EPA mercury rules for electricity generating units are based on false science and economics By Craig Rucker The Environmental Protection Agency clams its “final proposed” Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules will eliminate toxic pollution from electrical generating units, bring up to $140 billion in annual health benefits, and prevent thousands of premature deaths yearly…
Kelvin Kemm
Thou shalt not question UN “experts”
By Kelvin Kemm British Viscount Christopher Monckton of Brenchley parachuted with me into Durban, South Africa, to challenge UN climate crisis claims, attracting numerous journalists and onlookers. A 20-foot banner across our press conference table gave the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow further opportunities to present realistic perspectives on the science and economics of climate…
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Kansas State Highway Patrol
Story from a Kansas State HWY Patrol officer : I made a traffic stop on an elderly lady the other day for speeding on U.S. 166 Eastbound at Mile Marker 73 just East of Sedan, KS. I asked for her driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. The lady took out the required information and…
Paul Chesser
Facebook Caves to Greenpeace After Pressure Campaign
By Paul Chesser, National Legal & Policy Center Greenpeace, which has campaigned against technology companies for nearly two years over their coal-burning electricity use at “cloud computing” data centers, has convinced one – Facebook – to promise to use renewable energy at facilities they build in the future. The international environmental pressure group’s members had…
Ken VanDoren
Letter to the Editor
Feeding at the trough while filling it The late great columnist/author/ economist Henry Hazlitt wrote an interesting book titled “The Conquest of Poverty.” In it, he postulated that those who take more in government benefits than they pay in taxes should be disqualified from voting and from holding public office. Why? Because this created a…
Susan Dudley
EPA misrepresents mercury rule benefits
By Susan Dudley If the enormous public benefits EPA predicts from these mercury standards were real, they would justify the cost to Americans of almost $11 billion per year. Unfortunately, they are not. According to a regulatory impact analysis released earlier this year, EPA derived the vast majority of its estimated health and economic benefits…