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Relevance | DateCall to Action: Let’s Fix EPA (comments due soon)
By John Droz, Jr. -- May 12, 2017 No CommentsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is under new management. A recent executive order from President Trump instructed all federal agencies (EPA included) to “alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens” on the American people.
What ideas do you have for EPA that are consistent with the six areas of opportunity (see below)? Comments must be received on or before May 15, 2017. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190 here.
Click on the top “Comment Now” button to make suggestions regarding regulations that need to be changed. (Note that once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed.)
The EPA may publish any received comment. The EPA will generally not consider comments outside this venue. You do not have to be a US citizen to make comments.
Background
On February 24, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” which established a federal policy “to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens” on the American people.…
Continue ReadingNPR Bungles Sea Level Rise Story (supposed threats to coastal military installations ignore science)
By Robert Endlich -- May 11, 2017 31 Comments“Data from CO2 measuring stations and from the Sewell’s Point and all other tide gages may clearly refute these assertions, but NPR and its colleagues will not change their minds.”
“The Sewell’s Point tide gage shows that the rate of sea level rise has not changed since the gage was installed in 1927, and is unchanged from our use of fossil fuels. It’s time to base our policies on sound science, instead of manmade global warming fiction and scare stories.”
National Public Radio’s March 31 “Morning Edition” program carried a “news” story claiming that rising seas threaten a number of U.S. coastal military bases. The commentary was so laden with factual errors that listeners might have thought it was an early April fool’s joke. Unfortunately, it was not.…
Continue ReadingOut of Climate Time … Again (failed Malthusianism rolls on)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 2, 2017 2 Comments“Climate alarmism cannot be understood outside of the long-standing, long-debunked Malthusian view of man as a market failure, a planetary failure. The last half-century’s litany of alarm marches on, with one failed prognostication morphing into another.”
“The Planet Doesn’t Have Time for This,” screams the headline of a recent New York Times Sunday Review. “President Trump is in charge at a crucial moment for dealing with the climate crisis,” the subtitle reads. “We may never recover.”
The article by Bill McKibben begins:
President Trump’s environmental onslaught will have immediate, dangerous effects. He has vowed to reopen coal mines and moved to keep the dirtiest power plants open for many years into the future. Dirty air, the kind you get around coal-fired power plants, kills people.
and ends:
… Continue ReadingWe can hope other world leaders will pick up some of the slack.
Energy & Environmental Newsletter: May 1, 2017
By John Droz, Jr. -- May 1, 2017 1 CommentThe Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information).
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
US Tax Subsidies For Renewables Now Far Outpaces Fossil Fuels
Wind Industry Titan Soaks Up Billions in Tax Subsidies
Oklahoma ends wind power subsidy
Solar Power: An Environmental Disaster
The Real Threat is ‘Big Environment’
53 year old coal plant generates more electricity that all wind facilities combined
DOE study on electric grid to be done by “renewable skeptic”
We must protect Texas’ military installations from encroaching wind turbines
Failed Economics Of Renewable Energy: The Facts
End of Global Warming Debate — It’s As Easy As 1-2-3
Every green initiative imposed on us by politicians has ended in disaster
Exiting the Paris Climate Agreement
Peer-Reviewed: Paris climate promises will reduce temps in 2100 by 0.05°C
Please: Sign Petition Against Paris Agreement
Real science must guide policy
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