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Regulation Nation

The success of President Obama’s second-term climate agenda hinges on a set of regulations now in the works at the Environmental Protection Agency. His plan to combat global warming through new emissions standards and a shift toward increased renewable energy...

Push to Give Mother Nature a “Right to Life”

Wesley J. Smith:  I can’t think of a faster way to destroy the economy than to give human-style “rights” to “nature.” But the “nature rights” movement is growing–and too few people are paying attention. Such “it can’t happen here” attitudes are dangerous because they...

Relief From Bio Mandate Requested

The petroleum industry formally asked the Obama administration on Tuesday to lower the amount of corn-based ethanol refiners must blend into transportation fuel in 2014. Failing to adjust the Renewable Fuel Standard’s blending targets could result in “severe harm to...

Conflicting NOAA Report on Global Warming

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its “State of the Climate in 2012” report, which states that “worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record.”But the report “fails to mention [2012] was one of the coolest of the decade,...

Electric Coop Opposes Obama’s New Power Plant Regs

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,...