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 10, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Environmental Protection Agency collected $252 million in civil and criminal penalties in fiscal year 2012 – an all-time record amount, and more than twice the $168 million assessed in fiscal 2011, according to the agency’s annual enforcement results. The agency...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Deep-pocketed environmental groups are collecting millions of dollars from the federal agencies they regularly sue under a little-known federal law, and the government is not even keeping track of the payouts, according to two new studies. Under the Equal Access to...
