Category: Environment and Enterprise Institute
U.S. Pushing Montreal Protocol as an Easy-Win Climate Treaty to Ban Emissions
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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NOAA Makes Monkey Out of Chimp; Agency Out-Forecasts Trained Chimpanzee – Who Knew?
Washington, DC - NOAA made a monkey out of Dr. James Hansimian, The National Center for Public Policy Research's trained hurricane-forecasting chimp, by producing a more accurate hurricane forecast for 2010. Today marks the official end of the 2010 Atlantic ...
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Border Security Threatened by Lame-Duck Lands Bill, by Dana Joel Gattuso
With his time running out, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is expected to try to force a massive omnibus lands bill1 through Congress. If passed, the mega-package would buy up and tie up millions of acres of land in ...
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Administration Invokes “Yellow Peril” To Peddle Green Energy
In a recent address before the National Press Club in Washington, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the United States is in clear danger of losing the "energy race" to China. "For centuries, America has led the world in innovation. Today, ...
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Endangerment of States’ Rights: EPA’s Endangerment Rule Threatens States’ Sovereignty
In his post-midterm election press conference, President Barack Obama, with his tail firmly between his legs, admitted that he would scale back his unpopular domestic agenda. Obama acknowledged that the electorate has no interest in his cap-and-trade scheme, but warned ...
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U.S. Special Envoy Promising CO2 Emissions Cuts “Even Without Domestic Legislation”
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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Obama’s Top Advisors Critical of Obama’s “Green” Jobs Stimulus Plan: Obama Says Full Speed Ahead
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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Drilling as a Real Stimulus: Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs Could Be “Saved or Created” By Easing Restrictions on Domestic Energy Development, by Caroline May
The best economic stimulus package is one that is free. Hundreds of thousands of American jobs could be "saved or created" while slashing both the budget and trade deficit by simply easing restrictions on domestic energy development. We don't need ...
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Environmentalists Should Stop Self-Defeating War on Clean Alternative Energy, by Caroline May
Environmentalists are engaged in a misguided legislative battle against a drilling method that increases our reserves of natural gas - an environmentally sound and economical energy source.According to a report by the Potential Gas Committee (PGC), drilling innovations such as ...
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Excessive Regulation of Mountaintop Mining Puts American Jobs at Risk, by Caroline May
At the very time President Obama is trying to convince the public that job creation is his number one priority, his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking steps that could cost nearly 53,000 Americans their jobs. Since Obama took office, ...
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