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Even Yellowstone National Park Can’t Pass New Environmental Standards Proposed by EPA

November 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Even Yellowstone National Park won’t be able to meet clean air standards in new EPA proposals. But that’s not all, according to folks in the energy industry.  The video below, from the Energy Tomorrow Blog, offers details worth sharing about clean air, ethanol in gasoline and more. CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., and [...]

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Oil and Natural Gas Group Files Suit Against EPA (Update)

November 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Three months ago, I warned about Obama’s EPA Blending Politics and Science.  One month ago, I reported on an EPA decision that could do more harm than good.  Today, I’m backed up by the folks at the American Petroleum Institute, a group that represents more than 400 oil and natural gas companies. According to a [...]

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Ethanol Decision Could Do More Harm Than Good

October 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Two months ago, I warned you about President Barack Obama’s EPA blending politics and science.  Now, according to an EPA news release issued Wednesday, the “blending” process appears to be complete: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model year 2007 [...]

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Obama’s EPA Blending Politics and Science

August 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments

President Barack Obama used the occasion of his late-April visit to the POET Energy ethanol plant near Macon, Mo., to tout cellulosic ethanol as a viable alternative fuel that will generate tens of thousands of jobs.  That visit prompted me to ask the question, Does Obama Plan to Soak Taxpayers in Ethanol? Now, fast forward [...]

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Tune in to The Diane Jones Show This Morning

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Be sure to visit KLPW.com and click on the “Listen Live” button at 9:15 a.m. Central.  I’ll be on The Diane Jones Show until 10 a.m., talking about news of the day — including President Barack Obama’s “White House to Main Street Tour” — and other topics I’ve been covering on this blog. After that, [...]

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Rolling Tea Party to Greet President Obama

April 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Quincy, Ill., site of the Sept. 12, 2009, Quincy Tea Party, Wednesday afternoon.  To make sure he receives a proper welcome, members of the St. Louis Tea Party, lead by the K and N Patriots of O’Fallon, Mo., will conduct a Rolling Tea Party that will makes its [...]

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Does Obama Plan to Soak Taxpayers in Ethanol?

April 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Earlier today, I highlighted the fact that, despite new advertising claims made by General Motors, taxpayers were still on the hook for the bailout money the automaker received.  Now, I can report that the Obama Administration appears to be preparing to “soak” taxpayers again — this time by touting cellulosic ethanol as a viable alternative [...]

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