Leave Abuse
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) inspector general found between 2013 and 2016, nearly 250 DOI employees were on extended paid administrative leave, costing taxpayers more than $6 million. -
ICCC Panel Critiques Obama’s ‘Social Cost of Carbon’
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The social cost of carbon is a calculation, meaning the price of the global “damage” caused by releasing an extra ton of carbon dioxide, developed by the Obama administration, overstates the harm caused by carbon dioxide and understates its benefits. -
Human-Caused Seismic Activity Decreased in 2017, USGS Reports
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey say the number of people living in areas of “significant” risk of human-induced seismic activity decreased by 50 percent from 2016. -
Federal Court Affirms Wyoming’s Authority to Manage Gray Wolves
Opinion -environment-climate-news -After nearly 10 years of legal wrangling, a U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed Wyoming's authority to manage wolves in their state. -
Fossil Fuels Promote Prosperity, Panelists Report
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Panelists at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change reported fossil fuels have been the main driver of human prosperity.
