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OIRA: White House’s Open Door to Lobbyists to Gut EPA Regs+

November 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This guest post comes from a scientist who finds himself to be a Fish Out of Water. Industry lobbyists have unlimited access to the White House to gut health, safety and environmental regulations proposed by the EPA and other regulatory agencies. A secretive, little known part of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, […]

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Tags: analysis · economics · environmental · environmental economics · Obama Administration

Caring Coal

May 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Reminiscent a bit of Caroling Coal, my in-box this morning was deluged with Peabody Energy press releases (see full material after the fold) and other announcements of a new public relations campaign:  Coal Cares.  Evidently stung by the medical community’s highlighting of the linkages between the burning of coal (mainly for electricity) and health problems in […]

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Tags: coal · emissions · Energy · environmental · environmental economics · pollution

Florida fights to increase nutrient pollution, algae blooms, and midge population

May 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on Florida fights to increase nutrient pollution, algae blooms, and midge population

This guest post from DWG provides a window on depressing developments in Florida highlighing the likely impacts of pending (soon to be signed) legislation. Nothing attracts tourists, increases property values, and improves quality of life like water choked with algae and clouds of aquatic midges hovering nearby. Fortunately, Governor Rick Scott and his Republican allies […]

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Tags: environmental · environmental economics · pollution

Republican Whitfield Hates Investments That Pay Off for Taxpayer: Killing the Greening the Capitol Initiative

February 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Republican Whitfield Hates Investments That Pay Off for Taxpayer: Killing the Greening the Capitol Initiative

As part of the general agenda to drag America into a nightmarish Mr Rogers’ neighborhood, the Republican House Majority is pushing through legislation that will savage the U.S. government’s ability to monitor risks to the public and inform decision-makers about how to move forward to address these threats. And, they are also savaging programs — […]

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Tags: Congress · Energy · environmental · environmental economics · government energy policy · green · political symbols · politics

Growth is always good!

January 29th, 2011 · Comments Off on Growth is always good!

This guest post from Veritas Curat (“the truth cures”) merits reading …  As currently structured, our economic system is defined simply: growth is good, stagnation bad, and contraction disastrous. In fact, the demand for ever-continuing growth faces Malthusian-like challenges about sustainability in terms of global resources. For a century, humanity’s growth has been propelled via […]

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Tags: economics · Energy · environmental · environmental economics · guest post

The Earth’s Not Worth Saving

January 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This guest post from Veritas Curat (“the truth cures”) merits reading …  As currently structured, economics tell us that “the Earth’s not worth saving. “Socialism collapsed because it did not allow prices to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow prices to tell the ecological truth.” – Oystein Dahle, former […]

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Tags: climate change · economics · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental economics · Global Warming · government energy policy · guest post · politics