The U.S. State Department has released its Draft Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL pipeline, and it’s not good news for environmental activists who oppose it. It plays down the risks: The analysis, which will inform the decision President Obama must make later this year on whether to grant TransCanada the permit to… Read more »
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Environmental Protection Agency: No Room for Sequestration Cuts?
ROGER L. WOLLENBERG/UPI/Newscom The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to furlough all of its employees and shut down for three days this year to absorb sequestration’s spending cuts. But the sequester cuts do not have to lead to shutdowns. The Heritage Foundation recently pointed out that prioritized cuts at the National Institutes of Health… Read more »
EPA Closes Energy Plant in Community That Suffers From Environmental Contamination… And 32% Unemployment
It’s an Obama world. EPA closes a plant “in a community that has historically been disproportionately impacted by environmental contamination,” failing to mention that the community has also been disproportionately impacted by 32.1% unemployment. Geneva Energy hasn’t operated the tire incinerator in Ford Heights since August 2011, according to court documents. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago… Read more »
Rep. Mark Amodei reintroduces rip-off mining bill that would squelch environmental review
Mark Amodei They’re at it again. Nevada Republican Rep. Mark Amodei has reintroduced the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Protection Act of 2013. Last July, a practically identical bill passed the House of Representatives 256-160, with 22 Blue Dogs and other conservative Democrats padding the majority and zero Republicans voting against the bill. But, thankfully,… Read more »