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States Prepare for Grizzly Bear Hunt
Opinion -Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are making plans to manage grizzly bear populations within their borders, including possibly allowing legal hunting of the bears for the first time on four decades. -
FWS Director Defends Obama Administration Handling of ESA Revisions, Lawsuits
Opinion -In testimony before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Interior (OGRSI), U.S. -
Idaho Wind Farm Scuttled over Sage Grouse Concerns
Opinion -A Las Vegas power company has withdrawn plans to build a large wind farm in southern Idaho that would provide electricity to parts of Idaho and Nevada. U.S. -
Daniel Simmons
Profile -Daniel R. Simmons is an expert in climate change and environmental policy at the state level. He is director of state affairs at the Institute for Energy Research (IER). -
Marc Morano
Profile -Marc Morano is the publisher of the award-winning ClimateDepot.com, a global warming and eco-news center founded in 2009. Morano was named one of only five "criminals against humanity, against planet Earth itself" in 2009 by the eco-magazine Grist. -
Robert Gordon
Profile -Robert Gordon is president of Responsible Resources. -
Greater Sage Grouse Protections Hatching Lawsuits
Opinion -The Obama administration’s greater sage grouse protection plan has spawned multiple lawsuits, including two since April. -
Obama’s Security and Exchange Commission Issues Climate Chaos ‘Guidance’
Opinion -President Obama continues to use “dangerous manmade climate change” to justify a massive regulatory onslaught that will “fundamentally transform” America’s energy, economic, business, industrial, social, legal and constitutional systems before he leaves -
FWS Approves Copper Mine in U.S. Jaguar Habitat
Opinion -Over the objections of environmental groups, the U.S. -
Regulators Approve Mine Proposal on National Forest Land, Hurdles Remain
Opinion -The Obama administration and Montana regulators approved the construction of what could become one of the world’s largest copper and silver mines. -
Mid-Atlantic Eyed for Marine Reserve, Monument
Opinion -With less than one year left in office, President Barack Obama is moving forward with plans to restrict fishing in two areas off the Atlantic Coast. -
Environmentalists Wield Powerful ESA to Kill Jobs
Opinion -“Another one gone,” began the Lost Coast Outpost’s report in late January. A.A. -
Legislative Pulse: Texas State Rep. Phil King Fights for Fracking and Against Federal Overreach
Opinion -Editor’s Note: Nine-term Texas state Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford) chairs the Texas State and Federal Power and Responsibility Committee and serves on the Texas Energy Resources, Environmental Regulation, and Federal Environmental Regulation Committees. -
Washington’s Despotic Lawlessness
Opinion -We’ve had a “try and stop me” president. Now we need one who will invalidate those actions.Washington is out of control. -
Proposed BLM Fracking Rules Could Hurt North Dakota Oil and Gas Production
Opinion -Rules recently proposed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) concerning the capture of natural gas released as a by-product of oil production on public lands in North Dakota threatens to limit production within the massive Bakken Shale region of the -
Are Wind Turbines Killing Whales?
Opinion -Co-authored by Paul Driessen and Mark DuchampEnvironmentalists say navy sonar hurts whales, but ignore impacts of offshore wind farmsBetween January 9 and February 4 this year, 29 sperm whales got stranded and died on English, German and Dutch beaches. -
Utah Fights Effort to Introduce Mexican Gray Wolf in State
Opinion -Utah state officials are fighting a Department of the Interior (DOI) plan to include southern Utah in a recovery zone for the Mexican gray wolf, a sub-species they say has never lived north of Interstate 40, which runs through the middle of New Mexico -
Base Policies on Reality, Not Deceit
Opinion -Dr. Bob Carter understood that climate frequently changes, and we must prepare to adapt.Dangerous manmade global cooling, global warming, climate change and extreme weather claims continue to justify what has become a $1. -
Record Food Stockpiles Confound Climate Alarmist Predictions
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #199 Good news on the food front: Global food prices declined dramatically in 2015 as bumper crops continued to defy some scientists’ claims human-caused climate change would cause widespread crop failures. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Obama’s Last State of the Union Address
Opinion -Press Release -President Barack Obama on Tuesday night delivered his final State of the Union Address, touching on climate change, energy policy, education, health care, the economy, and his legacy after nearly two terms in the White House. -
Did the GOP Congress Change Energy Policy?
Opinion -Last year, when Republicans gained a decisive edge in both houses of Congress, I made predictions as to the six energy-policy changes we could expect—as the two parties have very different views on energy issues. -
GOP Energy Report Card 2015
Opinion -Last year, when Republicans gained a decisive edge in both houses of Congress, I made predictions as to the six energy-policy changes we could expect—as the two parties have very different views on energy issues. -
States, Counties Fight Feds Over Sage Grouse
Opinion -The Obama administration’s plan to impose strict land-use restrictions on 167 million acres in 11 Western states to protect the habitat of the greater sage grouse is being challenged in court by state and local governments and businesses in the region. -
Threatened Sucker Fish, Strangles Water Supplies
Opinion -The Santa Ana sucker, a small, bottom-feeding fish residing in California’s Santa Ana River, is playing havoc with the region’s water supply, resulting in a group of cities and water districts asking the United States Supreme Court to require the U.S.
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