Author: Dana Joel Gattuso

EPA Wins Dubious Distinction for Biggest Barrier to Business

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As Republicans in Congress turn to jobs and the economic recovery as their number one priority, it’s no suprise that their number one obstacle is the EPA. According to a new report based on a survey released by Rep. Darrell ...
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Senators Inhofe, Upton, and Barrasso to Introduce Bills to Reign in EPA

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On the 1/27/11 edition of the Fox Business Network’s “Follow the Money,” Tom Borelli of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project talks about President Obama’s energy priorities that were laid out in his State of the Union Address to Congress.  ...
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Mr. President, You Are Right We Need to Bring Common Sense to our Regulatory System: Let’s Start with the Environment

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Mr. President, you are right on the mark when you write in today’s Wall Street Journal that “vibrant entrepreneurialism is the key to our continued global leadership and the success of our people.” You are right when you say we ...
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Mr. President, Time to Increase Domestic Oil Production: Climbing Oil and Gas Prices Hurt Chances for Economic Recovery

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As President Obama and his team of regulators bring domestic oil production to a crawl via their moratorium on offshore drilling, near-standstill on drilling permits, and myriad regulations on accessing oil on public lands, is it any wonder oil and ...
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Controversial Clean Water Restoration Act May Be Part of Omnibus Land-Grab Package

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Last year, Senate Democrats sought to pass the Clean Water Restoration Act that would have expanded the federal government’s ability to regulate activities on “navigable waters,” as required under the Clean Water Act, to any activity on or in all ...
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High On America’s Christmas List: Get the Federal Government out of Managing our Lands

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Source: Kevin Eddy, Flickr.comAs the election showed, the American people would not approve Sen. Reid’s efforts to sneak through a massive, far-reaching omnibus package that would buy up and tie up millions of acres of federal lands. Sadly, the people ...
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U.S. Pushing Montreal Protocol as an Easy-Win Climate Treaty to Ban Emissions

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U.N. officials, desperate for a win at the sleeper climate talks in Cancun, are now proposing a means to cut greenhouse gas emissions that should wake us all up: the 1987 Montreal Protocol. This from Greenwire in yesterday’s New York ...
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U.S. Special Envoy Promising CO2 Emissions Cuts “Even Without Domestic Legislation”

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As U.N. negotiators attempt to lower the expectations bar on the climate change talks that kick off today in Cancun, keep your eye on Todd Stern, the Obama Administration’s special climate change envoy and the U.S. government’s representative at the ...
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Massive Land-Grab Effort Urged by Democrats in Lame Duck

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Source: iStockphoto.comJust two days ago I wrote about a possible vote during the lame-duck session to hike up funding levels under the “oil spill bill” for the federal land-grab program, the Land and Water Conservation Trust. Even more threatening are ...
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Obama’s Top Advisors Critical of Obama’s “Green” Jobs Stimulus Plan: Obama Says Full Speed Ahead

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Damn the torpedoes! Source: iStockphoto.comIn a recent radio address, President Obama attacked the GOP for criticizing his renewables loan program that costs taxpayers billions of dollars and has been central to Obama’s plan to create “green” jobs under the stimulus ...
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