Is this a government operation, or what? The AAA says the Environmental Protection Agency and gasoline retailers should halt the sale of E15, a new ethanol blend that could damage millions of vehicles and void car warranties. AAA, which issued its warning today, says just 12 million of more than 240 million cars, trucks and [...]

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Lawmakers are working to block an unprecedented power grab by the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Water Act (CWA) and control land alongside ditches, gullies and other ephemeral spots by claiming the sources are part of navigable waterways. These temporary water sources are often created by rain or snowmelt, and would make it [...]

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SACRAMENTO KABC — A showdown between desert tortoises and a solar-power plant is shaping up in the Mojave Desert. Some environmentalists have filed suit to block the plant. They claim it will ruin the natural habitat of the tortoise. “Clean and green” are the big environmental buzzwords these days, but some projects come with a [...]

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EPA official aplogizes for call to ‘crucify’ oil companies A top EPA official has apologized for comparing his agency’s enforcement strategy to Roman crucifixion — as Republican Sen. James Inhofe launched an investigation and told Fox News the comments are part of a campaign of “threats” and “intimidation.”  Al Armendariz, the EPA administrator in the [...]

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Global warming alarmists are getting a chilly reception these days as the public is starting to catch on to something that we have been yelling about for years:  The whole thing is a scam.  And here are the reasons why:  The Top 10 Inconvenient Truths about Global Warming. via Top 10 Inconvenient Truths about Global [...]

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Canada, the country furthest from meeting its commitment to cut carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, may save as much as $6.7 billion by exiting the global climate change agreement and not paying for offset credits. The country’s greenhouse-gas emissions are almost a third higher than 1990 levels, and it has a 6 percent CO2 [...]

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The Environmental Protection Agency has said new greenhouse gas regulations, as proposed, may be “absurd” in application and “impossible to administer” by its self-imposed 2016 deadline. But the agency is still asking for taxpayers to shoulder the burden of up to 230,000 new bureaucrats — at a cost of $21 billion — to attempt to [...]

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President Barack Obama, citing the struggling economy, asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to withdraw an air-quality rule that Republicans and business groups said would cost millions of jobs. The surprise move—coming on the same day as a dismal unemployment report—reflected the energy industry’s importance as a rare bright spot in adding U.S. jobs. [...]

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Over the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new rules to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. Mercury, smog, ozone, greenhouse gases, water intake, coal ash—it’s all getting regulated. And, not surprisingly, some lawmakers are grumbling. via Getting ready for a wave of coal-plant shutdowns – Ezra Klein – [...]

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You knew they’d bring aliens into the picture eventually. Battered by growing skepticism about their climate conclusions, global warming advocates have cast about wildly for a way to stem the tide. And they appear to have found the answer; aliens are more likely to destroy us because of our greenhouse gas emissions. For sheer bravado, [...]

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