By Paul Chesser And the environmental pressure groups wanted you to believe solar energy was “clean” and “green.” If that’s true, then why do we keep hearing the words “toxic” and “hazardous” connected with the production of solar panels – especially with the companies that fail? The latest example of phony eco-purity is Abound Solar,…
Paul Driessen
EPA’s Tier 3 tyranny
By Paul Driessen President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has already promulgated a tsunami of 1,920 regulations, many of which will bring few health or environmental benefits, but will impose high economic and unemployment costs, often to advance the Administration’s decidedly antihydrocarbon agenda. The Heritage Foundation has calculated that his EPA’s twenty “major” rulemaking decisions (costing…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was May 11, 2013 Quote of the Week The actual earth surface temperature response to CO2 emissions cannot be validated in the models if important naturally occurring climate change mechanisms are not modeled accurately. The Right Climate Stuff Research Team (p. 20) ******************************* Number of the Week 90 to 99% ******************************* This…
Robert Rapier
First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in US Goes Bankrupt
By Robert Rapier First Qualifying Cellulosic Ethanol Last year, to much fanfare, the first batch of qualifying cellulosic ethanol was produced (i.e., it qualified for credits under the EPA program for certifying ethanol for sales). I reported on the development at that time. Western Biomass Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Blue Sugars Corporation (previously KL…
Heartland Institute, M.D. Kittle
Actuaries: Ohio and Wisconsin Face Highest Cost Hikes Under Obamacare
By M.D. Kittle A report from the Society of Actuaries found Ohio and Wisconsin face the steepest health care cost hikes under President Obama’s health care law. The Buckeye State tops the list, while the Badger State checks in at No. 2 on the Society’s ranking of states expected to be hardest-hit by underlying claim…
Heartland Institute, Ryan Ekvall
Protesters Rally Against Walker Medicaid Proposal That Would Benefit Them
By Ryan Ekvall Dozens of union-backed protesters descended on the Wisconsin Capitol building protesting Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget address, decrying Walker’s rejection of Medicaid expansion, charging Walker would take away their taxpayer-subsidized health care. But several of the protesters would personally benefit from Walker’s plan. Some demonstrators donned white Tshirts with drawn-on numbers, a…