New EPA Emissions Standards Defy Reality Authored by Christian Milord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The recent stringent Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) carbon emissions standards for internal combustion engines defy economic realities. The EPA would have us believe that coercing folks to buy electric vehicles (EV) will somehow reduce alleged climate change extremes. The new rules will negatively affect California and the entire nation. Traffic moves along Interstate...
Connecticut and Maine have delayed adoption of California's EV sales mandate, leaving EV advocates to retrench, reports Energy News Network. On March 20, Maine's Board of Environmental Protection voted 4-2 against adopting California's Advanced Clean Cars II rules, which accompany the state's planned ban on sales of new gasoline cars in 2035 and
The government should tighten “outdated” emission standards for sources of air pollution, including coal-fired power plants, to safeguard public health and the environment, a group said on Tuesday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California can continue to set its own nation-leading vehicle emissions standards, a federal court ruled Tuesday — two years after the Biden administration restored the state’s authority to do so as part of its efforts to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit blocked an attempt by Ohio, Alabama, Texas and other Republican-led states to revoke California's authority to set standards that are stricter...
California can continue to set its own nation-leading vehicle emissions standards, a federal court ruled Tuesday — two years after the Biden administration restored the state's authority to do so as part of its efforts to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks.
A federal appeals court has upheld California's authority to set its own nation-leading vehicle emission standards that are the strictest in the country
The revised directive adopted by the Council today sets new and more ambitious energy performance requirements for new and renovated buildings in the EU.
Panel rejected argument that rules granted California powers denied to other states
BATON ROUGE - Residents near the Denka and DuPont chemical plants in Reserve, Louisiana have known the words "ethylene oxide" and "chloroprene" for years, but they never truly wanted to know what they mean.On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a ruling that will significantly reduce the amount of toxic air pollution emitted from chemical plants. The ruling affects 218 chemical plants across the country, 51 of which are located in Louisiana. The EPA's decision to reduce...
To the editor: Your print edition front page on April 8 had two articles about worsening circumstances in California with regard to climate change and housing, and a piece explaining the reasons conservatives don’t like us. It seems to be the norm for folks (even our friends and members of our family) to think negatively about the state. In reality, it is probable that not living within a budget leads to people thinking California is too expensive; that not knowing people different than we are...
California saw applications for unemployment benefits rise for the week ending March 30, according to the Department of Labor—a signal that the jobs market may become more challenging amid a rise in the state's jobless rate.In the Golden State, the number of jobless claims increased by 2,147, the largest rise in the nation. Pennsylvania followed with 1,913 new claims, and Iowa with 1,383. Overall, for the week ending April 6, claims declined by 11,000 to 211,000, below what economist...
Butler’s latest book is leftist political propaganda masquerading as the dispassionate work of an academic.