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Ernst Asks EPA Administrator About Efforts To Eliminate Burdensome Regulations

January 30, 2018 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Ernst Asks EPA Administrator About Efforts To Eliminate Burdensome Regulations

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, questioned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt on his efforts to roll back harmful rules and regulations.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Environmental Protection Agency, ethanol, federal regulations, Joni Ernst, Renewable Fuel Standard, Scott Pruitt, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate, WOTUS

Setting National Health Priorities: Trump and Climate Change

December 19, 2017 By Dr. Jane Orient

Setting National Health Priorities: Trump and Climate Change

Dr. Jane Orient: President Trump’s initiatives on energy and climate challenge medical and public health authorities to prove their anti-carbon case.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: carbon emissions, climate, climate change, Climate Science, Climate Solutions Caucus, Congress, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, public health, Trump Administration, weather

EPA Proposes Repeal of “Clean Power Plan”

October 10, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

EPA Proposes Repeal of “Clean Power Plan”

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt proposed to repeal the Obama-era so-called “Clean Power Plan” (CPP).

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Anthony Lupo, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Plan, Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, Craig Mitchell, Donald Trump, E. Calvin Beisner, Energy Independence, Environmental Protection Agency, Obama administration, Scott Pruitt, Supreme Court, Timothy Terrell, William Anderson

Trump Administration Moves to Rescind Waters of the U.S.

June 28, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Trump Administration Moves to Rescind Waters of the U.S.

The Trump Administration announces a withdrawal from the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, Iowa Republicans respond to the news.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Army Corps of Engineers, Chuck Grassley, David Young, Department of the Army, Donald Trump, Douglas Lamont, Environmental Protection Agency, Joni Ernst, Kim Reynolds, Scott Pruitt, Steve King, Waters of the U.S, WOTUS

EPA’s New Ozone Rule Will Be a Deadly, Regressive Tax on Poor and Millennials

October 1, 2015 By Caffeinated Thoughts

EPA’s New Ozone Rule Will Be a Deadly, Regressive Tax on Poor and Millennials

Cornwall Alliance: The Environmental Protection Agency’s new ozone rule does nothing but harm the poor and millennials while providing no net benefit.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, E. Calvin Beisner, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, National Association of Manufacturers, ozone standard, press release

A Win for Common Sense and Iowa Workers

July 3, 2015 By David Young

A Win for Common Sense and Iowa Workers

The Michigan v. EPA ruling is more monumental than we might realize, especially in the battle to keep in check a federal agency and its onerous rules.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: David Young, Environmental Protection Agency, H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act, U.S. House

Joni Ernst: Stop President Obama’s Executive Overreach, Fund DHS

February 26, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Joni Ernst: Stop President Obama’s Executive Overreach, Fund DHS

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the potential DHS shutdown, NCLB reauthorization, regulatory reform and other issues in an exclusive interview.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, executive amnesty, Joni Ernst, No Child Left Behind, Obamacare, Veterans Affairs

David Young to EPA Chief: Welcome to Iowa, Let Me Introduce You to a Farm

August 14, 2013 By Caffeinated Thoughts

David Young to EPA Chief: Welcome to Iowa, Let Me Introduce You to a Farm

Republican U.S. Senate Candidate David Young encourages Gina McCarthy, the director of the Environmental Protection Agency, to visit a farm on her first trip to Iowa.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Bruce Braley, Cap and Trade, cow flatulence, David Young, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA regulations, Gina McCarthy, press releases

Bruce Braley is Responsible for Obama’s Radical Climate Change Agenda

June 25, 2013 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Bruce Braley is Responsible for Obama’s Radical Climate Change Agenda

Bruce Braley is responsible for the liberal policy agenda that will destroy jobs, raise energy costs, and hurt working families in states like Iowa.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bruce Braley, climate change, Environmental Protection Agency, National Republican Senatorial Committee, press releases, Waxman-Markey

Keeping Iowa Agriculture Strong: A Nutrient Reduction Strategy

February 21, 2013 By Brad Zaun

Keeping Iowa Agriculture Strong: A Nutrient Reduction Strategy

A nutrient reduction strategy will give Iowans greater control over land issues, prevent federal overregulation, and will keep Iowa’s agriculture strong.

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Environmental Protection Agency, featured, Iowa Department of Agriculture, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, land stewardship, Mississippi River, nutrient reduction strategy, Watershed Task Force

Latham: Federal Agencies Shouldn’t Treat Iowa Farmers Like the Taliban

June 12, 2012 By Caffeinated Thoughts

Latham: Federal Agencies Shouldn’t Treat Iowa Farmers Like the Taliban

By Congressman Tom Latham (R-IA) Few developments in the news in recent weeks have disturbed me more than what we’re learning about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) using unmanned drone aircraft to monitor Iowa farms.  In some cases, we’re learning that the EPA has used the aircraft to gather information on agricultural operations.  The simple […]

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: drones watching cattle, Environmental Protection Agency, featured, natural resources, Tom Latham

Obama’s Unconstitutional Power Grab By Congressional Bypass

January 17, 2012 By Emmett McGroarty

Written with Jane Robbins We have brought a constitutional crisis upon ourselves that is bleeding our liberties dry. The federal bureaucracy has amassed such immense power that Congress can no longer provide, as President Washington termed it, the necessary “reciprocal checks” against its exercise of power.  Federal spending has increased from $1.38 trillion in 1992 […]

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Congress, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Executive (government), Lisa Jackson, United States, United States Congress, United States Environmental Protection Agency

Five Items of Interest: Bachmann Campaign Post-Mortem, Romney’s Electability, Thatcher’s Legacy, NYC Schools’ Church Ban & EPA Rules

January 14, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

This week’s edition of five things I wanted to point out, but was too lazy to turn into individual posts: 1.  A Post-Mortem of Michele Bachmann’s campaign.  Jennifer Jacobs of The Des Moines Register sheds some light on problems within the campaign, things that some of on the ground outside the campaign sensed even if […]

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Bob Dole, David Vitter, Environmental Protection Agency, Heritage Foundation, James Inhofe, Jennifer Jacobs, John Barrasso, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Begich, Mary Landrieu, Michael Bloomberg, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, New York City Schools, New York Legislature, Peter Ferrara, religious liberty, Tim Pawlenty

Obama’s Unconstitutional Power Grab

August 29, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

Obama’s Unconstitutional Power Grab

President Barack Obama seems quite content to accomplish through executive order what he is able to see passed through Congress.  He’s certainly not the first to do this, but his record is the most egregious of late.  A couple of past examples, though he was working with a Democrat controlled House and Senate, he didn’t […]

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, bankruptcy rules, Barack Obama, Common Core State Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, No Child Left Behind, Onyango Obama, Steve King, U.S. Constitution, Zeituni Onyango

President Obama to Congress: Hey Why Legislate When We Can Regulate?

December 28, 2010 By Shane Vander Hart

The Obama Administration on Christmas Eve Day said it will regulate carbon emissions from power plants.  AFP reports: US President Barack Obama’s administration said it will regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, setting up a climate change battle with a skeptical new Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would set standards for […]

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: carbon emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, executive branch regulatory power, legislative process

Taxing Cow Flatulence (Updated)

June 9, 2009 By Shane Vander Hart

Yes, you read that headline right.  Our EPA wants to place a fee on the “digestive gas” that cows and pigs produce because evidently it is making a big impact on our environment.  You know, global warming!  The polar bears are dying!  The ice caps are melting!  We’re doomed!  And one of the major contributors […]

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: agribusiness, climate change, cow flatulence, digestive gas fee, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Global Warming, James Sensenbrenner, methane gas production

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