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Steve Goreham The Daily Caller 4/23/2014 Americans take electricity for granted. It powers our lights, our computers, our offices, and our industries. But misguided environmental policies are eroding the reliability of our power system. Last winter, bitterly cold weather placed massive stress on the US electrical system ― and the system almost broke. On January […] April 23rd, 2014 | Tags: "climate change", coal plants, electric grid, electricity prices, natural gas, Nicholas Akins, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Philip Moeller, Steve Goreham | Category: California, Congress, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, terrorism | Comments are closed
Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller 12/20/2013 The Environmental Protection Agency silenced scientific advisers who expressed concerns over the agency’s proposed carbon dioxide emissions limits for coal-fired power plants, House Republicans claim. Republicans on the House’s science committee wrote a letter to EPA administrator Gina McCarthy expressing concern that the agency ignored scientists charged with reviewing […] December 21st, 2013 | Tags: "Global Cooling", carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology, Carbon emissions, coal plants, Gina McCarthy | Category: Congress, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, federal regulations, Science/Research/Technology | Comments are closed
Ben Geman The Hill 11/8/2013 President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress. Gun control legislation is dead; immigration reform is on life support; and reaching a fiscal deal with Republicans appears to be a long shot. To make […] November 9th, 2013 | Tags: "climate change", "global warming", “Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience”, Carbon emissions, coal plants, Ernest Moniz, Executive order, Gina McCarthy, Global Warming Policy Foundation, honeybees, John Howard, junk science, land use, water rights | Category: Property rights | Comments are closed
Graham Lloyd and Chris Kenny The Australian 9/20/2013 THE Climate Commission has been scrapped and billions of dollars in renewable energy funding effectively frozen as the Abbott government moved swiftly to wind back Australia’s climate change response, as promised. Outgoing chief commissioner Tim Flannery, who was told yesterday morning he had lost his $180,000-a-year, part-time […] September 22nd, 2013 | Tags: "climate change", "global warming", carbon tax, Climate Change Tax, coal plants, Gina McCarthy, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Lord Christopher Monckton, Sen. Joe Manchin, Terry McAuliffe, Tom Steyer, Tony Abbott | Category: Australia, Cap and Trade, Energy, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Politicians, Progressives, Science/Research/Technology, United Nations, United States, Virginia | Comments are closed
Joel Gehrke The Washington Examiner 7/31/2013 Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy said people should “stop talking about environmental regulations killing jobs,” even as Democratic lawmakers throughout the country have mounted an offensive against EPA rules. “Can we stop talking about environmental regulations killing jobs, please?” McCarthy said at Harvard Law School Tuesday while defending […] August 3rd, 2013 | Tags: coal plants, Domestic Energy Production Protection Act, FirstEnergy Corp., Gina McCarthy, H.R. 2916, Rep. Bill Shuster, Sen. Joe Manchin | Category: Barack Obama, Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania, unemployment, West Virginia | Comments are closed
World Resources Institute identifies 1,200 coal plants in planning across 59 countries, with about three-quarters in China and India Damian Carrington The Guardian [UK] 19 November 2012 More than 1,000 coal-fired power plants are being planned worldwide, new research has revealed. The huge planned expansion comes despite warnings from politicians, scientists and campaigners that the […] November 20th, 2012 | Tags: Carbon emissions, Center on Climate Change and National Security, coal plants, developing nations, electricity, wind farms | Category: Africa, Asia, Central Intelligence Agency, China, Environmental Protection Agency, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, National Security, Pennsylvania | Comments are closed
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