by Jane Richey | Aug 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Senator John Hoeven (R–ND) recently introduced the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act (DEJA), which would greatly expand access to energy and simplify burdensome regulations that prevent projects from coming online in a timely manner. While the legislation could be improved...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Agenda 21
Efforts to protect the environment in America have ignored the most powerful force for improving the environment: free people. The results of these misguided policies have been higher energy prices, lower incomes, less access to resources, and technological...
by Jane Richey | Jul 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
In a move to speed the regulatory approval process for businesses, Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday signed an executive order demanding the Department of Environmental Protection establish firm time limits for reviewing environmental permitting applications. The permit...
by Jane Richey | Jun 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Capitol Hill Republicans say yet another environmental impact study of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline is unwarranted and nothing more than a stall tactic by the Obama administration that threatens the project. The State Department announced Friday it had...
by Jane Richey | May 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
What do Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico have in common? They make up the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 6. They also constitute the core of America’s energy production, especially oil. Thus, they needed to be taught a lesson. Who...