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Boxer–Sanders Carbon Tax Would Empower EPA to Crush Booming Energy Economy

Written by Derrick Morgan

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The Climate Protection Act of 2013 (Boxer–Sanders bill) would inflict high costs on families, especially those in carbon-intensive states; thwart promising energy investment and development; destroy manufacturing jobs; risk triggering a trade war; waste money; fail to provide environmental ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 April 2013 16:50

Conservation Easements: A Vehicle for Land Confiscation

Written by Donna Holt

Martha Boneta's small 70-acre farm, previously the center of the famous "pitchfork protest", is once again under attack.

She purchased the farm with a Conservation Easement from the Piedmont Environmental Council. Conservation Easementsare touted as a means to protect resources such as productive ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 07 April 2013 10:59

Insight Into Smart Meters and the Hype Surrounding Smart Grid

Written by Donn Dears

The hype surrounding the smart grid has resulted in smart meters being equated with the smart grid.

Smart meters can improve certain aspects of the distribution system, and can play a very limited role in efficiently managing the grid, but they do not comprise the major ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 March 2013 08:43

Batteries, the Achilles Heel

Written by Donn Dears

The sale of EVs and PHEVs has been sluggish, probably because of the high cost of the battery. The 16 kWh battery for the Volt, for example, Cost of the battery for the all electric Leaf is around $15,000, and it would require roughly 11 years to recover its added cost costs around $10,000, ...

Climate Change and The New Hockey-Stick

Written by Ken Haapala

By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)

The New Hockey-stick:

As anticipated, statistical expert Steve McIntyre is shredding the new hockey-stick reported (in Science on March 8) by Marcott, Shakun, Clark, and Mix (Marcott-Shakun). McIntyre has ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 March 2013 05:39

Eco-Imperialism Joins Vulture Environmentalism

Written by Paul Driessen

Obama appointees seek to impose ideological control over our energy, economy and property

Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to replace Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency, has been chastised for having lied to Congress, in claiming that EPA did not use “dangerous manmade ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 March 2013 18:13

Energy Efficiency, Not Efficiency Mandates

Written by Nicolas Loris

In order to compel American businesses and consumers to act in a manner that suits the federal government, various federal agencies have created mandates and energy-efficiency programs for vehicles, homes, manufacturing processes, appliances, and more since the 1970s.

Proponents of those ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 March 2013 15:01

Private Property Assault: New Blueways and Wildlands Programs Could End Up In Omnibus

Written by Right Side News

Below is a critically important Letter to the Secretary of Interior from The House Western Caucus. They are complaining about how the Obama Administration and the Secretary of Interior are Bypassing Congress to make new land use designations. This letter has huge ramifications for you. You must ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 March 2013 08:35

New York’s “Sustainability” Plan: aka “Agenda 21”

Written by Mary Kay Barton

An insidious plan to install the “New World” state-supported religion – Environmentalism

“Agenda 21” was first introduced to the world at the 1992 UN-sponsored “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro. It addresses virtually every facet of human life and describes in great detail how the concept of ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 March 2013 05:40

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