AUTHOR ARCHIVES: Benjamin Cole

The Steady March Toward Cleaner Air Blog

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Air quality in the United States is getting cleaner, but sadly many Americans believe the opposite. In order to explain the reality of America’s improving environmental quality, Steven Hayward has spent years compiling environmental data with his Almanac of Environmental

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Pyle to EPA, Interior: More Time Needed for Public Comment Press Releases

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WASHINGTON D.C. — IER President Thomas Pyle sent two letters today to Obama administration officials requesting more time for public comment on new regulations that potentially threaten the development of America’s energy resources, raise consumer costs and run afoul of …

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ICYMI: Big Wind’s Trail of Wings Analysis Wind

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – IER Policy Associate Alex Fitzsimmons published an op-ed in the Daily Caller yesterday titled, Big Wind’s trail of wings. In the piece, Fitzsimmons explains how, in addition to subsides and other financial incentives, the Obama administration …

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Feds Give Wind Farms License to Kill Analysis Wind

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Besides receiving federal subsidies and other financial incentives, the wind industry is getting special treatment from the Obama Administration: wind farms are allowed to kill protected bird species. The Associated Press has found that the Obama Administration has never fined …

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Proposed Fracking Rule Another Power Grab by Broken Bureaucracy hydraulic fracturing Oil

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WASHINGTON D.C. — IER President Thomas Pyle released the following statement concerning the proposed federal regulations for hydraulic fracturing announced today by the Department of Interior:

“This regulation places an unnecessary additional burden on American energy producers, and ultimately on …

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