by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Every year, the federal government’s budget is loaded with hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer- funded subsidies. A little known piece of that pile of taxpayer cash giveaways is the nearly $20 billion spent each year on “community development” subsidies. While...
by Jane Richey | Jun 12, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Energy Department has $9 million more taxpayer dollars to spend on projects that may make a very expensive car less expensive and more acceptable to consumers. The latest round of funding is intended to accelerate the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,...
by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Obama administration has increased the “social cost” of carbon emissions in federal regulations, a move that could lay the groundwork for new rules on climate change. The order, handed down by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with little fanfare, bumps...
by Jane Richey | Jun 6, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The White House and Energy Department announced that beginning in 2016, new energy efficiency standards for microwaves will be imposed and promised it would lead to consumer savings, but federal regulations have a poor track record of producing consumer deals, said...
by Jane Richey | Jun 2, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
Environmental lobbyists are pressing President Obama to turn more western lands into national monuments to prevent oil-and-gas companies from drilling there. The Sierra Club is leading the charge and is sweetening its message with political sugar, saying Obama could...
by Jane Richey | May 30, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $81.6 million for violating what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calls “environmental crimes,” concluding a decades-long investigation by the agency and the FBI. Wal-Mart settled with the EPA and the Justice Department in three...
