Michael Bastasch The Environmental Protection Agency finally published a regulation that will be the backbone of President Barack Obama’s plan to fight global warming: a sweeping rule called the Clean Power Plan. Attorneys general from 26 states and numerous business groups, however, aren’t going to stand idly by while EPA regulations threaten the closure of hundreds…
Steve Birr The Environmental Protection Agency will publish Friday the long awaited Clean Power Plan, opening the climate rules up to legal challenges from the states. Anticipating a wave of lawsuits including a group of 16 states that have organized to sue, EPA Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe released a statement Thursday reiterating the administration’s belief…
Steve Birr on October 8, 2015 The CEO of Volkswagen AG announced Wednesday that the company will be launching a recall of their diesel vehicles in January, following the emission scandal that affected up to 11 million of their cars. Unfortunately for VW owners, a recall will mean downward revisions in fuel economy and resale…
Steve Birr on October 1, 2015 Volkswagen may dodge criminal charges for violating environmental laws, but the financial penalties they face could bankrupt the company, reports The Wall Street Journal. The largest automaker in the world is facing billions in potential fines in the wake of the emissions scandal, which revealed that VW had been…
Michael Bastasch on October 1, 2015 The EPA’s sweeping plan to tackle global warming is set to be published in the Federal Register by the end of the month, but critics are arguing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is justified using “Volkswagen accounting.” In a recent Senate hearing, Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso asked a…
Michael Bastasch on September 30, 2015 A federal district court judge has sided with the petroleum industry and granted an injunction against enforcing the Obama administration regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on federal lands. “At this point, the Court does not believe Congress has granted or delegated to the [Bureau of Land Management] authority…
Michael Bastasch The EPA issued new regulations Monday aiming to reduce migrant farm worker exposure to pesticides. The rules got a big welcome from activist groups who have been pushing for more regulations on pesticides. Interestingly enough, many of these same activist groups have gotten millions of dollars in grants from the EPA over the years for…
By: Laura Meyers You just think you can splash in the puddles after its rained? You think you can just destroy federal property like that? You noob. Obama owns all the puddles now. And streams. And creeks. And rills, ditches, brooks, rivulets, burns, tributaries, and wetlands. The Obama administration, along with the Environmental Protection Agency…
by Josh Guckert April 7, 2015 Government Agencies Are Out of Control When George Washington became President, his cabinet consisted of only an Attorney General and the Secretaries of State, War and Treasury. Needless to say, in the two centuries since then, government bureaucracy has gotten completely out of control, and it has become nearly impossible…
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]s many of you know, the reach of the government’s tentacles are widespread. However, for the most part, your home is the last bastion against the ever growing encroachment of the Nanny State. For the people of Montgomery County, their home might soon not be their castle. Council President George L. Leventhal (D-At Large) is…