The Americans for Limited Government, which declares itself to be “perpetually ahead of the issue curve,” announced today that Gina McCarthy’s nomination as head of the Environmental Protection Agency will die in the Senate. The reason: EPA’s finding that the...
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Gina McCarthy smiles during her nomination by President Barack Obama to run the Environmental Protection Agency on March 4, 2013 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
McCarthy’s EPA Confirmation Targeted
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More than 40 members of the American Coalition for Ethanol are participating in their fifth annual “DC Fly-In,” at which they will hear updates about the renewable-fuels program.
Ethanol Makers ‘Fly-In’ to Fight for Biofuel
Ethanol has accomplished the impossible, bringing together oil refiners, hunger activists, dairy farmers and environmentalists. There’s just one problem for the corn-based fuel: They all hate it. Together that motley crew of lobbyists is pushing Congress to rework legislation from...
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President Barack Obama speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Nov. 28, 2012.
Washington Daybook: Cabinet Filling
President Obama fills out his second-term Cabinet today by selecting Ernest Moniz to head the Energy Department and Gina McCarthy to run the Environmental Protection Agency. He’ll also tap Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the Wal-Mart Foundation, to head the...
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U.S, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the North American International Auto Show on Jan. 14, 2013.
LaHood Skips Corvette at Auto Show, Avoids Questions About Own Future
If Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is stepping down imminently, he has the best poker face at the table. LaHood today traveled to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit to speak at the show’s opening and meet with automakers...
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Under Lisa Jackson, the EPA negotiated fuel-efficiency standards with automakers and set the first-ever rules for mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants
EPA’s Jackson Leaving in January
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is leaving in January. The EPA director’s four-year tenure has been marked by controversy over regulation of matters such as the Keystone pipeline. President Barack Obama suggested today that Jackson’s tenure also...
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Fred Malek
Malek’s Study Cites Labor Bureau Once Suspected of `Cabal’
Putting out think tank studies to make a partisan point is a decades-long tradition in Washington. One that came out last week offered a dose of irony to go with its claim that the Environmental Protection Agency is imposing an...
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Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, Louisiana.
BP’s Case for `Responsibility’ at EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency has slapped BP Plc with a temporary ban on new government contracts, telling the world the company showed a “lack of business integrity” after the nation’s largest oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, BP...
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President Barack Obama chats with Jay Leno during a break while recording an interview on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” at the NBC Studios in Burbank, California, on Oct. 25, 2011.
Washington Daybook: Attention Seeking
President Barack Obama makes a play for ratings today with an appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” coming between campaign stops in Denver and Las Vegas. Mitt Romney holds a rally in Iowa while Paul Ryan visits Cleveland....
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Rep. Ed Whitfield during the Rally for Coal at the River Discovery Center in downtown Paducah, Ky.
EPA Deemed ‘Rogue’ by Republican Urging Obama to Rein in Agency
A Kentucky Republican says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has gone rogue, reviving his campaign to rein in the regulator. Representative Ed Whitfield, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s panel on energy and power, quoted from court cases...
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A farmer with her pigs in Shueng Shui, Hong Kong.
Republicans Question EPA Spending on Jakarta’s Air, China’s Cows
The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t just guarding American land, air and water, it’s looking out for Jakarta’s air. House Republicans raised the issue at a hearing today where they said the agency spent more than $21 million on projects such...
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