NYTimes Takes A Page From Activists, Refers To Energy Companies As ‘Polluters’

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The New York Times published a front-page story making it clear they are not happy with President Donald Trump’s de-regulatory agenda. Let’s start with the headline: “Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Polluters and More.” Polluters? Do they mean people who dump toxic waste into rivers to poison children and puppies? No, they mean […]

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March 6, 2017 at 06:18AM

Report Warns Small Businesses Bear The Brunt Of Obama-Era Methane Rule

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Small businesses will bear the high costs associated with Obama-era rules restricting natural gas production on federal lands, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy group warned legislators Monday. Philip Rossetti of American Action Forum said rules on venting and flaring methane from oil and natural gas on federal lands will cost private companies hundreds of millions […]

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March 6, 2017 at 05:48AM

New York Won’t Allow Cost Of Green Energy Mandates To Appear On Power Bills

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New York regulators shot down plans to list on utility bills how much extra customers will pay under the state’s new Clean Energy Standard (CES). Utilities including Con Edison, Orange & Rockland Utilities, National Grid, and Central Hudson Gas & Electric asked to add a line to customers’ bills showing how much CES would cost and allowing […]

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March 6, 2017 at 05:48AM

Historical Grape Harvest Dates Show Modern Temperatures No Warmer Now Than Most Of The Last 1,000 Years

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In a late February (2017) interview on a U.S. news program, mechanical engineer Bill Nye claimed that the settled science says humans have been warming the planet at a rate that is  unnaturally and “catastrophically” fast since the year 1750 . “It’s a settled question. The speed that climate change is happening is caused by […]

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March 6, 2017 at 05:48AM