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Update on Environmental Legislation and Regulations
Opinion -The following summary of pending legislation and recent regulatory decisions is provided by arrangement with The National Coalition for Public Lands and Natural Resources, a nonprofit 501(c)6 corporation advocating continued multiple use on public lands. -
U.S. Soldiers Preparing for Green Mission in Latin America
Opinion -If the Pentagon and the State Department have their way, American soldiers attached to the U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) will soon become warriors for the environment. In at least 32 Latin American and Caribbean nations, members of the U.S. -
Illinois’ Bald Eagle Count Soars
Opinion -The once-endangered bald eagle is continuing its remarkable comeback in Illinois, with a 42 percent increase in this winter’s population. The Illinois Natural Resources Department counted a record 2,459 bald eagles in the annual mid-winter survey. -
Environmental Regulations Blamed for California Floods
Opinion -One of the most destructive floods in recent California memory--one that caused three deaths and over $2 billion in damages--is being attributed to the regulatory zeal of federal and state agencies rigidly enforcing environmental regulations, notably the -
The Devolution Revolution
Opinion -The winds of change are howling through the halls of American federalism. The states are clamoring to take responsibility for billions of dollars of social welfare programs now controlled by the federal government. -
The Battle within the Environmental Movement
Opinion -The nation's biggest environmental groups are stuffing the nation's mailboxes (and its landfills) with fundraising letters claiming that "greedy special interest groups" are out to "repeal twenty years of environmental protection regulation. -
A Tale of Two Countries
Opinion -The Sierra Club, one of the nation's largest environmental organizations, not long ago ran a full- page ad in The New York Times deploring "the growing distance between the politicians on Capitol Hill and the rest of us. -
The Hysteria over Dioxin
Opinion -The popular press has given extensive coverage to the latest report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on dioxin. -
Deficiencies in Dominion’s Offshore Wind Permits
Opinion -The Trump administration is currently looking at the history and procedure of offshore wind permits. -
Western Offshore Wind EIS is MIA
Opinion -In summary the so-called California Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is nothing of the kind. The full Offshore Wind Program needs to be assessed for the entire West Coast before any project is approved for construction. This required assessment is Missing in Action. -
The California Offshore Wind Environmental Impact Statement Is Full of Holes
Opinion -BOEM is taking comments on a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for its five floating wind offshore leases off the California coast. -
Biden To Ruin Thousands Of Miles Of Land For Green Energy Scheme
Opinion -Ultimately, the Biden administration and its radical climate activist allies propose destroying vast stretches of open spaces and an enormous number of wild animals and ecosystems to impose – at taxpayer expense – a nationwide patchwork of wind turbines, solar projects, and power transmission lines -
PRESS RELEASE: Whales Die While Dominion Energy Hides Crucial Information
Opinion -Press Release -Federal regulations prohibit even one human-caused death per year if the right whale is to survive as a species. -
Remember When the Judiciary was a Co-equal Branch of Government?
Opinion -After decades of expansion, the U.S. Supreme Court may finally decide courts should start doing their jobs again. -
Feds Push Ignorance Defense for Whale Killing by Offshore Wind Development
Opinion -What NOAA Fisheries does not seem to be doing is looking at the potential adverse impact of the authorized wind site harassments on the monitored populations, especially whales. -
Evidence Says Offshore Wind Development Is Killing Lots of Whales
Opinion -Hundreds of whales may have already been killed by offshore wind activities. The evidence is right there. -
The Silly Giant Scale of US Offshore Wind Development
Opinion -Rushing to build a big bunch of incredibly expensive giant wind arrays that are far bigger than anything built in the world to date is bad engineering and worse environmental policy. -
The Coming Green Electricity Nightmare
Opinion -Editorial -Hundreds of billions in new subsidies will bring expensive, unreliable, eco-destructive power. -
Send the Paris Climate Treaty to the Senate
Opinion -Editorial -The most far-reaching international agreement ever must get Senate advice, consent and vote -
Activist Junk Science Breeds Bad Policy
Opinion -Editorial -Banning neonic pesticides in wildlife refuges would hurt birds, bees, other wildlife and people. -
Climategate: Ten Years Later
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #342 -
Is it Climate Socialism – or Eco-fascism?
Opinion -Editorial -Green New Deal climate alarm socialism is really intolerant, totalitarian eco-fascism. -
Bill to Reinstate Obama Pesticide Ban Ignores Science
Opinion -Editorial -House legislation to ban neonicotinoids in wildlife refuges would hurt bees and wildlife. -
Socialist Green New Deal Threatens Freedom, Prosperity, and the Environment
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #327
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