by Seth Whitehead, executive director, Illinois Petroleum Resources Board
Chicago Sun Times, Letters to the Editor
“The repeal of the costly and redundant methane rule could help save up to 14,000 Illinois jobs, far outweighing the negligible climate benefit,” according to the author.
by Rachel Frazin
The Hill
Acting Park Service Director Margaret Everson told regional leadership in an email that public access to the parks should be a top priority
“National parks chief says coronavirus staff shortages shouldn’t prevent access” Read Full Article »
by David Wojick
The Heartland Institute
“Kamala Harris co-sponsored the Senate resolution to support the Green New Deal. Now Joe Biden has endorsed the plan. Naturally, people want to know what the GND will cost – usually meaning in state and federal government spending. But that is the wrong question. The real question is, how much do Green New Dealers expect to get out of it, at what total cost?” according to the author.
“The Green New Deal means monumental disruption” Read Full Article »
by Benjamin Zycher
National Review
The Trump administration has issued new rules to reform the misguided Obamarules against methane emissions. The changes are sure to incite those who believe in anthropogenic climate change.
“The Trump-Administration Reforms Obama’s Misguided Methane-Emissions Rule” Read Full Article »
by Paul Tice
The Wall St. Journal
“The climate-change movement is taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic, equating it with the “existential crisis” of man-made global warming. While praising the current display of unilateral government action as a model for addressing climate change, many environmentalists and liberal politicians have also called for a surge in government spending on renewable energy projects,” according to The Wall St. Journal.
“If You Like Lockdowns, You’ll Love the Carbon-Free Future” Read Full Article »
Extreme environmentalists falsely claim that consumption of meat adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Instead, recent scientific studies show cattle add just two percent to this natural atmospheric chemical.
“New Climate Summary: Meat, Livestock Have Little Climate Impact” Read Full Article »
by David Wojick
The Heartland Institute
Extreme environmentalists decry the addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere while ignoring the science that says this common natural chemical is essential to feeding the population.
by Penny Starr
Breitbart
The decades of environmentalists’ delays came nearer an end when…”the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its final environmental impact statement on Friday which found gold and copper mining in Alaska ‘would not be expected to have a measurable effect on fish numbers.’” Don’t expect this to be the last hurdle.
by Tom Pyle
Western Wire
“The recently passed Great American Outdoors Act, likely signed into law by President Trump, is not the proper remedy for protecting and funding our national park system,” according to Tom Pyle.
“Here’s The Problem With The Great American Outdoors Act” Read Full Article »
by Ed Hirs
Forbes
Joe Biden’s radical proposed carbon tax will cost Americans 89 cents per gallon every time they fill up…with no environmental benefit.
“What Will An American Carbon Tax Cost You?” Read Full Article »
by Jordan McGillis
The American Spectator
Court rulings endanger the environment by preventing the construction of environmentally-safe pipelines for the transport of oil and gas.
“Shut Down Pipelines to Save the Environment? Think Again” Read Full Article »
The Global Warming Policy Forum
“Some coral reefs are adapting to warming ocean temperatures by making their own sunscreen in the form of bright neon colors — a strategy which invites coral animals to return to reefs and is seen as a critical adaptation to maintain healthy coral reefs around the world,” according to The Global Warming Policy Forum.
“Scientists Discover That Coral Reefs Can Adapt To Warming Ocean Temps” Read Full Article »
by Mary B. Neumayr
The Denver Post
“President Donald Trump has taken bold action to fix our broken environmental review process. Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality is releasing a final rule to comprehensively update its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations for the first time in over 40 years,” according to The Denver Post.
“Trump’s new regulations for environmental reviews will fix a broken process” Read Full Article »
The Wall Street Journal
The Trump administration has updated the process for environmental reviews in order to speed approval of public-works projects.
by Rachel Frazin
The Hill
Federal court moves to limit energy production by reinstating Obama restrictions on methane releases from drilling.
“Court strikes down Trump administration’s methane rollback” Read Full Article »
by Andrew Wheeler
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Andrew Wheeler, EPA chief and the administration’ s leading expert on environmental regulation, provides valuable insights into this important area which is so often abused by the left. He also cites areas where action has been taken to clean up the regulatory mess left by earlier administrations.
“Under President Trump, Americans are breathing cleaner air” Read Full Article »
by David Whitehouse
The Global Warming Policy Forum
“The journal Science issued an embargoed press release about a forthcoming paper that suggested the warming observed in West Antarctica was due to natural climatic variability, ” according to The Global Warming Policy Forum.
“Natural Climate Change in Antarctica Is No News!” Read Full Article »
by Michael Shellenberger
Environmental Progress
Michael Shellenberger, a climate activist, apologizes in a new book for misleading the public, saying, “The evidence is overwhelming that our high-energy civilization is better for people and nature than the low-energy civilization that climate alarmists would return us to.”
“On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare” Read Full Article »
by Charles Battig
The Heartland Institute
“Three authors sound the common theme that the hyper-green environmental activists who have captured, politicized, and monetized the concern for the environment have . . created a false climate alarm which has ‘costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet’,” according to The Heartland Institute.
“A Winning Trifecta for Climate Science and Rationality” Read Full Article »
by Michal Shellenberger
Forbes
Environmentalists are trying to stop industrial wind farms across the U.S. because of the devastating effect the turbines have on migratory and other birds.