All posts tagged "Environmental Protection Agency"

  • Government
    Attorney General Laxalt issues statement on U.S. Court of Appeals Ruling on “Waters of the U.S.” Regulation

    (Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt issued the following statement after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued an order staying the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new “Waters of the United States” rule nationwide. This is the...

  • Opinion
    Barrick’s Turquoise Ridge Mine two-year Safety and Environmental Achievements enhance mining’s reputation

    (Jim Mitchell) – How about a round of congratulatory applause for Barrick’s landmark achievement at its Turquoise Ridge (TR...

  • Government
    Obama’s war on the poor continues

    (Rick Manning, NetRightDaily.com) – The past few years have been marked by Obama releasing new regulation after new regulation designed to increase the price of low-cost, readily-available fuel so that higher-cost, less-available alternatives become economically viable. The resulting higher electricity costs represent the most regressive form of regulatory taxation imaginable as the less...

  • Opinion
    Mitchell: EPA moving forward with Clean Water Plan in states that did not successfully sue

    (Thomas Mitchell) – What moxie. The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced that it is implementing its Clean Water Plan even though a federal judge in North Dakota on Thursday enjoined it from doing so. The EPA said it will enforce its new rule in all the states except those 13 that are...

  • Opinion
    EPA’s and Nevada’s clean power efforts cost much, fix nothing

    (Thomas Mitchell) – Obama is trying to kill a gnat with an anvil. He rhapsodized recently about his administration’s Clean Power Plan from the EPA, and preached about the urgency to curb global warming now because 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record and ice caps are shrinking. “Climate change is no...

  • Government
    EPA’s Gina McCarthy should be fired for Western waterway mess

    (Rick Manning, NetRightDaily.com) – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy’s career of administrative neglect, malfeasance and outright...

  • Opinion
    Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly & what you missed at the circus

    (Rick Manning, NetRightDaily.com) -While everyone has focused on a Trump tweet and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly in...

  • Government
    EPA relies on secret comments in No Power Plan rulemaking

    (Nathan Mehrens, NetRightDaily.com) – After the release of the Obama Administration’s much-publicized “Clean Power Plan” regulations, reports have indicated that the regulatory process that went into developing this “Plan” may not have been as transparent as touted. Environmental extremist groups were apparently regularly communicating and coordinating with officials at the Environmental Protection Agency...

  • Government
    Attorney General Laxalt files suit against EPA to deter “Sue and Settle” tactics used to disadvantage the State of Nevada

    (Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – On Friday, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to meet a statutory mandated deadline. The EPA failed to approve, partially approve or deny the interstate transport portion of Nevada’s State Implementation Plan...

  • Politics
    A time to kill (government spending)

    (Rick Manning, NetRightDaily.com) – Appropriations time in Congress makes most people’s eyes roll to the back of their...

  • Politics
    23 things Congress could defund in Interior and Environment

    (Robert Romano for NetRightDaily.com) – This week, the House of Representatives is taking up the appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. This is an opportunity for Congress to exercise its constitutional power of the purse through policy riders that can help limit the size and scope of...

  • Government
    The Supreme Court’s EPA decision, while not all positive, is worthy of celebration

    (Marita Noon of NetRightDaily.com) – The Supreme Court has been harsh on the Obama Administration’s regulatory overreach (remember...

  • Politics
    For Libs, nothing is ever enough

    (Fred Weinberg) – Just when NBC’s Chuck Todd worked himself into an on-air orgasm over the President’s good week last week, handed to him by the Supreme Court, the Supremes brought the nation’s chief lame duck up short on his serious agenda—the EPA’s attempt at raising our electricity prices to previously unknown heights....