Feb 2, 2012 By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Scientists have known for decades that hidden under those impressive vistas at sites such as Death Valley and Yellowstone National Park are magma pools that under the right conditions can trigger explosive eruptions. Now, new research is changing scientists’ understanding of the timing of those eruptions, and [...]

University of Virginia should disclose climate emails By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Friday, January 27, 2012 Those who say man alone is responsible for overheating the planet frequently dismiss any role the sun might play. As can be seen in an ongoing freedom-of-information lawsuit leveled against the University of Virginia (UVA), sunshine is [...]

Another government failure in political venture capital. Jan 14, 2012 WSJ Another day, another taxpayer-funded, green-energy failure. This month’s flop is Range Fuels, that former darling of green Silicon Valley, which a few years ago was boasting it would build the nation’s first commercial cellulosic plant, near Soperton, Georgia. More than $225 million later, Range [...]

Published January 13, 2012 Associated Press PHILADELPHIA –  Residents of a small northeastern Pennsylvania town at the center of the political fight over natural gas drilling struck out Friday when they tried to take their complaints directly to the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A handful of residents-turned-activists from Dimock joined about 50 [...]

Published January 02, 2012 Associated Press WASHINGTON –  President Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a politically risky choice between two key Democratic constituencies.  Some unions say the Keystone XL pipeline [...]

Harming the economy, degrading the U.S. grid: another day at the EPA. Dec 22, 2011 WSJ At an unusual gala ceremony on the release of a major new Environmental Protection Agency rule yesterday, chief Lisa Jackson called it “historic” and “a great victory.” And she’s right: The rule may be the most expensive the agency [...]

Breaking down the facts in that Wyoming drinking water study. Dec 19, 2011 WSJ The shale gas boom has been a rare bright spot in the U.S. economy, so much of the country let out a shudder two weeks ago when the Environmental Protection Agency issued a “draft” report that the drilling process of hydraulic [...]

By DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press WASHINGTON December 19, 2011 (AP) More than 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to shut down and an additional 36 might have to close because of new federal air pollution regulations, according to an Associated Press survey. Together, those plants — some of the [...]

By Maxim Lott Published December 16, 2011 FoxNews.com Are your tax dollars helping hide global warming data from the public? Internal emails leaked as part of “Climategate 2.0” indicate the answer may be “Yes.” The original Climategate emails — correspondence stolen from servers at a research facility in the U.K. and released on the Internet [...]

By Pete Kasperowicz and Elise Viebeck – 12/08/11 02:47 PM ET The House on Thursday approved legislation Republicans said was aimed at ensuring the EPA cannot regulate so-called “farm dust.” The House on Thursday afternoon approved legislation Republicans said was aimed at ensuring that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot regulate so-called “farm dust.” The [...]