by Jane Richey | Aug 14, 2013 | Agenda 21
The “new energy future” will require the federal government to encourage “the right kinds of behavior,” Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told a clean energy summit in Nevada on Tuesday. “When you are getting into a new energy future, you...
by Jane Richey | Aug 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Treasury Department’s Financial Management Service (FMS), which publishes both the federal government’s official Daily Treasury Statement and its official Monthly Treasury Statement, is reporting that in July the federal government ran a deficit of $98...
by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2013 | Health Care
A leading campaign to promote ObamaCare enrollment is targeting 10 states, mostly with Republican governors hostile to the law. The window to begin enrolling in the law’s new coverage options opens in just 50 days. Enroll America, a prominent nonprofit with close ties...
by Jane Richey | Aug 12, 2013 | Agenda 21
A national association of electric companies is opposing President Obama’s plan to institute new regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association took its first step on Monday to denounce the proposal,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
The Keystone XL oil sands pipeline “will not have any impact” on greenhouse gas emissions, a report released by prominent energy industry consulting group IHS CERA said Thursday. The report said that’s because Canada’s oil sands, which are more carbon-rich than...
