The Truth About the EPA
Environmental regulation of air quality is supposed to be a cooperative enterprise between the federal and state governments. Under the Clean Air Act, the federal government is given the responsibility of setting forth air quality standards, while states retain primary authority for implementing those standards. In recent years, however, EPA has become increasingly aggressive in [...]
The revelation of the EPA’s “philosophy” used in their regulation of oil and gas companies—“crucify” and “make examples” of, just as the Romans crucified random citizens in areas they conquered to ensure obedience—provides proof of what many have known: policy decisions are made on ideology and emotion rather than fact, sound science, and economic or [...]
Al Armendariz, the EPA bureaucrat who relished in the chance to “crucify” energy producers has resigned – effective today. Armendariz apologized for his comments and claimed that they “do not in any way reflect my work as regional administrator. As importantly, they do not represent the work you [Lisa Jackson] have over seen as EPA [...]
Bill O’Reilly sent Jesse Watters, a Fox News reporter to cover a Green Festival in New York City last week. During this coverage of the event, Watters ambushed Communist Van Jones and asked him a few questions before being kicked out of the event: WATTERS: Bill O’Reilly sends his warmest regards. VAN JONES, FMR. GREEN [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency has recently launched a new Environmental Justice blog, run by Mustafa Ali. Ali decribes himself as a “national speaker, trainer and facilitator on social justice issues for the past 20 years and focused on the issue of environmental justice for the past 19 years.” Another online biographical sketch of him noted [...]
Politico reports that YouTube has mysteriously removed the video of the EPA administrator describing his policy of crucifying companies that don’t obey EPA edicts. YouTube is claiming that there was some sort of copyright violation. According to Politico, Matt Dempsey with Senator James Inhofe’s office is going to be looking into the reasons why the [...]
Chris Stirewalt, the digital politics editor for Fox News writes that the EPA could be a toxic brew for Obama’s re-election hopes. He writes: While the hot tub lovers at the General Services Administration have been surging of late and the Solyndra scandal makes the Department of Energy a contender, the agency doing the most [...]
We’re not making this up. Popeye gained extraordinary power to beat up his opponents by downing a can of spinach. Now, President Obama’s EPA has decided to begin funding research into the use of spinach as a new energy resource! Who knew? Here’s to Popeye Power! Last weekend, the EPA handed over $90,000 of our [...]
