October 16, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 16, 2008
CONTACT:
Thomas Pyle – 202.621.2952
CARB’s AB 32 Scoping Plan Will Cripple California’s Economy While not Helping the Environment
Washington, DC – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Scoping Plan for AB 32, the “California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,” calling for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in California to [...]
October 2, 2008
On Friday, October 3, the California Air Resources Board is scheduled to formally release its Scoping Plan pursuant to AB 32, the “California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.” AB 32 calls for the state of California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. One of the primary means to achieve [...]
July 11, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 11, 2008
CONTACT:
Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200
EPA Proposal the most sweeping, pervasive in history
Washington, D.C. - The Institute for Energy Research (IER) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on carbon. IER Director of State Affairs Dan Simmons issued the following statement:
“I’m not [...]
July 11, 2008
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“An unprecedented expansion of EPA authority.” – EPA Administrator Johnson
Explaining the ANPR
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that is it well on its way to regulating at least 85 percent of the energy used in America in the name of global warming (nevermind the fact that global temperatures have inexplicably not increased [...]
April 14, 2008
Bush prepares global warming initiative
By Stephen Dinan – President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include.
Specifics of the policy are still being fiercely debated, but Bush administration [...]
April 11, 2008
The storing of CO2 gases in an underground gas reservoir is being questioned by the National Generations Forum. John Boshier says, “With 80 per cent of Australia’s generation from coal, that means we have to find carbon capture and storage sites for most of that,”
“That’s 200 million tonnes of carbon dioxide at the moment, rising [...]