‘The Swamp Is Getting Deeper’: EPA Awards Billions From Biden’s Landmark Climate Bill To Orgs Loaded With Dem Insiders
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded nearly $14 billion Thursday to three organizations with deep ties to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party. The EPA announced the winners of $20 billion of funding from the massive Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a program created by President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill, the Inflation Reduction […]
EPA issues majority of grants for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing $20 billion in grants under a program reducing greenhouse gas emissions in disadvantaged communities – allocating the majority of funds that were obligated under the Inflation Reduction Act. The announcement will be made Thursday by Vice President Kamala Harris and EPA Administrator Michael Regan in Charlotte, North Carolina, in […]
EPA didn’t declare a public health emergency after fiery Ohio derailment
The aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio does not constitute a public health emergency because no widespread health problems or ongoing chemical exposures have been documented, federal officials say. said. After the South Norfolk derailment in February 2023, the disaster forced the evacuation of half of East Palestine’s towns, and despite […]
EPA did not declare a public health emergency following the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
The aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio does not constitute a public health emergency because no widespread health problems or ongoing chemical exposures have been documented, federal officials say. said. The Norfolk South derailment in February 2023 forced the evacuation of half of the East Palestine town and raised many concerns […]
Biden’s EPA finalizes ‘strongest ever’ emission standards for freight trucks, buses
The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency said Friday:Strongest in history Greenhouse gas standards for heavy vehicles, including cargo trucks and buses. Recent press release The agency explained that the new regulations affect vehicles from the 2027 to 2032 model years. “This standard will avoid 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and provide $13 billion […]
Arizona GOP leaders, Chamber sue EPA over new air pollution standard
A group of prominent Arizona Republicans sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday, arguing that new air pollution regulations would harm the economy. Republican leaders in the state House and Senate are working with the state Chamber of Commerce. suitargued that the new standard for fine air pollutants, known as PM 2.5, is “arbitrary, […]
DAVID BLACKMON: New EPA Auto Emission Rules Reflect The Madness Of King Biden
In a move sure to be challenged in court, the Biden Environmental Protection Agency this week enacted a de facto ban on many gasoline-powered vehicles in the form of final regulations on allowable tailpipe emissions. of regulation It is designed to force two-thirds of new light-duty cars and 46% of medium-duty cars sold in the […]
Biden EPA Projects Americans Will End Up Wasting Billions Of Dollars’ Worth of Time Charging Up EVs
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) predicts that Americans could waste billions of dollars worth of time trying to boost the energy of their electric vehicles (EVs). As part of the Biden administration’s broader policies EV agenda, the EPA on Wednesday finalized aggressive tailpipe emissions standards aimed at forcing manufacturers to significantly increase the proportion of […]
EPA issues less-strict auto emission rules that slow transition to EVs
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more relaxed vehicle emissions standards following appeals from the auto industry as sales of electric vehicles soar. Officials still hail the new rules as the most ambitious plan yet to reduce global warming emissions from passenger cars, but the initial tailpipe limits the Environmental Protection Agency proposed last year […]
Controversial mine project sues over EPA veto
Pebble Partnership claimed in a statement Friday that the EPA’s veto was issued before the permitting process was complete. Rather than wait for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to complete its permitting process, the EPA made its decision based on provisions of the Clean Water Act that can limit mining activity in the […]