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Virginia Governor Tilting at Windmills, Releases Bogus RGGI ‘Report’

March 21, 2022 admin andrew wheeler, clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, Virginia

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:35:51 +0000

Incoming Virginia Gov. Youngkin in January tasked his Special Advisor and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler with producing an assessment of Virginia’s overwhelmingly popular climate law — the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, also known as RGGI. But a funny thing happened to Wheeler’s RGGI “report,” released late yesterday, on its way to Gov. Youngkin’s desk. This key fact […]

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Youngkin Tilting at Windmills, Releases Bogus RGGI “Report”

March 20, 2022 admin andrew wheeler, clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, Virginia

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:33:51 +0000

Incoming Gov. Youngkin in January tasked his Special Advisor and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler with producing an assessment of Virginia’s overwhelmingly popular climate law — the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, also known as RGGI. But a funny thing happened to Wheeler’s RGGI “report,” released late yesterday, on its way to Gov. Youngkin’s desk. This key fact didn’t make […]

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Crystal Clear Water For Americans? Not Under Trump’s New Policies

January 24, 2020 admin Agriculture, andrew wheeler, Clean Water Act, Donald Trump, EPA, Obama, policy & politics, pollution, Water, water pollution, waters of the united states

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:56:06 +0000

The EPA proposes to roll back the rules regarding clean water protection, removing many rivers and streams from federal protection. The change could have significant effects on the health of many Americans.

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Trump’s Fuel Economy Plan Will Cost Americans Almost Half A Trillion Dollars

November 26, 2019 admin andrew wheeler, cars, clean transport, economic impact of lower fuel economy standards, EPA, Fossil Fuels, fuel economy standards, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:20:39 +0000

Trump’s rollback of fuel economy standards could cost Americans nearly half a trillion dollars by 2050 says Energy Innovation.

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Proposed New Rule Would Amp Up EPA War On Science

November 12, 2019 admin 6 cities study, andrew wheeler, EPA, HEALTH, policy & politics, public health, war on science

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:00:30 +0000

The EPA proposed to ignore any health studies that do not include the private data of the people studied. The rule will be retroactive.

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Auto Emissions Redux: 24 States Sue Trump Administration, EPA Threatens To Cut Off Highway Funding

September 26, 2019 admin andrew wheeler, California, california epa waiver, clean air act, EPA, highway funds, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:49:39 +0000

Last week, the EPA said California was doing too much to cut auto emissions. This week, it says California is not doing enough to cut air pollution, putting California in a no win situation.

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Trump’s EPA Is Very Concerned About Homeless People And Their Poop

September 26, 2019 admin andrew wheeler, environment, EPA, homeless, Homelessness, human feces, POOP, san francisco, Trump, trump administration, Water

Credit to Author: Emma Ockerman| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:29:57 +0000

The Trump administration sent an unusually strong message to California about its homelessness crisis: an environmental complaint.

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Wheeler: Keeping U.S. Coal Sector Alive Will Benefit ‘International Environmental Protection’

June 27, 2019 admin ace rule, andrew wheeler, China, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, efficiency, Environmental, EPA, Gas, hele, India, Legal & Regulatory, news, pollution controls, Renewables

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:36:14 +0000

Coal power, which has seen a marked decline in the U.S., is necessary for reliability and energy affordability, and sustaining it could boost pollution technology exports and “improve lives while driving down emissions worldwide,” said Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler in a speech last week. Wheeler made the remarks at a 90-minute event […]

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EPA Schedules One Hearing on Proposed ACE Rule

September 11, 2018 admin ace, andrew wheeler, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, Environmental, EPA, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Obama, Renewables, Trump

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 10 announced it will hold one hearing to get input from the public and stakeholders on its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, the Trump administration’s replacement for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP). The EPA said it has scheduled an all-day hearing October 1 at the Ralph […]

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