by Jane Richey | Jan 24, 2014 | Agenda 21
An Environmental Protection Agency’s website that offers car buying tips lists the best and worst vehicles based on fuel economy. Small electric vehicles top the most efficient list, while luxury vehicles are listed as the least efficient.Nine of the top 10 cars are...
by Jane Richey | Jan 24, 2014 | Agenda 21
Australia’s inflation rate was the highest it had been in two years after consumer prices jumped in the December quarter. Aussie conservatives have blamed the country’s carbon tax for the jump in prices. “The inflation rate continues to be impacted by Labor’s carbon...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Agenda 21
Governor Tom Corbett announced today that the Department of Environmental Protection will invest more than $20.65 million in watershed protection projects to improve watersheds, reduce stormwater runoff and acid mine drainage (AMD), and support educational programs,...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Agenda 21
Oil shipments on Wednesday began to flow through Keystone XL’s southern leg. TransCanada announced the start of oil deliveries to Gulf Coast refineries on Wednesday morning. The shipments run from Cushing, Okla. to Nederland, Texas. While not as controversial as...
by Jane Richey | Jan 15, 2014 | Agenda 21
As Americans clamor for jobs, 18 Senate liberals have their eyes on the sky. “Climate change is a dangerous threat to our nation, to our planet. It’s a catastrophe that’s unfolding before our eyes,” Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) told a news...
by Jane Richey | Jan 14, 2014 | Agenda 21
A project that was supposed to prove the Environmental Protection Agency’s rules for new coal plants can work has suffered a serious setback. The Texas Clean Energy Project has just lost the buyer of its electricity, a possible death blow to a project already beset by...