Ask yourself why people need to be forced to buy a product by federal legislation, and who benefits. On September 10, the US Senate Energy & Public Works Committee approved a new energy bill, S 2754 – the American Innovation…
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Electricity Prices to Increase Under Clean Power Plan
A state-by-state analysis of the impact of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) indicates people across the country can expect higher electricity bills if it is adopted. The CPP, which aims to limit carbon dioxide…
A Criminal Enterprise
The EPA, whose cadre of powerful revolving door officials is hired from the anti-industry greenies, has rewritten federal law yet again. Published on June 29, the EPA erased the word “navigable” from the ‘Waters of the U.S.” [WOTUS] adding “local…
Are Smart Meters Dangerous?
Prepare yourselves! It is only a matter of time until Smart Grid technology invades your home. In 2013, U.S. electric utilities had installed 51,924,502 advanced (smart) metering infrastructure (AMI), of which almost 89% were in residential homes. Smart grid technology involves…
California’s Water Insanity
The water shortage in California’s Central Valley is a classic example of how liberals are willing to sacrifice other people’s lives and livelihoods at the altar of environmentalism. The water shortage that has devastated America’s richest farmland, boosting food prices…
The EPA’s Dangerous Desire
Imagine that a federal agency could fundamentally alter the way electricity is provided to your home, your child’s school, and every place of business within the United States. Imagine that this agency’s proposals are so sweeping and dramatic that experts…
Illegal and Costly Never Stopped Obama
Has Mitch McConnell thrown caution to the wind, exposed his underbelly to the enemy, so to speak, or just finally realized that he was elected to represent the people rather than cow-tow to the oval office? In a letter to…
EPA’s Clean Power Plan is Unconstitutional
“EPA is attempting an unconstitutional trifecta: usurping the prerogatives of the State, Congress and the Federal Courts, all at once. Burning the Constitution should not become part of our national energy policy.” Harvard Constitutional Law Professor, Lawrence Tribe. Professor Tribe,…
Obama Has Declared War on Everybody
With Republican winning the Senate, liberal organizations are falling all over each other to have Santa fulfill their 2014 wishes before those mean old Republicans take office. According to Adam Green, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, “if there…
EPA Wants The Rest of Us as Destitute As California
Speaking at a Conference on Energy and the Environment at Georgetown University, EPA propagandist Gina McCarthy insisted that global warming is an “over whelming” major area of concern for Americans. She’s right but not for the reasons she and the…
EPA Water Rule Is Another Power Grab
The debate over the EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers to redefine the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act is heating up. Two Supreme Court decisions, Solid Waste Authority of Northern Cook County vs. US Army…
The Killer Coolant?
In 1978 Jimmy Carter’s EPA began banning the use of Freon because of alleged damage to the ozone layer, in favor of HFC-134a coolants that would help save the world. But as we’ve recently found out, the only world the…
TIE-DYED TYRANNY
But what fig leaf can modern, touchy-feely, petty tyrants use to make sure other people remain “in compliance?” How about Saving the Planet? Bill Whittle examines the Tie-Dyed Tyranny that has taken root under the guise of environmentalism in Washington…
Destroying The Coal Industry is an Investment Opportunity
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy admitted in recent Senate hearings that the proposed restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions have nothing to do with reducing pollution, they are nothing more than an investment opportunity. Although McCarthy was silent as to who would…
The EPA Is Rotten To The Core
Once again proving they care nothing about jobs, the economy, or our pocketbooks, the EPA slashed the maximum allowable sulfur content in gasoline from 30 parts per million to 10 ppm, claiming its new Tier 3 rule will benefit society…