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- Congressmen introduce bill to enact U.S-wide ban on microbeads Fri, 13 Mar 15, 12:28amTwo congressmen have introduced a bipartisan bill that, if passed, could see a nationwide ban on the use of microbeads in soaps and cosmetics. The tiny balls of exfoliating plastic—commonly found in facial scrubs and the...
- Reps. Upton and Waxman Issue 2nd White Paper on Renewable Fuel Standard Sat, 20 Apr 13, 7:18amReps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) yesterday issued their second white paper in a series intended as a first step to reviewing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The first white paper, released March...
- Ethanol Mandate: Proud Milestone in the Glorious History of Central Planning Wed, 27 Mar 13, 8:34amToday on National Journal’s Energy Experts Blog, I post a comment celebrating the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as a triumph of centralized economic planning...
- House Passes TRAIN Act Mon, 26 Sep 11, 7:08amOn Friday (September 23, 2011), the House passed a bill that would block two of the administration’s flagship Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations targeting coal-fired power plants and establish a new Cabinet-level committee...
- California Air Board Boasts Its GHG Standards Save More Fuel than DOT’s Fuel Economy Standards — But Denies GHG Standards Are Fuel Economy Standards. Huh? Wed, 15 Jun 11, 4:37amThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) boasts that its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards save more fuel than the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)...
- Trick-Question Poll ‘Finds’ Upton’s Constituents Want EPA To Regulate Greenhouse Gases Sat, 21 May 11, 10:12amThe Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Action Fund commissioned a poll from a Democratic pollster finding that voters in Republican Rep. Fred Upton’s district disapprove of the congressman’s efforts...
- EPA’s Utility MACT Overreach Threatens To Turn out the Lights Thu, 19 May 11, 5:27amThree of the Congress’s most influential energy policymakers this week “urged” the Environmental Protection Agency to delay an ultra-costly regulation targeted at coal-fired power plants, the source of 50 percent...
- S. 493: A Skeptical Review of Boxer’s Tirade Fri, 1 Apr 11, 4:40amYesterday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) mounted a tirade (Congressional Record, pp. 1955-57) against S. 493, the McConnell amendment (a.k.a. S. 482, the Inhofe-Upton Energy Tax Prevention Act) to stop EPA from ‘legislating’...
- Disorder in the Court: Will Trial Lawyers and Activist Judges ‘Legislate’ Climate Policy? Wed, 30 Mar 11, 8:55amTomorrow, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the Inhofe-Upton Energy Tax Prevention Act (S. 482) to overturn EPA’s Endangerment Rule and most of the agency’s other greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations. Although...
- Inside the Beltway: EPA Pre-Emption Bill Heads to House Floor Sat, 19 Mar 11, 11:58pmThe House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday marked up and passed H. R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act, by a 34 to 19 vote. All 31 Republicans on the committee supported Chairman Fred Upton’s (R-Mich.) bill. ...
- EPA’s GHG Power Grab: Baucus’s Revenge, Democracy’s Peril Tue, 22 Mar 11, 2:05amToday at Pajamas Media.Com, I discuss the latest stratagem of the greenhouse lobby to protect EPA’s purloined power to dictate national climate and energy policy: Sen. Max Baucus’s (D-Mont.) amendment to the...
- H.R. 910: Seizing the Moral High Ground (How to Foil Opponents’ Rhetorical Tricks) Thu, 17 Mar 11, 4:29amYesterday, the House and Commerce Committee approved H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act, as amended, by 34-19. The bill would stop EPA from ’legislating’ climate policy through the Clean Air Act. All 31...
- BREAKING: House bill unveiled late Friday cuts EPA budget by $3 billion, blocks funding for all current and pending EPA climate regulations for stationary CO2 source Sat, 12 Feb 11, 1:55pmThe Hill E2 wire reports: House GOP spending bill prohibits funding for EPA climate regs By Andrew Restuccia - 02/11/11 07:33 PM ET A government spending bill unveiled Friday night by House Republicans would prohibit funding...