October 19, 2018 EPA at its best when it does nothing at all Sadly, many political leaders on both sides still think big environmental problems require federal solutions (as opposed to individuals, businesses, or even state and…
October 18, 2018 Congress takes a look into foreign influences in green movement Bishop and Westerman have also raised similar concerns about the relationship between the Natural Resources Defense Council and China’s Communist Party. It’s been widely reported that…
October 4, 2018 BLM hikes mining claim permit fees by 30 percent “…many miners will wind up losing their claims, which are a unique form of property, simply because they don’t read the Federal Register every…
September 27, 2018 Costly tradeoffs of Colorado’s losing proposition 112 “The Colorado Oil and Gas Commission report states Proposition 112 (formerly 97) would put as much as 85% of Colorado’s non-federal lands off-limits to…
September 17, 2018 Trump’s Rural Revival …this turnaround was driven by mining and logging (which went from negative 11 percent job growth in 2016 to positive 7.4 percent in 2018),…
April 19, 2018 Tribes, miners fight to keep Navajo Generating station open …in 2017 the owners of the 2,250-megawatt coal-fired Navajo Generating Station in Arizona announced plans to close the plant in 2019, 25 years ahead…
April 17, 2018 Small Colorado energy firm battles feds over retroactive lease cancellations In 2012, while the company patiently waited for the regulatory process to conclude before developing its three remaining undeveloped leases, the BLM informed WillSource…
March 25, 2018 Plan to shut down Oregon dams portends disaster for environment, energy consumers PacificCorp has made a deal with what is virtually no more than a shell-company with a fancy website called the Klamath River Renewal Corporation…
March 15, 2018 Natural gas project a huge boon to Utah’s economy, public schools The BLM, which first initiated public scoping of the project nine years ago, conducted a draft review looking at environmental impacts and other project…
February 23, 2018 Green is the new Red: Congress takes aim at Putin’s anti pipeline lobbying As previously reported by The Daily Signal, Stiles suspects two anti-pipeline groups in Virginia are “agents of influence” unknowingly operating on behalf of Moscow…