States Attorneys General have received nice publicity for themselves by calling on the federal government to investigate the cost of gasoline, neatly implying that something fishy is going on while simultaneously admitting they have no evidence any crimes have been ... READ MORE
The Attorneys General of Connecticut and Maine have written a letter to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft asking Ashcroft to investigate whether the White House asked the free market Conservative Enterprise Institute to sue the Administration. Mr. Blumenthal is known ... READ MORE
Professor James Miller of Smith College has a fun idea for combatting eco-terrorism on today's TechCentralStation.com. He proposes that the government compensate victims of eco-terrorism from a government fund supplied by, among other options, selling federally-owned land to mining companies ... READ MORE
BACKGROUND: The Bush Administration is issuing a new rule clarifying what is meant by "routine maintenance" under "New Source Review" provisions in the 1977 Clean Air Act amendments. The 1977 Clean Air Act amendments required power plant and oil refinery ... READ MORE
"You are full of s---," reads the headline on an e-mail we received this morning from a Daniel F. Hellman, whose e-mail address reveals him to be a partner in Hellmuth & Bicknese Architects, LLC, of St. Louis. The e-mail ... READ MORE
Chris Burger and I put together one of our Ten Second Response newsletters in response to the EPA's New Source Review announcement earlier today. We included a number of quotes from those who oppose the EPA's decision along with quotes ... READ MORE
An excellent, easy-to-understand summary of New Source Review in today's Wall Street Journal. A sample: New Source Review dates back to the 1977 Clean Air Act amendments. In that era of petroleum shortages and fear of nuclear power, Congress realized ... READ MORE
In 1633, the astronomer Galileo was sentenced to house arrest by the Catholic Church for promoting his belief in Copernicus' theory of heliocentrism in a politically-incorrect manner. The Catholic Church has now reconciled with science, but not so science with ... READ MORE
Efforts to reform the decades-long asbestos scandal are stalled in the U.S. Senate and it's time for the "people's media" -- talk radio, the Internet, blogs and editorial pages -- to force Congress to justly end this $200-$300 billion dollar ... READ MORE
You'll be hearing a lot about "New Source Review" in coming days, especially during the confirmation battle over Utah Governor Mike Leavitt's nomination to head the EPA. Of course, only one in a zillion know what the term refers to, ... READ MORE
